Girl’s Death Blamed On ‘Date Rape Drug’

A high school student who died last month was killed by an illegal “date rape drug” that apparently was slipped into her soft drink, police said.

Hillory Farias, 17, a varsity volleyball player, was found unconscious and not breathing on Aug. 4 after a night out with girlfriends.

She had complained of a headache on returning home from a teenage dance club, where she had had two sodas. Tests showed no drugs or alcohol in her body.

Authorities ruled the death a homicide Monday after finding gamma y-hydroxybutyrate, a “date rape drug” that is also known as GHB, Easy Lay and Liquid X.

“There’s nothing to indicate right now that she willingly took this drug,” police Lt. Carl Crisp said. “This kid was a role-model type and to think that someone did this on purpose or as a joke is horrible.”