#BREAKING: Police say Rice Football star #BlainPadgett’s death is now a homicide case. EXCLUSIVE THURSDAY NIGHT AT 10 in #ChauncyGloverReports For the first time, Blain’s parents are talking about their son’s death and the one pill that killed him. #abc13 pic.twitter.com/6BgZrzoYVG — Chauncy Glover (@ChauncyOnTV) October 3, 2018

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Authorities say the March death of a Rice University football star is now being investigated as a homicide.Blain Padgett's body was found inside his home after he failed to show up for a Friday morning workout on March 2.The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office concluded in June that Padgett, 21, died due to toxic effects of carfentanil, an analog of the synthetic opioid analgesic fentanyl.Padgett's father, Mical, said in a statement over the summer that his family wants to know how his son got a hold of the substance:News of Padgett's cause of death rocked Rice University, in addition to Padgett's former coach, David Baliff."I don't know if it makes it harder, but it opens it again," Bailiff said. "It makes you evaluate again as a man is there something else you could've done? Is there some other outreach that we could've lead to?"Dr. Richard Pesikoff, a Baylor College of Medicine employee, said carfentanil is a dangerous opioid that was designed to be an elephant tranquilizer.It's 10,000 times more potent than morphine, and 100 times more potent than fentanyl.Dr. Pesikoff said carfentanil is deadly because it causes the brain to suppress breathing.