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

Dear Mrs. McMaster,
I'm a resident of Chesterfield county. I am now a grieving mother. My child was poisoned by
Fentanyl. There are 5 mothers in a 10-mile radius of me that must walk this awful path with me. I
can't even imagine the total numbers for our county! Five beautiful souls lost to this deadly drug
and countless family members impacted!
My firstborn son, Anthony suddenly passed on Jan. 19, 2021, at only 27. He took a pill with a
minute amount of an unidentified opiate (coroner's words) and 11ng of Fentanyl. The coroner
concluded this was likely a "laced" fake pill. My son dropped dead where he stood, fell over an
ottoman and laid face down, feet in the air for 7 to 9 hours. We were forced by the county coroner
to get an autopsy, so he was he was further mutilated. His face and body were in such poor
condition the funeral home director suggested we not see him. I convinced the director to let me
see something! I needed to make sure it was my son. He pulled his arm (tattoos) out of the body
bag and let me see. My last view of my son was a grayish arm hanging from a black body bag. No
mother should endure this! Can you even imagine?
In the days, weeks and months to come, the County conducted no investigation! Nothing! Not one
question asked. I called for months to remind the officer. I gave names, numbers etc... and
NOTHING! I didn't even get the courtesy of a call back. Can you imagine that 2 years later I came
upon more relevant information and approached him with it again. He apologized for "dropping the
ball" (his words) and said he'd follow up on my old and new leads and then imagine that 3 more
months later he hasn't made one call! He didn't return any of my calls and he never reached out to
one person on my list! There are no words to describe the impact this has had on our entire
family. Not just his death and several more after him but my faith in our SC justice system is also
shattered. Sadly, the other families have the same unfortunate fate of the dealing with the same
county officials!
Anthony was 27, he was handsome, smart, funny and had a presence that drew attention
anywhere he went. He was somebody! He was a son, a brother to 4 siblings, a friend to many
and a grandson. He was loved! It's impossible with mere words to describe the loss and the
agonizing affect this has had on his family and will continue to have in years to come. I'm asking
that you please recognize Fentanyl as the huge crisis it is. Give our families peace with thorough
investigations and harsher penalties to those involved in distributing it. Our children are being
poisoned.
Please help us place a memorial wall to honor their stolen lives, we plead with you.
Sincerely,
Grieving Mom Forever, Alanna Moore – Pageland, SC
Mom of Anthony, forever 27
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