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

Dear First Lady Sarah Stitt,
Hello, my name is Jessica Mountjoy. On September 11, 2022, at 10:22 a.m., I got the call no
parent ever wants to get. My daughter, Skylen Shivers’, boyfriend called all upset. As he tried so
hard to tell me what was wrong, all he could say was, “Jessica, I am so sorry” over and over. I
then came to understand my special bonus daughter had died in her sleep. My daughter was 25
years old. She had no kids and had not gotten around to being married yet, although she had
found the love of her life, her boyfriend, Jere. The day she died we did not know what had taken
her life. We thought it had to do with a medical condition she was dealing with, but a few days
short of six months after her death I get the email from the medical examiner’s office. I opened it,
and I cannot tell you how shocked I was to ready Fentanyl Toxicity. WHAT! FENTANYL? How?
How could this be? How did she get ahold of that? In days to come I found answers to my
questions. She had gotten a pain pill that she thought was an oxy, but it was straight fentanyl; 43
ng/ml of her femoral blood, per her report.
I call her my special bonus daughter because, biologically, she is my niece, but her mom passed
away when she was just 20 months old. From the moment Skylen was born there was something
special about her. She had the biggest blue eyes, and a bright hug smile. She was so sweet,
caring, and loving. She had a heart of gold and would help anyone in need. Everyone was her
friend. She did not know a stranger. She was also sister to my three kids and my fighter against
the world.
Growing up Skylen was the life of the party. She was always saying or doing something to make
you laugh, like missing the sample question on her permit test. The question was, “What is 2+2?”
She answered 2. And then there was the time after passing her permit test when I let her drive,
she turned to me and said, ”the big one’s the brake, right?” Then there is the time she washed her
feet in a restaurant toilet after a softball practice because the other girls were all using the sinks. It
was never a boring moment with her around.
Skylen was head over heels for her nieces and nephews and her dog, Sophia. She loved to go
fishing, camping, hiking, and swimming in any body of water she could find. Her nieces and
nephews loved it when she took them to the park or stayed home and had crazy dance parties
with them.
As her mom, my heart has been crushed. Part of me died with her. The rest of the family and all
the lives that she touched have been changed forever. Skylen was murdered. She did not want to
die that night. All her dreams were shattered by one person. Someone very special was taken
from this world.
Please help us honor our loved ones taken by fentanyl and other drugs in Oklahoma with a
memorial wall.
Sincerely,
Jessica Mountjoy - Skylen Shivers’ bonus mom; forever 25
Inola, Oklahoma
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