Man Sentenced In Napa Teen's Death, First Fentanyl Murder Prosecution Of Its Kind For County

NAPA VALLEY, CA — In Napa County’s first murder prosecution of fentanyl suppliers, a judge sentenced a man to state prison in the death of 17-year-old Monica Flores.

Alan Jazeel Martinez was sentenced to 12 years in prison for six fentanyl felonies after jurors acquitted him of murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Flores.

Napa County Superior Court Judge Elia Ortiz oversaw the trial of Martinez, 26, from Santa Rosa.

He was sentenced during a late-October hearing, according to the Napa County District Attorney’s Office.

Jurors convicted Martinez of two counts each of selling fentanyl to a minor, possessing fentanyl for sale, and transporting fentanyl for sale. The court also found true a prior strike conviction and several aggravating factors.

Flores’ family found her dead in her bedroom at their Napa home on May 25, 2022. She was a senior at Vintage High School.

Prosecutors accused Martinez of selling her fentanyl-laced pills twice that month, Patch previously reported.

Napa police detectives investigated the teen's death for 11 months after authorities confirmed that Flores died from a fentanyl overdose.

Prosecutors announced charges against Martinez and co-defendant Luis Fajardo Melgoza in June 2023, marking Napa County’s first murder prosecution of fentanyl suppliers in connection with a fentanyl-related death.

During a subsequent October hearing, Ortiz sentenced Melgoza, 23, of Santa Rosa, to 10 years in state prison under a plea agreement.

Melgoza pleaded no contest to drug charges that included selling fentanyl and cocaine to a minor, transporting fentanyl and cocaine for sale, and possessing fentanyl and cocaine for sale.

The court sentenced a third co-defendant, Erika Garcia Chavez, 26, of Santa Rosa, to two years of probation with terms and conditions and ordered her to serve 180 days in the Napa County Department of Corrections.

Chavez pleaded no contest to possessing a controlled substance for sale and conspiring to commit a crime under a plea agreement. She also admitted aggravating factors.

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Bay City News contributed to this report.