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Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> Casey DeSantis,<br />

I have two daughters, Rachel Amber my 1st born <strong>and</strong> Kristin Nicole, my 2nd born. Both<br />

were born in Richmond, Va. We moved to Orl<strong>and</strong>o, Florida in 1988. Both girls went to<br />

elementary <strong>and</strong> middle school in <strong>Dr</strong> Phillips. Rachel went to <strong>Dr</strong> Phillips High School.<br />

Kristin, not wanting to keep being Rachel’s little sister, got herself into the IB Magnet at<br />

Cypress Creek High. Kristin went onto the University of Miami for two years <strong>and</strong> then<br />

back here to Orl<strong>and</strong>o to graduate from the University of Central Florida Rosen College.<br />

She worked for Universal Studios for 16 years <strong>and</strong> now works for Finserva, a Financial<br />

Tech company in London.<br />

Rachel did very well through high school until her Senior year. Her group started drinking<br />

vodka from water bottles, skipping classes, etc. She almost didn’t graduate. But we got<br />

her through summer school, <strong>and</strong> she did it. A very happy time in her life.<br />

Rachel was our adventuresome, hippie butterfly. She went to UCF, met the wrong people<br />

<strong>and</strong> started trying stuff she shouldn’t have. Around this time was her first hit up with<br />

heroin then began with everything else. She coasted for a while. She had two abusive<br />

boyfriends. We “Baker Acted” her, <strong>and</strong> she hated us for it. She began to recognize her<br />

problem <strong>and</strong> admitted herself to rehab several times <strong>and</strong> helped many others into rehab.<br />

Over the next 13 years she slowly digressed downward <strong>and</strong> OD’d several times. She<br />

went from living with me for a while, to a nice apartment, to an ok condo, to a room in a<br />

house on South Orange Blossom Trail, to an apartment on Americana Blvd <strong>and</strong> finally into<br />

the woods behind the Publix at Americana Blvd <strong>and</strong> John Young Parkway. She lived with<br />

her boyfriend, a user, <strong>and</strong> her rescued dog that she loved. I even got her a tent to help<br />

her out.<br />

I of course enabled her along the way <strong>and</strong> helped as I could. I gave her money <strong>and</strong><br />

became a great customer of Western Union <strong>and</strong> Amscot. She spent her last nine months<br />

in those woods, progressively getting worse. I tried to get her out, but she wouldn’t leave<br />

her boyfriend or the dog. I offered to take the dog to Pet Alliance. She liked her<br />

Americana community there because it had everything she needed; her user friends, a<br />

Burger King to charge her phone, places to panh<strong>and</strong>le, a 7-11 to buy cheap beer, <strong>and</strong> of<br />

course her network of dealers.<br />

On February 7, 2019, she had made plans <strong>and</strong> agreed to meet a woman that afternoon,<br />

to take her away <strong>and</strong> help her get a fresh start. That morning around 9:30 am, she waited<br />

on the corner for her dealer to give her that last big hit. Something addicts do before they<br />

go for help, knowing that will be their last high. It was her last hit. It was loaded with<br />

fentanyl. 12 milligrams. As we know it only takes about 2 milligrams. Rachel didn’t have<br />

a chance. It was murder. 255

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