Katharyn M. Stanish, 24, of the 1400 block of Tonset Lane, Schaumburg, on Friday, May 20, 2016, agreed to a sentence of five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections in exchange for a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter, a Class 2 felony.

Circuit Judge John A. Barsanti accepted the plea.

Kane County prosecutors presented evidence that on Dec. 10, 2014, the victim, 23-year-old Bradley Schiller of Bartlett attended a job fair at a hotel off the 2700 block of Foxfield Road, St. Charles. Stanish, his friend, rented a room in the hotel and waited there for Schiller. Schiller eventually went to the room to meet Stanish, and the two ingested heroin and cocaine that Stanish had purchased and supplied to Schiller. Stanish passed out, and when she awoke about an hour later, Schiller was unconscious on the floor.

Stanish first called a friend, and then called 9-1-1. Schiller was taken by ambulance to Delnor Hospital in Geneva, where he died four days later. The cause of Schiller’s death was determined to be cocaine and heroin intoxication, the result of an overdose.

During the sentencing hearing, Bradley Schiller’s mother, father and sister gave statements to the court about how Bradley’s death has affected them.

According to Illinois law, Stanish is eligible for day-for-day sentencing. She receives credit for one day served in the Kane County jail. Stanish had been free on $15,000 bond.

The case was prosecuted by Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Christine Bayer.

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