Update from Asheville Police Department:
UPDATE (May 29, 2020): Irby has been located and taken into custody.
Press release from Asheville Police Department:
On May 27, 2019, the Asheville Police Department (APD) responded to a report of an individual deceased inside a vehicle in the parking lot adjacent to 609 Haywood Road. The victim was identified as Dakota Nicholas Fincham, 27, of Wellford, South Carolina. Following an autopsy it was determined that Fincham passed away as a result of fentanyl toxicity. Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Section began an investigation into the matter that day, and as a result of those efforts, have charged Victoria Kerrigan Irby with one count of second degree murder in the death of Fincham.
Irby is described as a white female, 24 years old, 5’2″, and weighs approximately 150 pounds. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. Irby has multiple tattoos to include an anchor on her right wrist and mermaid on her right forearm. She is known to have lived in Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties in the past, and her current whereabouts are unknown.
If anyone has information concerning the location of Irby, they are encouraged to contact the APD at 828-252-1110.
For additional information concerning criminal charges arising from the distribution of drugs, please see the following post from 2017 by the North Carolina School of Government: https://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/murder-charges-opioid-epidemic/.
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