Romeoville Woman Charged in Plainfield Man's Heroin Death
Kristina Keating is already serving a sentence on drug possession charges; she is now charged in the death of Emilio Medina.
A Romeoville woman already serving time for a pair of drug convictions is now charged with drug-induced homicide in the 2011 death of a 20-year-old Plainfield-area man.
Kristina Keating, 22, is accused of providing Emilio Medina, with heroin on Oct. 28, 2011. He was found unresponsive in his bedroom the next day, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The Will County Coroner's office reported 30 heroin-related deaths in Will County in 2011. Three were in Plainfield or unincorporated Plainfield.
Will County Judge Robert Livas approved the charges against Keating on Tuesday.
Since June, Keating has been serving time at Lincoln Correctional Center after pleading guilty to two drug-possession charges. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, she was scheduled to be paroled on June 17, 2013.
TB Plfd
10:06 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
Junkies like here should get life in Prison!
Steve Horn
1:23 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Right? It wasn't his fault that he got high (while on house arrest)! Don't blame the junkie..........blame the dealer! My uncle had a heart attack last week. It wasn't his fault, it was the grocery store that sold him butter! I think that all of the people that sold him fatty foods & cigarettes should do time in prison!
Scott Weimer
10:06 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
Good I hope she gets what she has coming to her
Amanda M
11:09 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
She deserves to serve some time, but I don't think it's fair to charge her for a homicide.... she didn't kill him, she just happened to be the unlucky dealer that day... he was going to get it from somewhere!
Tracy Hernandez
11:46 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
Druggies and junkies are all the same they're not happy unless they're bringing sone one else down right with them....although I have to say everyone has free will this man could've said no to the heroine he chose to do it...I didn't hear that she put a gun to his head, he was old enough to know better its like the old saying if someone jumps off a cliff are you gonna jump too!?! I wouldn't so why did he... It's called free will now he's dead and she's in jail.....
TB Plfd
12:42 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
then she will be the lucky dealer that will do the time for the crime! I pray the judge shows no mercy on her sentence!!!
Scott Weimer
12:42 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
Doesn't matter she supplied the drugs that ended his life. Yes he should know better but that's besides the fact of how many more lives her heroin could of taken
mario
2:13 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
our jails are already over crowded and we tax payers pay for them to be locked up. the system doesn't work. if you are caught selling drugs, then you get your hand chopped off. done.
Diana Greenberg
2:59 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
What if one of YOUR family members died from, or was a "junky or druggie" WELL, one of MY family members WAS a drug ADDICT, and now he's in heaven! I am NOW in school for substance abuse counseling and learned that addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavior problem. there is no pill which alone can cure addiction, choosing recovery over unhealthy behaviors is necessary. Many chronic diseases require behavioral choices, such as people with heart disease choosing to eat healthier or begin exercising, in addition to medical or surgical interventions. So, we have to stop moralizing, blaming, controlling or smirking at the person with the disease of addiction, and start creating opportunities for individuals and families to get help and providing assistance in choosing proper treatment. Sorry, I just do not like the words "junky or druggie". On that note, yes, I feel the scumbag dealers need to be locked up, and it sounds to me like that's what she was, so they can lock her up and throw away the key.
E
10:47 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
It is very sad to say people assume the worst of people so let me tell you a couple of facts. Emilio was not a user. Kristina was a "friend". Kristina came to Emilio's home with it. Yes he made a horrible decision and paid for it with his life. Who really thinks my friend is coming over and I am gonna die tonight. This is sad and tragic and breaks my heart. It consumes my thoughts everyday. Laws are written and created to protect the public. This scenario is becoming all to common in our neighborhoods and it is about time someone is going to be held accountable. These dealers are not scary, mean, unapproachable men that the Dare program warns kids about. They are your neighbors, your kids, your friends, who live normal lives just like you. The are not lurking in dark alleys trying to lure . They are selling and trading right in your face. How many more do we have to bury. We need stricter laws. Make those convicted with intent to sell register, they should be tracked. Law enforcement should know where they are and what they are doing. Maybe then we can get a handle on what is an epidemic in our neighborhoods.
Kelly Pasternek
12:28 pm on Sunday, March 10, 2013
I know Kristina and the other 2 members of her family, if you can call them that. The mother let those kids do whatever they wanted. She wanted to be a girlfriend instead of a mother and partied with the kids doing all kinds of drugs and alcohol.She let known drug dealers live at her house and sell heroin and pot from her house. Kristina was friends with my son, who also got started on heroin from Kristina. Luckily he got help and is doing much better. Kristina and her mother are very evil self destructive people who will destroy other people they are associated with. As far as i'm concerned the mother should also be charged with Emelio's death. Hope Kristina gets
the maximum for her evil ways.
Pat
11:28 pm on Sunday, March 10, 2013
Sad what drugs have done to our society.
jayden
11:28 pm on Sunday, March 10, 2013
i HIGHLY doubt Kristina is EVIL are you kidding me did you read what you typed after you said it? i mean really. you cannot blame her for YOUR sons decisons. She may have brought it around but that does not make it her fault. She may have had it but he could of easily said "NO" alot of my friends have been hooked on this horrible drug & Pride my self on seeing that drug only ONE time & that ONE time i seen it i DID NOT do it i took it & flushed it down the toliet. It is hard to kick this addiction when you have i have seen first hand but you supposed to be there for them & help them through it. Sounds too me like she never had anyone that mattered enough to her to ask her what she was doing to herself.
Jeremy
9:49 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
Got her little brother using too, yeah thats not evil, it what a big sister does !!!
gramo
8:36 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
Who ever DOESN'T know what happened should really be quiet. Kristina was always a low life anda junkie. Yea no one put a gun to emilios head and told him to take the heroin, but Kristina was the one who got him started on it and got other ppl hooked on it. You really don't think she deserves to be in jail? If you don't slap your self cause you OBVIOUSLY didn't know Kristina or Emilio. Emilio was my best friend. Not a day goes by that I don't think about him, his 6 month old baby and his family. She deserves the maximum punishment for the pain and suffering she has caused a lot of ppl
Enough
10:05 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
I must say reading all these comments kinda funny how some of you know more than others. You all sit here posting stuff as though Kristina forced the drug on Emilio like he wasn't already doing drugs through out his life. Like he is some innocent kid and she forced to him to do the HERION. Besides I heard that he was doing XANAX and mixed with HERION is deadly. I have known of both of them for a long time and neither of them are what anyone would consider innocent. It is extremely sad that he lost his life. Its also sad that he robbed homes and claimed to be a Latin King. Why do you think the kid was under house arrest, because he was a goody to shoes. Yeah Right. Yes, sad that Kristina obviously came from a broken home and didn't have much of a parent. The mother is just as big of a looser. I think she has drug problems too. I don't think herion though. But her brother does. Just a matter of time before he is joining his sister in jail. But convicting the person who sold the drugs to the person foolish enough to do it in the first place is really actually sad. Does she deserve jail time probably she does. But I know a bunch of other people who run with that same group and have been in and out of jail and go right back to using and selling. What they really need to do is take our tax money and incarcerate these users into long term rehabilitation program. Herion is one of the most addicting substance on the street. Can't quit on your own. NO-One can.
Enough
10:15 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
One last thing she didn't get him hooked by herself....A Very important individual isn't even mention. Probably had a bigger influence than Kristina would have ever had.
too short
8:48 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Exactly, enough, her bf or whatever. And I don't care for her or her family... I spent too much time being dragged down around there thank god for resources
Anyone can turn their life around, recovery is a choice...but there's more to the story than anyone ever seems to mention. Its not heroin that killed hi
..she knows what she did to that dope and what was in it would have been fatal if was just in a glass of water. Maybe my sources aren't good people or doctors but closer to Christina than most. No accidents, no over dose
...heroin is irrelevant she murdered him and pre calculated it
God bless his soul, may he rest now. And god bless her, I hope she gets the help she needs.