Drug toxicity cause of CSHS students’ death

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has determined that the cause of death of the two Carroll Senior High School students who died Jan. 5 was mixed drug toxicity.

The report states that Chase Nunez, 18, and Kyle McNutt, 17, died from a mix of heroin, codeine (a pain medicine), alprazolam (Xanax) and diphenhydramine, an antihistamine. Both were Grapevine residents.

The students were found dead inside a home on 710 Heather Wood Drive in Grapevine. Grapevine detectives determined that illegal narcotics were used by both individuals and a third individual who lives at the home. He was identified as Cullen William Marino.

According to a search warrant affidavit, police located several items at the scene, including heroin, methamphetamines, Xanax and marijuana. Various drug paraphernalia were also discovered, including a milk crate believed to be used as a mobile meth lab. Police found a clear plastic bag with powdery residue on the table beside the bed where the victims were found. In another bedroom, police found a spoon that police believe contained heroin residue, as well as glass pipes with residue.

Marino was arrested at the scene for an unrelated warrant and transported to the Grapevine Police Department jail. Through further investigation, detectives learned that at some point during the night Marino discovered McNutt and Nunez unresponsive, where if medical attention would have been summoned, both may have survived. Because of that, Marino was additionally charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide.

Criminally negligent homicide, a state jail felony, carries a minimum penalty of 180 days in state jail and a maximum of two years in state jail.

On the morning of Jan. 5, Marino’s father, Robert, called 911 when his son told him Nunez and McNutt wouldn’t wake up.

According to 911 records, Robert Marino tried to revive the individuals but was unable to do so.

According to the affidavit, Marino, Nunez and McNutt were partying and taking drugs with friends Friday night and Saturday morning. Marino told police that Nunez and McNutt had taken marijuana and Xanax before coming to Marino’s house. Marino told police he went to Dallas earlier in the day to purchase drugs and brought them back to his house.

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