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An Elizabethtown man charged in the accidental overdose death of a Hardin County teenager received his sentence Monday.
Hardin Circuit Judge Larry Ashlock accepted the commonwealth’s plea deal with Damien Felker, who pleaded guilty to all of the charges a grand jury indicted him on in December of 2024 including first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death. Under the terms of the deal, Felker will serve 10 years in prison. He is eligible for parole after five years, but the deal is contingent on Felker testifying against other defendants, with the deal voided and Felker serving 20 years if he testifies untruthfully.
Prior to Ashlock’s decision, statements were made to the court by Kristin and Scott Willitt regarding the death of their son, 17-year-old Hayden Willitt, in December of 2024. That month, the Elizabethtown Police Department disclosed their investigation into the death of an Elizabethtown teenager who ingested a tablet designed to look like a prescription narcotic that was actually laced with fentanyl.
Felker is the second person to be sentenced in the investigation after Aaydn Kristopher-Nelson Durbin was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October of 2025. Additionally, Tyler Wayne Cull of Louisville was indicted on federal drug charges in August of 2025 in relation to the case.
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