Hialeah man faces first-degree murder charge after his wife overdoses on cocaine
A Hialeah man faces a first-degree murder charge after his wife overdosed on cocaine that police say he supplied her earlier this year.
The woman died at Palmetto General Hospital on June 1, four days after Hialeah Fire Rescue paramedics found her unresponsive at the home she shared with her husband at the 3500 block of West 89th Place.
Hialeah police officers found a small plastic bag with a white powdery substance that later tested positive for cocaine, per the arrest report for 37-year-old Rafael Lujan. He was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Tuesday.
Officers interviewed Lujan, but what he told them was redacted from the arrest report. After the woman died, the Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy and concluded her death was caused by an acute combination of cocaine and alcohol, the arrest report shows.
Police did not name the woman, but the report reveals detectives said Lujan’s “unlawful distribution of the cocaine to the victim caused her death.”
Along with the murder charge, Lujan was also booked on cocaine possession. A judge had not set bond as of Wednesday afternoon.
Lujan entered a written plea of not guilty Wednesay through his defense attorney with the Miami-Dade County Public Defender’s Office.
His next scheduled court appearance is Oct. 28.
This story was originally published October 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM.
