A Hardin County man has been formally sentenced for his role in the overdose death of an Elizabethtown High School student/athlete.
Damien S. Felker, 19, of Elizabethtown, was sentenced earlier this week in a Hardin County courtroom in the overdose death of 17-year-old Hayden Willett.
Willett took a Percocet pill[s] laced with fentanyl in a “bad batch of clandestinely made” pills that the Elizabethtown Police Department said are “circulating in the community” and have resulted in multiple overdoses.
In a plea deal, Felker pled guilty to trafficking in a controlled substance resulting in death, unlawful transaction with a minor (controlled substance), tampering with physical evidence, trafficking in marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a report by The News-Enterprise.
He admitted in court to facilitating the sale of the deadly drug to Willett, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with parole eligibility after five years, The News-Enterprise reports.
As K105 previously reported, Aadyn Kristopher-Nelson Durbin, 18, of LaRue County, was sentenced to prison in October 2025 after selling fentanyl to Willett. He pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter, trafficking in a controlled substance (fentanyl) and trafficking in marijuana.
Durbin was also sentenced to 10 years, according to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office.
(Headline photo: Damien S. Felker)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
