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 neverContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – David Hill, 29”
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Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Nicholas “Cruz” Burris, 15
Died: Jan. 18, 2023 Leavenworth, County A late night deal over Snapchat. In the morning, he was dead. It was a typical Tuesday night early this year when Andy Burris stopped to talk to his son before heading to bed. After asking Cruz — a freshman at Lansing High School — if he wanted toContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Nicholas “Cruz” Burris, 15″
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Caleb Jackson, 18
Leavenworth County Died: March 10, 2023 Everything changed in 2020.’ A ‘great kid’ who struggled during pandemic. Caleb was 18 months old when he arrived at his foster home in Leavenworth. And the connection was immediate, said Vanessa Jackson, who with her husband Todd would later adopt Caleb and his older biological brother. “He wasContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Caleb Jackson, 18”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Desi’ree Washington, 19
Died: March 8, 2023 Mother says she lost her ‘best friend that day’ Desi’Ree Washington was her mom’s “girly girl.” She loved purses and makeup, her signature fake eyelashes and helping others look good. “She was my fashionista,” said her mother, Kelly Garner. “She always had my outfits picked out for me.” On the dayContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Desi’ree Washington, 19”
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