Duluth Family Speaks Out as Man Sentenced for Murder in Drug Case

Duluth family speaks out as man sentenced for murder in drug case

DULUTH — Christopher Sauve long struggled with addiction, his family told a judge Thursday. Like many, the Duluth man went to treatment and battled the inevitable setbacks and relapses in his quest to get sober. But he always had supportive parents and siblings at his side, right up until his final days three years ago. “When he died,” mother Helen Makela said, “all of his hope and all of our hope died. Until then, there was hope. And now it’s g…

Man sentenced for murder in fentanyl overdose

DULUTH, Min. – Derrick Vincent Weatherly has been sentences to 86 months in prison for Third Degree Murder. He was convicted in the overdose death of Christopher Michael Sauve. An autopsy revealed that Sauve’s death was caused by fentanyl toxicity. Law enforcement discovered Weatherly sold the drugs to Sauve that ultimately caused his death. In his obituary Sauve’s family wrote, “Our family wishes that if you have a family member or friend who i…