Leavenworth County
Died: May 30, 2018
The night David Hill died in 2018, he bought heroin. But what he got was laced with fentanyl, his brother said.
A former Western Illinois University baseball player who once aspired to be in the big leagues, David Hill was 29 years old when he died.
“My brother never missed a day of school until senior skip day,” his brother, James Hill, said. “And he even felt bad for that. My brother was on the honor roll every year. … My brother liked to talk to people if they were down and out, try to bring them up.”
At almost 6 feet, 7 inches tall and anywhere from 220 to 280 pounds, David was a “big gentle giant,” his brother said. And on the baseball mound, as a right-handed pitcher, he thrived.
As a young boy and into college.
But at some point, after a tragedy involving a cousin and her family, David left college and returned home to Leavenworth to support relatives.
“And he got stuck,” Hill said.
For more about David’s story and how his death inspired his brother to get clean, read more here.
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