#Man charged with murder after Tinder date overdoses on date-rape drug

A Minnesota man has been charged with murder after his Tinder date overdosed on a date-rape drug he allegedly gave her.

Edward Antonio Zappa, 38, initially told cops he had no idea what his Thanksgiving date Thea Renae Toles, 43, had taken before she overdosed at his Mounds View home, KARE 11 reported, citing a criminal complaint.

But investigators ordered fresh tests after a series of damning text messages and web searches suggested he gave her “GHB,” which the court documents suggested was used as a date rape drug, Kare 11 said.

In one text to Toles — who was waiting for him at his apartment — he told her to “NOT” throw away a bottle with liquid there, the complaint said.

Other messages allegedly showed he had given GHB to others, and had also searched online for how long someone could survive being passed out from the drug, the report said.

After finding the initial text exchange, investigators ordered toxicity tests that showed Toles had a deadly amount of GHB in her body, the report said.

Zappa was charged with third-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, the Twin Cities Pioneer Press said.

He was on probation at the time and has a lengthy rap sheet with several felonies, including convictions for burglary, domestic assault involving strangulation and second-degree assault, the paper said.

He is due in court Aug. 25. His public defender could not be immediately reached for comment, the Pioneer Press said.

GHB — or Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid — is also listed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a potentially fatal date-rape drug.

It is known to cause “hallucinations … euphoria, drowsiness, decreased anxiety, confusion and memory impairment,” the agency warns.