NYC college student dead after being drugged with fentanyl and raped in her dorm room

A college student died after she was drugged with fentanyl and raped in a New York City college dorm room, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday. The student, who prosecutors did not name, and another unnamed student were drugged in a college residence hall in Manhattan in March, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York. The other student survived the incident, prosecutors said. Court documents show the women went to the Fashion Institute of Technology, which has not returned NBC News requests for comment on the case. Two men were arrested and indicted in connection with the alleged crime, according to prosecutors.

Moises Freire, 19, of the Bronx, was charged with distribution of a controlled substance with intent to commit rape, distribution of narcotics resulting in death and conspiracy, according to an indictment. Brian Peralta Cabrera, 18, of Queens, was charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and serious bodily injury. Both have pleaded not guilty. Lawyers for the two men did not immediately return requests for comment. On March 18, Freire supplied one of the women with what he told her was “pure cocaine” from Mexico and “falsely” assured her that the drug he was providing did not contain any fentanyl, according the indictment. Prosecutors say that Freire knew that