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Boone Woman Charged in Connection With Son’s Fatal Overdose

A 66-year-old Boone woman and former nurse at Watauga Medical Center has been charged with death by distribution in connection with her son's overdose death in November 2025. Shari Rogers Treadway was arrested Wednesday in relation to the case.

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A 66-year-old former nurse at Watauga Medical Center has been charged with death by distribution after her son died of an overdose in November 2025. Shari Rogers Treadway was arrested Wednesday. The charge carries weight many people in these mountains understand too well by now. This is a loss, and a criminal case, and a family fracture all at once.

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