On Dec. 11, 2016, after Bethel police and medical personnel found the 25-year old female dead , investigators found three empty heroin folds from the victim’s purse, and six empty heroin folds from the victim’s jacket pocket. According to court documents, Mignani sold depressants, opioids and amphetamines in Bethel, and housed the 25-year-old, drug-dependent woman for months free of charge before she died in December.