Indictment Charges Pike County Man with Manslaughter in Overdose Death

A manslaughter charge has been handed down to a Pike County man police say gave another man fentanyl which allegedly led to his fatal overdose.

Gage Adkins was indicted this week for second-degree manslaughter in the death of Christopher Chivers in March.

WYMT reports in addition, Adkins was charged with being a persistent felony
offender with court records showing he has five previous felony convictions from
between 2019 and 2023, also in Pike County.