K2 May Have Caused Teen’s Death

LONGVIEW — The death of a Longview teenager may be drug related. The Gregg County Sheriff’s Department would only say it is investigating the death of 16 year old Jessup Sanders. The Longview High School sophomore and junior varsity baseball player collapsed died Saturday. The Longview News Journal quotes a cousin of Sanders as saying he died from smoking the synthetic drug K2. The cousin, Todd Peterman, wrote on Facebook that Sanders “had died as a result of a stupid, spontaneous, teenage decision.” The investigation into the death is continuing.