Marcia Suzanna Galvan-Thompson, 35, was indicted in April on charges of involuntary manslaughter, possession and trafficking of heroin, aggravated possession and trafficking of drugs, and illegal conveyance of drugs onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility, according to court records.
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Galvan-Thompson allegedly smuggled drugs into the jail inside a body cavity and then provided them to other female inmates, including Parker, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said at the time of her indictment.
She agreed to serve five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, said her attorney Jon Paul Rion, and the rest of the charges were dropped. Galvan-Thompson was sentenced in Clark County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.
“It’s a difficult situation and it’s a question we should have for the community,” Rion said after the sentencing on Tuesday morning. “Who do you ultimately blame for the overdose? One could argue you could blame the person who took the drugs themselves of their own free volition.”
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Parker was a heroin addict, according to her mother Emma Wallace, but was on the road to recovery before she died.
“She was getting ready to go to recovery in Chillicothe the next day,” Wallace said.
The five-year sentence isn’t enough to make up for the loss of her child, she said, but it’s a relief.
Galvan-Thompson also has been accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into the jail again Tuesday after receiving her sentence, according to the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office.
“I’ve received a report from the sheriff’s office wherein they’re alleging the defendant conveyed illegal substances into the jail upon being sentenced in the involuntary manslaughter case,” Assistant Prosecutor Ryan Saunders said.
That case will be presented to a Grand Jury on Monday, he said.
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