LAFOLLETTE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – A joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the LaFollette Police Department has resulted in the arrest of four people in connection to an overdose death. 

On Jan. 29, TBI special agents joined investigators with the LaFollette Police Department in investigating the death of Rosezetta Wilson Morris (DOB: 6/11/72) after she was found deceased at her home in the 500 block of West 4th Street in LaFollette.  Her cause of death was determined to be an overdose caused by fentanyl toxicity.  During the course of the investigation, agents determined that Helena Wilson, Latasha Wilson, Christy Wilson, and Claude Collins were involved in distributing the drugs that caused Rosezetta Morris’s death. 

On Wednesday, the Campbell County Grand Jury returned indictments charging all four individuals in connection to the victim’s death.

  • Helena Sue Wilson (DOB: 5/14/71), LaFollette: One count of Second Degree Murder, one count of Sell of Schedule II – Fentanyl, and one count of Delivery of Schedule II – Fentanyl.
  • Latasha Denise Wilson (DOB: 7/3/87), LaFollette: One count of Facilitation to Second Degree Murder.
  • Christy Marie Wilson (DOB: 6/16/88), Caryville: One count of Second Degree Murder and one count of Delivery of Schedule II – Fentanyl.
  • Claude Edward Collins, Jr. (DOB: 10/29/63), LaFollette: One count of Second Degree Murder, one count of Sell of Schedule II – Fentanyl.

On Friday, Helena Wilson, Latasha Wilson, and Claude Collins were arrested and booked into the Campbell County Jail.

Christy Wilson was served in the Campbell County Jail, where she was already being held on unrelated charges. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 09/22/2023-6PM)

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