Father and son charged Ole Miss death inquiry

Sep 21

David Muir reports that father and son Yahya and Islam Mosleh face federal drug charges in connection with Ole Miss freshman Aidan Hamilton's suspected overdose death. Prosecutors allege they worked at the smoke shop that sold him illegal substances. ABC says Hamilton was found dead in his dorm room 'last week,' the same day junior Robert Strang was found dead off campus, and says court documents report the same kratom pills in both rooms. The report does not announce final toxicology, establish a cause of death or allege these defendants supplied Strang.

ABC reports two students found dead at separate locations and airs a possible-overdose dispatch call. Contemporaneous coroner reporting identifies one as an 18-year-old who died in a campus residence hall on September 21; ABC does not give the student's age or name. Packaged kratom was found in both investigations, but investigators have no confirmed evidence that it or any other substance contributed to either death. The cause of this death and any connection between the cases remain unconfirmed. Fox identifies the campus student as Aidan Hamilton, an 18-year-old freshman from Colorado, and says he died in a dormitory. It reports campus mourning and black ribbons at fraternity houses. The cause remains unknown; kratom was found at both scenes, but authorities do not believe the deaths are connected and toxicology is pending. ABC's October 2 update names Hamilton and describes his death as a suspected overdose. It reports federal drug charges against smoke-shop workers Yahya and Islam Mosleh, alleging their store sold him illegal substances, and says court documents identify the same kratom pills in both students' rooms. The allegations are not a conviction or finalized toxicological cause. ABC calls the death 'last week'; the independently established September 21 occurrence date is retained rather than redated from this relative phrase.