Georgia Woman Dies at Ultra Music Festival, Four Arrested One Year Later

Jenniha Le, known to friends as Jenni, had just graduated from Georgia State University, passed her nursing boards, and was preparing to work in oncology at Grady Memorial Hospital. She died March 31, 2025, one day after collapsing at Bayfront Park while attending the Ultra Music Festival, having traveled to Miami with her partner, Hannah Le-Nguyen. Nearly a year later, four people are facing charges for the single pill that killed her.

Just after 10:30 p.m. on March 30, 2025, Miami Fire Rescue crews responded when Le showed signs of distress at a medical tent at Ultra's Bayfront Park site and transported her to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she later died. According to the arrest warrant, Le "began to express that she felt extremely hot and could not control her body movements" before seeking medical treatment at the tent. An autopsy determined her cause of death was acute MDMA toxicity. Police told local media that Le had not purchased the drug at the festival. She had brought it in hidden inside a cowboy boot and consumed it in two doses.

Investigators traced the drug supply through a chain of text messages. Le-Nguyen had asked a friend, Carmen Lo, whether Lo had a drug supplier. Lo connected Le-Nguyen with Charlene Forti, 27, who allegedly arranged to sell a single MDMA pill for $35 and had it delivered through a third party, An Tan Ly, 26. Police documents show that on March 24, 2025, Forti texted Le-Nguyen: "I heard you were in need of supplements." Earlier, Le-Nguyen had asked Lo plainly: "Also, do you have a molly plug?"

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement's South Florida State Assistance for Fentanyl Eradication Task Force arrested Charlene Forti, 27, of Coral Springs; Carmen Lo, 25, of Atlanta; Hannah Le-Nguyen, 25, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; and An Tan Ly, 26, of Parkland, in connection with the death investigation. Ly and Le-Nguyen were taken into custody on March 12, 2026, at the FDLE Miami Regional Operations Center and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Detention Center. Lo was arrested on March 17 in Atlanta with the assistance of the Sandy Springs Police Department and will be extradited to Miami-Dade County. Forti was arrested on March 17 at the FDLE Miami Regional Operations Center with the assistance of the Broward Sheriff's Office.

Forti is charged with one count of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and unlawful use of a communication device. Lo is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and unlawful use of a communication device. Records show Le-Nguyen and An Tan Ly are each facing one count of possession of a controlled substance. As of Wednesday afternoon, Forti was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

A defense statement obtained by NBC Miami called it "a selective prosecution based on faulty evidence" that "dishonors the memory of the deceased." The statement argued that Forti's arrest "accomplish nothing but making an example out of a young woman."

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle pushed back at the news conference: "If you choose to sell or deliver drugs you are responsible for those consequences and if someone dies because of the drugs you provide, you will be held accountable." She added, "Jenni had a bright and promising future ahead of her, she deserved to return home with memories of sunshine and music and laughter, not to have had her life stolen by a preventable and senseless act."

FDLE Special Agent in Charge John Vecchio said, "Securing a capital murder charge in a drug-related death case is not easy, but the task force agents' unrelenting investigative capabilities ensured that these four suspects are held accountable for bringing illegal drugs into our communities."

Ultra's Chief of Security Ray Martinez released a statement: "We are saddened by this loss and extend our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones. We work closely with law enforcement as a longstanding practice and support the State Attorney's efforts to hold those responsible accountable. We have strong security protocols in place and take our responsibility to prevent prohibited items from entering the venue seriously."

Ultra returns to Bayfront Park March 27-29, 2026, and prosecutors and law enforcement made clear the timing of these arrests was not incidental. The message from Miami-Dade, delivered one week before tens of thousands of festival-goers arrive downtown, is that a $35 pill and a chain of text messages is enough to put someone on trial for murder.