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Christian bjerk and elijah stai came wrapped, stamped, and delivered right to spofford's door. >> he had a fairly good working knowledge of the substances, the potency of the substances, and what dosage units would be common for typical user amounts. >> what spofford didn't know was he was getting ripped off in a crime that would set off a deadly chain of events. one of his customers, adam budge, had broken into spofford's home and stolen a bag of white powder. without knowing exactly what was inside that bag or just how potent it was. budge melted the powder into chocolate that he gave to his...
Handle it and smart enough to think that your customers knew what the hell they were doing. >> that's right. >> he is the 15th person so far to be prosecuted under the north dakota federal drug case now called "operation stolen youth" that began with the deaths of christian bjerk and elijah stai. andrew spofford, who bought the drugs online from charles carlton. adam budge, who got the drugs from spofford. the teen who bought the drugs from budge and shared them with christian bjerk, and several low-level dealers are all behind bars. >> fans, let's hear it one more time for all our 2011 senior...
Deadly chain of events. one of his customers, adam budge, had broken into spofford's home and stolen a bag of white powder. without knowing exactly what was inside that bag or just how potent it was. budge melted the powder into chocolate that he gave to his new friends, including elijah stai. budge also sold some of the same drug to a young man who would share it with christian bjerk. >> adam budge early on in the investigation was the common link between these two overdose victims. adam budge prepared the 2ci-nbome in some chocolates and both he and eli stai consumed some of those chocolates...
>> okay, where's the house? >> it's east grand forks. i don't think he's breathing at all. >> no, he's dead. >> we need somebody now. >> i know. >> can you guys start cpr with him? >> it was three days before eli's birthday. >> he would be 18? >> yeah. he wanted to go to grand forks to see his cousin and spend time there with justin. >> melissa katz's son, elijah stai, was in grand forks to celebrate an upcoming birthday. he was with his foster brother, justin rippentropp. >> what were you planning that weekend? >> not a whole lot. just hang out basically. >> they would find themselves hanging...