Police informed The Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners that the North Alabama doctor prescribed the medicine attributed to a patient's overdose death in December 2020.
A patient of Becdach died of an overdose on Dec. 18, 2020, and on Dec. 31, 2020, Pelham Police told the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners that the patient overdosed on medicine prescribed to her by Becdach.
In March 2021, the victim’s mother was interviewed by the board and during that interview, the mother gave a glimpse into the relationship between Becdach and the victim. The mother claims that he paid to furnish her apartment, paid her bills and gave her a credit card with “no limit.” In April 2021, Becdach sent a written response to the Pelham Police in which he admitted to engaging in sexual intercourse with the victim on more than one occasion. He also admitted that he wrote her at least seven prescriptions. He then told police that the first sexual encounter with the victim took place in the fall of 2017.
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