The parents of a North Dakota student who became a drug informant for police and was found dead six months later with a bullet to the head are suing the sheriff's deputy who convinced the student to sell drugs as an informant.
After being caught selling $80 worth of marijuana to a member of the South East Multi-County Agency Narcotics Task Force (SEMCA), police searched Andrew Sadek's dorm. Police reported they found a grinder and leftover marijuana residue during before Sadek was made an offer to become a drug informant instead of facing prison time.
In the November 2013 recorded interview with Richland County sheriff's deputy Jason Weber, he's heard telling Sadek:
Sadek wouldn't get a chance to start off his young adult life. He was found dead six months after taking up Weber's deal.
Now two years after Sadek was found dead, his parents, John and Tammy Sadek have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, The Daily Beast reported. In the suit Sadek's, parents accuse Deputy Weber of fraud and deceit for telling Sadek he faced prison time if he didn't become an informant. The suit also accuses Deputy Weber, as well as Richland County, of not determining if Sadek was fit to be an informant and of not training him and supervising him.
According toThe Daily Beast, Sadek’s body was found weeks after going missing on June 27, 2014. Sadek’s body was discovered in Minnesota’s Red River with a bullet to the head and a backpack full of rocks.
Tammy Sadek toldThe Daily Beast police tried to tell her and John Sadek that their son had committed suicide. They think he was murdered for being an informant.
Sadek's autopsy showed his death was caused by a gunshot wound to the head. Details surrounding Sadek's death are still unknown, but the FBI has taken over the case per The Sadek's request.
"I think [Andrew] was trying to get his quota, and he went to the wrong person," Tammy toldThe Daily Beast. "I firmly believe he didn't do this to himself. There was no depression. No note. I've gone through everything."
"He had plans for that weekend [he went missing]," she said. "He had plans for his life."
