Fashion Designer's Death Ruled Homicide Due to Drug Overdose.

The death of New York fashion designer Kathryn Marie Gallagher has been ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner, who concluded that she died of acute intoxication caused by a mixture of fentanyl, p-pluorofentanyl and ethanol. Investigators also ruled her manner of death as "drug-facilitated theft", which indicates someone may have drugged her to steal something. Police are investigating whether Gallagher was intentionally given a dangerous mixture of drugs by someone attempting to rob her. Her death is similar to 26 other deaths in the city over the past year that have been attributed to "drug-facilitated theft".