Eric Kay indicted in Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death

Pitcher Tyler Skaggs died in his hotel room July 1, 2019, in Southlake, Texas, before the Angels were scheduled to start a three-game series against the Texas Rangers. A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted former Angels employee Eric Kay on two felony counts in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Returned late Thursday and filed Friday morning in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, the indictment charges Kay with distributing the fentanyl that resulted in Skaggs’ death last year. “On or about June 30, 2019 … Eric Prescott Kay, the defendant, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, and the use of said substance resulted in the death and serious bodily injury of,” the indictment said. The toxicology report by the Tarrant County medical examiner found fentanyl and oxycodone in his system and listed the cause of death as “alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents.” According to the affidavit supporting the criminal complaint, Kay visited Skaggs late at night June 30 in response to his request for pills.