A suspect accused of killing a man at a Sandy Springs hotel in 2022 by selling him fentanyl-laced drugs was arrested on a murder charge Sunday, authorities said.
Jacob Cain Anglin, 23, of Roswell, is accused of “knowingly and intentionally” murdering James Travis Edenfield at a Comfort Inn on Roswell Road by supplying him with the drugs after telling the victim they were Xanax pills, according to an arrest warrant.
“The autopsy and toxicology reports provided by the Fulton County medical examiner advises that the victim died due to the toxic effects of cocaine, alcohol, amphetamine and fentanyl,” the warrant states.
Sandy Springs police responded to the hotel near I-285 around 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 3 after Anglin called 911 to report that Edenfield was unresponsive and not breathing. When officers arrived, they spoke to Anglin, who said Edenfield came to visit his room the previous night and they drank and smoked marijuana. The suspect told police he got up the next afternoon and tried to wake Edenfield before calling 911.
“He advised once he put him on his back he noticed that the decedent had some blood coming from the left side of his mouth,” the warrant states.
Officers found Edenfield’s body in front of a bed in the room. Investigators processed the scene, and several baggies — which later tested positive for cocaine — were found in a bathroom trash can, according to the warrant. Anglin told police he didn’t see the victim use any other drugs that night, the warrant states.
On Oct. 6, police said they received an email from Edenfield’s sister, who said she went to the hotel the previous day to get his keys. The sister talked to a woman at the front desk who warned that Anglin needed to be “further investigated,” the warrant states.
The next day, detectives spoke with the desk clerk, who said the pills Anglin allegedly gave Edenfield were fake Percocet and fentanyl. She added that Anglin was selling pills to people at the hotel, “including staff and visitors,” according to the warrant. Police said text messages between Anglin and Edenfield showed that he sold the victim illegal drugs “on a frequent basis.”
After looking at Edenfield’s phone records, authorities said they contacted a woman who had exchanged messages with the victim the morning before his death. She was brought in for questioning Oct. 12.
The woman told police that she previously purchased Xanax from the suspect, but believed the drugs were fake because they made her feel different. She also asked Edenfield to stop getting drugs from the victim and believed that Anglin had “something to do” with his death, according to the warrant.
On Dec. 5, police received the toxicology report from the medical examiner, who stated that Edenfield tested positive for fentanyl. Four days later, the autopsy report revealed that his cause of death was the toxic effects of cocaine, alcohol, amphetamine and fentanyl.
Anglin was arrested Sunday and booked into the Fulton County Jail.
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