Police have charged a second man with manslaughter following the death of a young mother from a heroin overdose two years ago.
Kye Conlon, 27, was arrested in Stockland Shellharbour, in the Illawarra region, south of Sydney, on Wednesday morning.
Rachel Ayuso, 28, a mother of two, was found unconscious in a home in the nearby suburb of Oak Flats in July 2022 and could not be revived.
He died after snorting lines of heroin following a night out at a local pub with a group of friends.
Conlon He was taken to the Lake Illawarra police station, where he was charged with manslaughter and supplying prohibited drugs in quantities less than or equal to small quantities.
He was refused bail to appear at Wollongong Local Court on Thursday.
His arrest comes after disability support worker Braydon Hamilton, 28, was also charged with Ms Ayuso’s manslaughter.
Rachel Ayuso, a 28-year-old mother of two (pictured), was found dead in an Oak Flats home on July 13, 2022.
Ayuso was remembered as a “beautiful soul” and a “lovable mother” who “gained her angel wings too soon”
Ms Ayuso is alleged to have returned to Hamilton’s home in Oak Flats in the early hours of July 13, 2022 after snorting lines of heroin during a late-night party.
While Hamilton slept, Ayuso died between 2 and 11 a.m. that morning.
After two years of extensive investigations, police charged Hamilton with involuntary manslaughter earlier this month.
Police alleged that Hamilton “failed to assist her,” which carried a high risk that “death or serious bodily injury” could occur.
Hamilton is not accused of selling or supplying drugs to Ms. Ayuso.
During a bail application in Wollongong Local Court last week, Hamilton’s defense lawyer Matt Ward argued his client thought Ayuso was asleep.
The lawyer called the incident a “tragedy,” Illawarra Star reported.
Magistrate Claire Girotto granted Hamilton bail.
Ayuso (pictured) died after snorting lines of heroin following a night out at a local pub with a group of friends. Two men have been charged with his murder and are before court
Hamilton had to give up $10,000 as collateral, hand over his passport, must report to the police daily and is not allowed to come within 500 meters of any international departure point as part of his strict conditions.
Hamilton is due to reappear in court early next year.
Her friends wrote in an online fundraiser that Ms. Ayuso “was suddenly kidnapped (and) left behind her beloved children,” who were “Rachel’s moon and stars.”
She was also hailed as a “beautiful soul” and a “lovely mother” who “gained her angel wings too soon.”