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Updated: November 5, 2025 @ 6:40 am
The case against a 26-year-old San Mateo man charged with second-degree murder for allegedly providing fentanyl to a woman who overdosed and died Jan. 5 is going to trial, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
Trial proceedings against Pedro Arellano, who allegedly provided the victim, 26-year-old San Mateo resident Adrienne Dahbour, with the fentanyl that lead to her death on Jan. 4, will begin March 13.
Dahbour was discovered unconscious by her mother Jan. 5 and her cause of death was fentanyl intoxication.
Arellano — who did not sell drugs, only made the purchase for himself and the victim, who he told police was his girlfriend, Wagstaffe said — is allegedly a fentanyl addict himself who had overdosed before and was aware of the dangers of the drug.
On the occasion of one of those overdoses, the San Mateo Police Department had admonished Arellano that fentanyl was deadly and that it could lead, in the future, to a murder prosecution should he provide it to another person who died, according to Wagstaffe.
Dahbour had also overdosed twice before, Wagstaffe said.
The San Mateo Police Department began issuing those warnings in 2024, but they’ve become statewide policy following the passage of Proposition 36, designed to crack down on fentanyl and shoplifting.
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Dirk van Ulden said:
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