USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff

Dear First Lady Sharon Landry,
I am an ambassador for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. I lost my daughter, Kourtney
Spillman and unborn grandson, Rory Spillman who are Forever 25- and 8-months
gestational age. She was murdered by fentanyl on November 28, 2022, in Baton Rouge
and we remain absolutely devastated. We loved her more than words can convey in this
simple letter.
Kourtney was such a beautiful soul who was never taken seriously about her mental
health struggles . As a child, we tried to get her the help she needed, but were met with
only random cocktails of medication and inadequate short stays at state run mental
health facilities. She was my entire world from the moment she was born and now I’m
left feeling as if I can not go on with life without her. Her small children (5 and 7,
respectively) are now left motherless due to Fentanyl laced drugs that were knowingly
given to her. Detectives have the evidence of who supplied the Fentanyl, but I’ve been
told by several law enforcement officers that District Attorney Hillar Moore refuses to
bring charges or prosecute any overdose deaths. This is abhorrent at best to the grieving
families and small children that are left to live without their parents. We deserve justice!
We must do better as a state to create laws pertaining to Fentanyl and its
dealers. Knowingly giving someone this drug is murder. Please, for my daughter, unborn
grandson and the thousands of other victims of this epidemic, allow us this memorial
within the capital. To, at the very least, give our loved ones a place to be recognized and
honored.
Would you please assist us in finding a permanent location for a Drug Epidemic Memorial
Wall within our capital or another State Building in Baton Rouge? We have created two
digital Memorial Walls. One with photos and one with names. I am including Kourtney’s
frame, below. These digital walls and albums update automatically. We would also like
the photos displayed permanently in hard copy format in our State Capital. We would like
our loved ones to be treated like victims. They were all victims of the Pharmaceutical
Industry and many others. Now, they are victims of China, India and the Mexican Cartels.
Many were victims of a deadly condition called Substance Use Disorder. We are using
the word “drugism” for the judgment toward people with SUD.
A group of our Louisiana parents would love to meet with you and work together to
prevent this from happening to other families.
Forever Grieving,
Louis M. Spillman
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