UNC student's family seeks justice for overdose death

VISIT TO THE STATE FAIR AND FOR

THE WEEKEND.

>> TODAY, THE FAMILY OF UNC

STUDENT WHO DIED AFTER

OVERDOSING ON FENTANYL LACED

COCAINE ON THE DUKE CAMPUS SAYS

THERE HAS BEEN NO INVESTIGATION

BY DUKE AND THEY WANT JUSTICE

FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. THANK YOU

FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD

OWENS AND I'M DEBRA MORGAN.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN MARCH

OF THIS YEAR AND SO FAR NO ONE

IS CHARGED IN THE DEATH.

>> OF ELIZABETH GRACE, BURTON,

HER FAMILY CALLED OR GRACIE

ONLY ON WRAL. WE'RE HEARING

FROM THE FAMILY'S ATTORNEY.

WRAL IS MATT TALHELM. TALK TO

HIM AFTER A HEARING IN FEDERAL

COURT IN GREENSBORO.

>> FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY

GRACIE BURTON CALLED UP A

SUSPECTED DRUG DEALER TO BUY

COCAINE AND THEY MET UP OUTSIDE

A DORM HERE ON DUKE

UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS. NOW

BURTON'S FAMILY WANTS THE DUKE

STUDENT SHE WAS WITH AND THAT

SUSPECTED DEALER TO FACE

CONSEQUENCES IN HER DEATH THAT

FORMER DUKE STUDENTS PATRICK

ROLAND, HE'S HERE IN THE LIGHT

GRAY SUIT LEAVING FEDERAL COURT

IN GREENSBORO WHERE HE'S

PLEADED GUILTY TO A DRUG

DISTRIBUTION CHARGE. THIS IS

ALSO THE COURTHOUSE WHERE

BURTON'S FAMILY IS ASKING A

JUDGE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS

VICTIMS IN HIS CASE.

>> CHRIS ATKINS IS THEIR

ATTORNEY. IT'S BEEN A LONG

PROCESS. IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING

>> IT'S IT'S JUST KIND

OF BEEN DRAWN OUT AND A FIGHT

FOR US TO BE RECOGNIZED AS

CRIME VICTIMS.

>> ROWLANDS CHARGE CONNECTS HIM

TO SUSPECTED DEALER. KAI

FRAZIER. NOTICE THE BARBER.

FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY

FRAZIER MET BURTON AND ROLAND

ON DUKE'S CAMPUS EARLY IN THE

MORNING OF MARCH. 9TH ABOUT

AN HOUR LATER. COURT DOCUMENTS

SAY BURTON BECAME WIDELY AND

UNSTEADY AND FELL ASLEEP.

THOSE DOCUMENTS REVEAL FEDERAL

AGENTS TESTED A SMALL BAGGIE

FOUND IN BURTON'S PHONE, WHICH

SHOWED IT WAS COCAINE AND

FENTANYL AND THE STATE MEDICAL

EXAMINER'S AUTOPSY MENTIONS A

URINE SAMPLE DETECTED COCAINE

AND FENTANYL. BUT THE CAUSE OF

DEATH DOESN'T LIST THE

SYNTHETIC OPIOID ALONGSIDE

COCAINE AND ETHANOL OR ALCOHOL.

WE ASKED DUKE FOR THE

UNIVERSITY POLICE INCIDENT

REPORT RELATED TO BURTON'S

DEATH. A SPOKESMAN TOLD US

STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THEM

TO RELEASE THAT. DO YOU THINK

THAT DO IT FAILED GRACIE?

THE THINGS THAT DUKE FIELD,

GRACIE

>> I DO IN THAT.

TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S BEEN

NO INVESTIGATION DONE BY DUKE.

DO KUZ. HE'S ESSENTIALLY PART

OF THIS, TOO. THE FEDERAL TOO,

PROSECUTOR FOR DRUG-RELATED

CHARGES AND HAS SEEKING ANY

KIND OF JUSTICE. BURTON WAS A

FRESHMAN AT UNC AND SISTERHOOD

CHAIR OF ZETA TAU ALPHA.

>> THE SORORITY POSTED A

MEMORIAL ON INSTAGRAM,

REMEMBERING BURTON FOR HER

SMILE AND ATTITUDE BECAUSE OF

PEOPLE PUTTING SUBSTANCES SUCH

AS FENTANYL AND COCAINE AND SHE

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS.

ADJUSTING THAT'S BEEN ROBBED

FROM HER AND FROM HER FAMILY.

MATT TALHELM, WRAL NEWS,

DURHAM.

>> FRAZIER IS CHARGED IN

CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A

RALEIGH MAN WHO DIED A DAY

AFTER BURTON OVERDOSED. AN

INDICTMENT SAYS FRASER

KNOWINGLY DISTRIBUTING COCAINE

MIXED WITH FENTANYL TO THAT