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.