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

Dear First Lady Cooper:
My daughter, Gabriella Cruz Aviles was poisoned by fentanyl on October 17, 2021, four
months after graduating from Apex High School. Gabriella had a huge heart, infectious
smile, and would light up the darkest room. She was beautiful inside and out! At age
eighteen, she had so much life to live for until someone took it away from her.
In 2021, there were more than 107,000 people who lost their lives to an opioid overdose,
with 77% of those deaths being related to fentanyl, which included over 4,000 North
Carolinians. 2022 statistics appear to show a similar number.
In 2023, I am working with the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall along with thousands of
other families who lost a loved one due to this terrible epidemic. Please, we need your
support in finding a permanent location at a significant location for our Drug Epidemic
Memorial Wall, within our NC Capital.
There have been two Memorial Walls already created, one with photos and the second
listing the names of the victims, in the style of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC. I
am including Gabriella’s frame, below. I am also including a link to the digital brochure of
virtual memorial walls, albums, and our awareness campaign.
The digital walls and albums update automatically. Additionally, we would love the photos
to be displayed in hard copy format similar to the DEA Museum in Washington DC, where
the faces of so many of our departed children are displayed. The Wall of Names can be
projected on a plaque/wall so parents and other loved ones can touch their loved one's
name.
They were all victims of Purdue Pharma (an American cartel) and many, many others.
Now, they are victims of Chinese and the Mexican Cartels, who are working together to
create this weapon, so that people who think they are buying a Xanax, or an Oxycodone
are really buying a look-alike drug laced with fentanyl.
Our loved one's lives have been taken away too soon due to this fentanyl epidemic.
Please help us to raise awareness of the poisoning of our children and loved ones and
pay homage to the victims.
Respectfully,
Lynelle Esposito , Apex, NC
Gabriella’s Mom
Forever 18
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