Dietiker changes mind again; plea scheduled to be entered July 13 on drug-induced homicide charge

QUINCY — Caitlin Dietiker, a Quincy woman accused of supplying fentanyl to a 21-year-old woman who died of an overdose in March 2021, has changed her mind again.

She was set to enter a plea on May 11, but public defender Todd Nelson told associate judge Roger Thomson that Dietiker had “concerns” after talking with her moments before her hearing in Adams County Circuit Court was scheduled to begin.

Dietiker complained at her May 18 status hearing that she hadn’t been allowed to read her discovery. She told Thomson, “We’re going to trial.”

However, during another status hearing before Thomson on Wednesday morning, Nelson said he had recently spoken with Dietiker.

“We are prepared to move forward with negotiation that we previously had,” Nelson said. “My request will be to go ahead and set this for specific dates and times.”

Dietiker now is scheduled to enter a plea on July 13.

Dietiker was indicted Jan. 27 on one count of drug-induced homicide in the death of Jillian Hogan. The cause of death was determined to be fentanyl intoxication. The indictment was served on Dietiker in the Adams County Jail, where she already was lodged on unrelated charges of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in March 2021 and possession of a controlled substance in July 2021.

Officers from the Quincy Police Department responded in March 2021 to a death investigation at 1255 Maine. After a several months-long investigation, Dietiker was identified as a suspect in supplying Hogan with the fentanyl that ultimately caused her death.

A drug-induced homicide is a Class X felony with a sentencing range of 15 to 30 years.

Dietiker continues to be held in the Adams County Jail on a $500,000 bond.