MILTON, Ga. — An admitted prostitute is insisting the drug overdose of a Google executive was an accident, she is also under investigation for a local man's death.
Alix Tichelman was inside a California courtroom Monday.
Her lawyer said she panicked and did not call for help when a Google executive died last November.
Milton police are also investigating if Tichelman played a role in the death of her ex-boyfriend, Dean Riopelle.
Investigators said Tichelman, who is originally from Georgia, called police two months earlier to report that she found Riopelle unconscious on the floor of his home.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner confirms Riopelle died from an overdose of heroin, oxycodone and alcohol.
Channel 2 Action News learned Tichelman told Santa Cruz police she gave Riopelle heroin before he died.
According to a police report, Tichelman said she tried to revive Riopelle for about five minutes before she called 911. She told police that he had been having a rough time but did not believe he overdosed intentionally.
Now police want to know what role, if any, Tichelman may have played in his death.
"It's still conjecture, looking at the similarities of the two situations, but obviously we're going to go back and look at it and make sure that everything determined to be correct, almost a year ago, is still factual and still accurate," said Capt. Shawn McCarty with the Milton Police Department. "Both subjects in these cases died of heroin overdoses so there's just several factors we want to look at to make sure that we didn't miss anything."