Dance drug 'Molly' a form of ecstasy drug or MDMA has been linked to a fourth death, according to Daily Mail.
Police officials confirmed that the overdose may have been a result of a tainted batch of drugs that has spread throughout the East Coast. Mary Shelley Goldsmith, 19, died on August 31 at one of Washington DC's largest nightclubs. Brittany Flannigan, 19, from New Hampshire died on August 28 after overdosing on MDMA at a Boston Concert.
Olivia Rotondo, 20 and Jeffrey Russ, 23, died at New York City's Electric Zoo dance party after taking the drug. Now, another promising young student's death has been linked to the club drug, this time in Washington, DC.
Goldsmith's death is among four that have been blamed on the drug in East Coast cities in the last several weeks and authorities are investigating whether a single bad batch is to blame for the tragic string of deaths.
Toxicology results have yet to come back for Goldsmith, or any of the victims, but an anonymous DC police source told the Washington Post that 'Goldsmith's friends told detectives that she had taken Molly at the club early Saturday.
Authorities are still awaiting to determine if a single batch is to be blamed for the deaths that now stretch from Boston to Washington. Goldsmith's father chose to come forward in hopes of preventing more deaths.
Robert G. Goldsmith told the Washington Post that he and his family briefly weighed whether or not to come forward about their daughter's death after her friends admitted she'd used molly at Echo Stage in Northeast Washington.
