Plea Deal Scheduled for Adams Co. Overdose Death Suspect

Debra Phillips
Debra Phillips

FRIENDSHIP, WI (WSAU) -- A woman who was arrested following the overdose death of a man in Adams County is scheduled for a plea hearing.

Debra Phillips age 57 is scheduled for a plea hearing on January 15th at the Adams County Courthouse according to online court records. She's been charged with 1st-degree reckless homicide from delivering drugs and hiding a corpse.

Another of the four people charged in the overdose death, Susan Hall also reached a plea deal in May of 2018. She only served 25 days in jail and is on 2 years of probation.

Phillips is one of four accused of hiding Isaac Salinas' body after he overdosed on heroin that they supplied him. According to the criminal complaint, Phillips and Michael Mathewson tried to take Salinas' body to the lake, but allegedly stashed him under a piece of plywood and returned to using more heroin.

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Phillips will return to court on January 15th. Mathewson and Jacquet Jenkins are scheduled to head to trial early next year.

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