Overview

• Purvis was arrested July 7 in Floyd County, Georgia, and booked on charges of felony involuntary manslaughter, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and use of a communication device to commit a drug felony.
• Prosecutors allege she supplied a mixture of fentanyl and xylazine—known as Tranq—to chef John Mark Harris, whose overdose death on February 17 is central to the indictment.
• She is being held without bond at the Floyd County Jail near Rome as investigators continue probing both the overdose case and associated drug activity.
• Federal and local officials have warned that Tranq has fueled a surge in overdose fatalities, highlighting its emergence as a dangerous synthetic opioid threat.
• The arrest follows the unexplained death of her 16-year-old son, Weston Gosa Jr., with an autopsy still pending amid ongoing inquiries.