Overview

• Daisy Zuniga has been formally charged with murder and is held on $500,000 bond in connection with the July 13 death of 21-year-old Quinnetta Brinkley
• Brinkley and three other women were discovered in medical distress during a routine security check at the Lew Sterrett North Tower and transported to Parkland for suspected fentanyl overdoses
• Detectives recovered a plastic bag containing fentanyl that tested positive along with methamphetamine and Xanax after Zuniga admitted hiding the drugs inside her vagina during booking
• An affidavit cites inmate witness statements that Zuniga provided the narcotics to Brinkley, Cheyanna Mather and Bradlei Reeves before Brinkley lost consciousness following a second ingestion
• The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is continuing both criminal and administrative investigations into the smuggling operation and security lapses that let the contraband bypass screening procedures