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A presenter reported the tragic story of the overdose of his daughter who killed her four months ago.
Angela Kennecke shared the story in a KELO-TV newsletter that aired in South Dakota last week to help prevent the stigma of addiction.
"The opioid epidemic struck me in a tragic and devastating way for me personally," said the presenter as she battled tears.
Angela Kennecke reports on the death of her daughter. Source: KELO-TV
"On May 16, my 21-year-old daughter, Emily, died of an overdose.
"His official cause of death was fentanyl poisoning. The loss of a child, especially in a sudden and shocking way, has upset my world.
"I've never wanted a member of my family to be part of the statistics you hear in the evening news. Nobody does it. "
Emily Groth was 21 years old when she died of fentanyl poisoning. Source: KELO-TVKennecke said the only way forward was to share his story and hope to be a catalyst for change.
The mother last spoke to her daughter on Mother's Day and CBS reports, the young woman had been addicted for over a year.
On the day of his daughter's death, Kennecke received a frantic call from Emily's father saying that he thought she had overdosed.
In a tragic twist, the day Emily passed away, Kennecke was working on a story with parents who had lost their children following a drug overdose.
Emily Groth had addiction issues for over a year. Source: KELO-TV
On Friday, Kennecke revealed why she decided to report the death of her child.
"I feel so compelled to let everyone know that what happened to my daughter can happen to you, it can happen to your child," she told CBS.
The investigative reporter told CBS that she knew that her 21-year-old daughter had experimented with marijuana, but did not know that she was addicted to heroin.
"It was the most shocking thing for me," Kennecke said.
Angela Kennecke hopes that Emily's death will help eliminate the stigma of addiction. Source: KELO-TV
"Needles? Middle class child, privileged, all these opportunities and things like that. It's hard to explain, it's hard to understand.
"My child missed once in the doctor's office while she was going to be vaccinated, so I would never have dreamed of that."
Kennecke said anyone concerned with their children should trust their instincts.
Last year, drug overdoses killed more than 72,000 people in the United States and Kennecke calls for more measures to help people treat their addictions.
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