CEDAR PARK, Texas — Murder charges have been filed against a man accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills.
Cedar Park police say 25-year-old Caleb Comer of Liberty Hill was recently arrested with the help of the U.S. Marshals-led Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.
In May, police started investigating the death of 18-year-old Matthew Wright after he was found dead inside his home. During their investigation, detectives determined Wright was sold pills laced with fentanyl.
Police said they confirmed Comer sold Percocet to Wright hours before his death. An autopsy also found Wright had fatal levels of fentanyl in his system when he died.
Comer was arrested and booked into Williamson County Jail on a $150,000 bond. According to police, Comer was already out on bond for an aggravated robbery charge in 2023 in Travis County.
The announcement of the arrest comes exactly three months after Wright's death. His family has been learning how to work through their grief.
"I knew the moment the police officer told me what had happened that my life as I thought it was going to be – and the dreams I had and all of that – was going to be different," said Gavin Wright, Matthew Wright's father.
Following their son's death, Wright's family teamed up with local outreach and law enforcement groups to warn more people about the dangers of fentanyl.
"This is not something we signed up for, but it is our reality. And if we can help in any way, that's what we're going to do," Gavin Wright said. "I think it's important that people realize that this is deadly, this is not just a game. You are taking one pill, and it is a life-changing decision. It will end your life."
"Anything we can do to try to make it less available and to make the consequences that much stronger, the better," Angela Wright, Matthew Wright's mother, said.
Wright's loved ones say he had just graduated from high school and had been accepted into Texas State University, where he planned to study psychology.
In May, a sergeant with the Williamson County Sheriff's Office said the county has already seen 14 deaths involving fentanyl this year.
Cedar Park Police Chief Mike Harmon said his department started to see the drug around 2020. Harmon said his fear has not been whether or not his kids will graduate high school, but rather make it out alive considering how popular this drug has circulated.