Oakland police launch investigation after fentanyl death of top prosecutor’s estranged husband

OAKLAND — Police have opened a felony investigation into the death of Terrell Hegler, a vice president of a prominent anti-homelessness nonprofit and estranged husband of the top deputy of state Attorney General Rob Bonta, this news organization has learned.

Hegler, 40, was found dead of an apparent fentanyl overdose last month at a waterfront apartment on Oakland’s 8th Avenue. Police searched the apartment and seized Hegler’s cellphone in an attempt to figure out how he acquired the deadly drug, according to court records.