A Bloomington man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug-induced homicide in the deaths of two sisters who died one day apart after taking fentanyl he supplied. Shaquan D. Hosea, 31, was sentenced in McLean County court on two counts of the Class X felony, closing out a case that began with a pair of overdose deaths in June 2025.
Hosea was accused of supplying the fentanyl that killed sisters Angel Cornett, 34, and Treshonda Cornett, 28, both of Bloomington, according to WGLT. The sisters died a day apart in June 2025, and their close succession prompted Bloomington police to investigate causes beyond an accidental or intentional overdose, per the same report.
Investigators said they used phone records to identify Hosea as a suspect in the deaths. Authorities told the station that Hosea deceived the sisters when they bought fentanyl from him, believing it was a different drug, which led them to unknowingly take a lethal dose.
Guilty Plea Closes Out a Separate Fraud Case Too
Hosea pleaded guilty to drug-induced homicide, and an unrelated wire fraud case against him was dismissed as part of his sentencing on the two counts, the station reported. The dismissal of that separate case was noted alongside his sentencing but was not otherwise connected to the fentanyl deaths.
Under the terms of the sentence, Hosea must serve at least 75% of his 12-year term, meaning he could be eligible for release as soon as 2034. He will receive credit for nearly one year already spent in McLean County jail, and once released, he is required to serve 18 months of probation.
A Pattern Seen Before in McLean County Courts
The case echoes another drug-induced homicide prosecution in the region: Troy McBride was sentenced to 11 years in prison after apologizing to the family of a man who overdosed on heroin McBride had sold him, according to The Pantagraph. That case, like Hosea's, turned a fatal overdose into a homicide prosecution against the person who supplied the drug.
For the Cornett family, the sentencing closes a chapter that began with the shock of losing two sisters within 24 hours of each other. The case underscores how investigators are increasingly treating overdose deaths tied to a single supplier as homicides rather than accidents, building cases from digital evidence like phone records to establish who sold the fatal dose.
