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Chloe Colby is pictured at her plea hearing on July 3, 2024, in Douglas County District Court.

A Lawrence woman was sentenced on Friday to 40 months in prison for her role in the fentanyl death of her 21-year-old boyfriend more than three years ago.

The sentencing came as a relief to the family of the victim — Kendall Royce Stiffler — who had appeared in court last month, some from out of state, expecting the sentence to be handed down only to be disappointed by a last-minute delay caused by Chloe Colby’s becoming pregnant while she was out on bond.

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Kendall Stiffler

As the Journal-World has reported, Colby, 23, was found to have provided deadly drugs from the “dark net” to Stiffler, who was her boyfriend at the time. Stiffler died on April 21, 2021, and Colby pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in July of this year.

Colby was sentenced on Friday to 32 months for involuntary manslaughter and eight months for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, and the sentences are to run consecutively.

Colby had been free on a $250,000 own-recognizance bond since her arrest on Oct. 7, 2021, meaning she was not required to pay any money to be released from jail.

This is a developing story and will be updated.