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Fentanyl Suspected in Deaths of 3 Students; Prince George's Police Warn About Blue Pills

Nbcwashington · · 268 words · By Tom Lynch; Matthew Stabley
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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The deaths of three students in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the past several weeks are being investigated as possible fentanyl overdoses”
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Multiple independent web search results (News4 and a Twitter report from a retired federal sergeant) confirm that three students in Prince George's County are being investigated for possible fentanyl overdoses.
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web search NEUTRAL — The deaths of three students in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the past several weeks are being investigated as possible fentanyl overdoses, police officials confirmed to News4.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-coun…
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web search NEUTRAL — “Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine and just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can kill you. Our law enforcement team in Maryland is working together to build cases and prosecute those who pedd…
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2021/02/22/smoke-and-porsha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jose, who died in January, is among the nearly one dozen students spread across three schools in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Texas who have overdosed on fentanyl from …
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/wave-teen-fentanyl-overdoses-te…
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“Police suspect the deaths are linked to blue pills labeled with an “M” that police believe users think is Percocet”
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News4 and the Twitter report from a retired federal sergeant both mention the suspicion regarding blue pills labeled with an 'M' that users mistake for Percocet.
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web search NEUTRAL — Police suspect the deaths are linked to blue pills labeled with an “M” that police believe users think is Percocet, police said. The medical examiner’s office has not confirmed the deaths were fentany…
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-coun…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fentanyl Suspected in Deaths of 3 Students; Prince George's Police Warn About Blue Pills. The deaths of three students in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the past several weeks are being invest…
https://twitter.com/retfedsgt69
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web search NEUTRAL — Investigators from the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit (CARU) are looking into the cause of the crash. It remains unclear at this time whether spe…
https://colorfulclearwater.com/one-dead-in-prince-georges-co…
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“A 10th grader at Fairmont Heights High School died at home Oct. 23”
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While Wikipedia confirms the existence and location of Fairmont Heights High School, none of the provided evidence sources confirm the specific death of a 10th grader on October 23.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — East Saint Louis Senior High School is the only high school in East St. Louis, Illinois. The school serves about 1,438 students in grades 9 to 12 in the East Saint Louis Public Schools district. It wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fairmont Heights High School (est.1950) is an American public comprehensive secondary school located in Landover, Maryland, just outside Washington D.C. It is part of the Prince George's County Public…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmont_Heights_High_School
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fairmont Seminary, later called Fairmont Junior College sometimes misspelled as Fairmount Seminary, was an educational institution for women in Washington, D.C. The seminary opened in 1899. It was a b…
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“A middle school student died outside their apartment building Nov. 2, and the toxicology report says fentanyl was found in their system”
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Two separate web search results (NBC4 and another news source) confirm a middle school student died outside their apartment on November 2 and that the toxicology report found fentanyl.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 - February 26, 2012) was an African American from Miami Gardens, Florida, who was fatally shot in Sanford, Florida, by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispani…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin
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web search NEUTRAL — A middle school student died outside their apartment building Nov. 2, and the toxicology report says fentanyl was found in their system. The cause of death remains under investigation.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-coun…
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web search NEUTRAL — A middle school student died outside of their apartment building on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, with the toxicology report saying fentanyl was found in their system.
https://smnewsnet.com/archives/512818/prince-georges-county-…
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“Friday morning, a 10th grader from Bladensburg High School died at home”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results regarding military retirement in China and general information about Prince George's County; there is no mention of a student from Bladensburg High School dying on a Friday morning.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DeMatha Catholic High School is a four-year Catholic high school for boys located in Hyattsville, Maryland, United States. Named after John of Matha, DeMatha is under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMatha_Catholic_High_School
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865) was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Powell_(conspirator)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County, PG, or PGC) is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George's_County,_Maryla…
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“Prince George’s County police posted a warning on Facebook Friday morning about the blue pills with the letter “M.””
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Only one news source (News4) explicitly mentions the Facebook warning posted by Prince George's County police on Friday morning regarding the blue 'M' pills.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fort Washington, located near the community of Fort Washington, Maryland, was for many decades the only defensive fort protecting Washington, D.C. The original fort, overlooking the Potomac River, was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Washington_Park
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016), known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. Often being credited as one of the great…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Walk for Peace USA was a long-distance pilgrimage in the United States initiated by Buddhist monks from the Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., promoting …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_for_Peace_USA
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“Police said they’ve come across the pills recently and found them to test positive for fentanyl”
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The provided evidence mentions pills testing positive for fentanyl in other contexts (St. Mary's County and a general child ingestion case), but does not specifically confirm that Prince George's County police recovered the 'M' pills and tested them positive in the context of these specific student deaths.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prince George. Anne Arundel. Maryland.Investigators said Shields is prohibited from possessing firearms. Charging documents indicate the substances later tested positive for fentanyl and cocaine, and …
https://thebaynet.com/man-flees-traffic-stop-caught-with-fen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities recognized the pills with “M30” printed on them as possible counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. After reviewing surveillance footage, deputies identified three children who appeared to …
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/child-tests-positive-for-fe…
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web search NEUTRAL — False-positive fentanyl screening kit results during treatment with ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01651…
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“They linked them to multiple overdoses”
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The provided evidence for this claim is entirely irrelevant, focusing on the musician Prince and his official website, with no mention of overdose cases or police investigations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prince (musician) ... Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016), known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. Often being credit…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)
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web search NEUTRAL — The Prince Estate passionately presents Prince’s life and work, and cultivates opportunities to further his legacy. We aim to immerse fans, old and new, in Prince's story, explore the role of Prince a…
https://www.prince.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 21, 2026 · Prince was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, dancer, and performer on keyboards, drums, and bass who was among the most talented musicians of his generation. His reco…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Prince-singer-and-songw…
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