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A San Diego woman who sold fentanyl to a Ramona man, leading to his death, was sentenced Friday to nearly a dozen years in federal prison.

Megan Rae Bowman, 25, pleaded guilty to selling Michael Raymond Kuch one gram of fentanyl at a motel in Old Town in late 2022.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Kuch, 35, was found dead in his trailer on Dec. 5, 2022, two days after buying the drugs from Bowman.

Bowman was sentenced Friday to 142 months in prison.

A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Kuch, a father to a baby boy, was employed as a plumber and also enjoyed working on his friends’ cars in his free time. One family member described him as “one of the most optimistic and sweetest and kindest people I have ever met in my entire life.”

– City News Service