Waukesha - A homicide trial has been scheduled for May 4 for a man charged with giving a fatal dose of morphine to a fellow drug user.
The defendant, Jason M. Earhart, told police he didn't feel responsible for the death of Thomas R. Pike II, 29, according to a criminal complaint.
"No, you don't understand what it's like to be a user. This is what we do. We share drugs," Earhart allegedly said.
Earhart, 30, of Waukesha, injected Pike with a morphine pill that he had liquefied with heat, the complaint says.
Pike was found dead the next day, Aug. 2, 2009, in a Waukesha apartment.
Police said Pike lived in Waukesha, but a medical examiner's report said he was a resident of Manitowoc.
A searchable databaseof drug overdose deaths in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties is part of Prescription for Tragedy, a Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report.