"In the middle of winter last year, in a unit in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Carly Morse, Thomas Vale, Michael Hodgkinson and Abdul El Sayed used a rolled-up bank note to inhale cocaine. About 3am on 24 June 2024, all four likely become unresponsive. El Sayed's uncle, Cory Lewis, became concerned late the following night when his nephew, who had been living with him, did not return home."
"He banged on the door of the unit, but there was no answer. A reflective tint on a side window meant he could not see inside, so Lewis jumped a fence and went to the back of the unit. Through a small gap in a blind on the rear kitchen window, Lewis could see El Sayed sitting on the floor against the pantry with froth coming from his mouth. Lewis used a rubber mallet to smash his way inside the unit."
"Each had likely died within minutes of each other, a coroner later found. Morse, 42, and Vale, 32, were in a relationship, and both were parents. Hodgkinson was 37. El Sayed, the father of an infant daughter, was only 17. The substance they snorted was not cocaine, as they had thought, but protonitazene, a highly toxic synthetic opioid. Police respond to the discovery of four bodies in a home in Broadmeadows, Melbourne on 24 June 2024 following a mass overdose."
On 24 June 2024, four occupants of a Broadmeadows unit inhaled a substance they believed to be cocaine and became unresponsive around 3am. An uncle who expected one occupant returned the following night, saw collapse through a blind, and forced entry with a rubber mallet. Carly Morse, Thomas Vale, Michael Hodgkinson and 17-year-old Abdul El Sayed were found dead inside the unit. Morse and Vale were parents in a relationship; Hodgkinson was 37; El Sayed was the father of an infant daughter. The substance was identified as protonitazene, a highly toxic synthetic opioid linked to a major Australian overdose cluster.
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