It was about 11 a.m. on April 2 when Alexandria “Alex” Sienkiewicz’s mother found her slumped over in her bed, a needle in her arm, dying from an overdose of fentanyl.

About two hours later, Sienkiewicz’s friend Melanie L. Kropp called Kyle J. Merenda, the dealer who had sold them the drug the day before.“That sucks,” he told Kropp. “I told you guys that it was strong.”He told Kropp not to tell anyone; she said she wouldn’t.On Tuesday, trooper Joseph W. Hall of the Frackville barracks charged Kropp, 24, of Mahanoy City; Merenda, 22, of Barnesville; and a third person, Jonathan James Seekins, 33, of Coaldale, who arranged the deal, with causing Sienkiewicz’s death on April 2, 2016.“We would like to thank the Pennsylvania State Police for their diligence in our daughter’s case,” Sienkiewicz’s father, John, said Wednesday.Seekins was arraigned before on-call District Judge David J. Rossi, of Tremont, on charges of drug delivery resulting in death, criminal solicitation - delivery of controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.He is in Schuylkill County prison under $25,000 straight cash bail.Kropp was arraigned on charges of criminal solicitation — delivery of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of a controlled substance. She was released on $5,000 unsecured bail.An arrest warrant has been issued for Merenda, who is charged with drug delivery resulting in death, delivery of a controlled substance, dealing in unlawful activity, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of a controlled substance.Kropp’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. March 16 before Rossi; Seekins’ is at 9 a.m. that same day.As of Thursday morning, Merenda was still being sought by police.Sienkiewicz, 23, lived on Bowe Street in Tamaqua with her parents.The heroin buyAccording to a criminal complaint filed by trooper Hall, the circumstances surrounding Sienkiewicz’s death began to unfold a few minutes after 11 a.m. on April 2, when Tamaqua police officer Corey Herring responded to 215 Bowe St. for an overdose.Tamaqua Emergency Medical Services was there and took Sienkiewicz to St. Luke’s Miners Campus in Coaldale, where she was pronounced dead.Herring found an uncapped syringe filled with clear fluid on a shelf above Sienkiewicz’s bed; scattered on the bed were waxed paper packets marked with an apple symbol on the front.On Aug. 31, 2016, Hall, law enforcement officials and Tammy and John Sienkiewicz met with Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David Moylan, who told them Alex had died of acute fentanyl toxicity. Fentanyl is a powerful narcotic painkiller.The next day, Tamaqua Police Chief Rick Weaver turned the case over to state police.According to Hall’s documents, Tammy and John Sienkiewicz said their daughter had been with Seekins and Kropp the day before her death.Hall obtained records from Kropp’s cellphone that showed a call from Merenda to Kropp at 10:21 p.m. April 1, and from Kropp to Merenda at 1:25 p.m. April 2.Hall and trooper Michael Marinchak interviewed Kropp on Oct, 21. She told the troopers she picked up Sienkiewicz on April 1, and they agreed they wanted to buy heroin.But they had no money, so they went to Seekins’ house because he had an iPhone he was willing to sell. Kropp posted pictures of the phone on an online yard sale site, and they sold it to a Hazleton woman for $120.Kropp told the troopers either Sienkiewicz or Seekins mentioned getting heroin from Merenda, known as “Kilo.”Kropp drove them to Merenda’s house, where Seekins gave Merenda the $120 in exchange for what the three thought was heroin. They went back to Seekins’ house, where Seekins gave Kropp 10 bags of the drug for driving, and gave five bags to Sienkiewicz.Kropp and Sienkiewicz drove back to Tamaqua, where Sienkiewicz met with a friend, Ryan McDermott. They drove around for about an hour, smoking marijuana.McDermott then dropped off Sienkiewicz at her house, and Kropp at her car.He and Sienkiewicz texted back and forth until about 2:30 a.m.The next morning, Kropp received a call from her roommate or her roommate’s mother that the ambulance was at Sienkiewicz’s house, and that she had died from an overdose.