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Kelowna resident Madison Fine made her way to Vancouver last week to be near boyfriend Jamie Bacon when the ruling came down throwing out his murder charge.

But the 25-year-old convicted drug trafficker never made it to the courthouse.

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Instead she was found unresponsive in a Richmond hotel by Bacon’s mother, Susan, dead of a suspected overdose.

Richmond RCMP Cpl. Dennis Hwang said he couldn’t comment on Fine’s death.

Andy Watson, of the B.C. Coroners Service, said the agency is investigating and has not determined her cause of death. “I cannot comment on anything specific like the cause of death — that information will come once the investigation is complete,” he said in an email.

Fine’s family did not respond to requests for comment.

But her family recounted her short life in an obituary published Thursday, which referred to her as the “true love to Jamie.”

“It is with great sadness and heartfelt loss that we share with you the passing of our dear, sweet Maddie to an accidental overdose,” the obituary said. “Maddie was the most headstrong, smart, creative, entrepreneurial (and maddening at times) daughter, who never accepted help. She always wanted to solve things herself. She had an uncanny ability to read a room and any situation. She always fought for the underdog and helped a larger community of people in need.”