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Former US Swimming Champion Jamie Cail Died of Accidental Fentanyl Poisoning

  • Jamie Cail, a former champion US swimmer, died of fentanyl intoxication in the US Virgin Islands on February 21, 2023.
  • Cail was found unresponsive by her boyfriend at their home before being pronounced dead at a nearby clinic.
  • The 42-year-old won gold at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships and had a successful high school and college swimming career.
  • Cail's death has highlighted the ongoing fentanyl crisis in America, which killed over 100,000 people in 2021.
  • Authorities initially investigated Cail's death as a potential homicide but ruled it an accidental overdose.
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