Pain patch murder: Suspect charged in death of UA student Jeanie Scott of Magnolia Springs | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com

Pain patch murder: Suspect charged in death of UA student Jeanie Scott of Magnolia Springs | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com: "Jeanie Scott had been drinking when she put on a pain patch and died hours later of an overdose, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department's account of events that occurred almost a year ago.


James Hurn Jr. of Tuscaloosa was charged with murder in connection with the death of Jeanie Scott, 21, of Magnolia Springs.

This week, James Edward Hurn, 28, the man suspected of giving her the patch, was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and drug violations.

Scott, a 21-year-old University of Alabama student from Magnolia Springs, was found unconscious on the morning of Dec. 2 in an apartment rented by Hurn and his roommate, said Capt. Loyd Baker, chief of the Tuscaloosa Police Homicide Division.

At some point in her last evening, Scott applied a fentanyl adhesive patch to her skin, Baker said."