Pubdate: Tue, 19 Jun 2001
Source: Philadelphia Daily News (PA)
Copyright: 2001 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.
Contact:  http://www.phillynews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/339
Author: Associated Press
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GAL PAL FACES CHARGES IN INMATE'S OVERDOSE

ALLENTOWN - The girlfriend of an inmate who died of a drug overdose in
prison last year has been charged in his death for allegedly sending him
heroin.

Brian P. Dos Santos, 25, was found dead in his cell at the Lehigh County
Prison on Sept. 16, with a syringe, tourniquet and other drug paraphernalia
nearby. An autopsy showed he died of an overdose of morphine and heroin.

Elayne Nicole Zielinski, 25, a postal employee at the time, is accused of
smuggling drugs to Dos Santos on several occasions, hiding them in
magazines and mailed packages.

Prosecutors said the fatal shipment had been hidden inside some books.

Zielinski was charged with drug delivery causing death and could get up to
20 years in prison.

She was arrested Friday and jailed without bail. It was not immediately
known whether she had an attorney. *
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