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

Dear First Lady Cecilia Abbott,
I am an Ambassador for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Walls. I lost my only child, my sweet son,
Kyle Shane Sexton, who is forever 16. He was poisoned by fentanyl on July 14, 2020, and we all
remain devastated. We loved him beyond imagination. Kyle was the kindest and most loving
person I have ever known. Who of course wouldn’t say that about their own son? He was taken to
early only being 16 years old. He had so many dreams & goals that he still wanted to do but his
life was taken and to this day there has been NO JUSTICE. It is so nice to see finally after 3 years
how your husband has made it an emergency crisis. We all appreciate it very much. Many
Governors & politicians won’t talk about the drug epidemic, and we are so thankful as Texans that
your family is.
I know you have children and grandchildren. Would you assist us in finding a permanent location
for a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall within our Texas State Capital? We have created two
memorial Walls. One with photos and another one with names. I am including everyone’s letters
telling their personal stories with also each of the Texas Victim Frames.
These virtual digital walls and albums update automatically as people submit their loved ones that
were lost to the drug epidemic. We would also like the photos displayed in hard copy format. The
wall of names can be projected on a wall so parents can touch their loved one's names and
pictures. We would like our loved ones to be treated like victims. They were all victims of Purdue
Pharma (an American cartel) and many others. Now, they are victims of Chinese and the Mexican
Cartels. We are using the word “drugism” for the prejudice toward drug users - like racism. They
are also victims of Fentanyl Poisoning like my son Kyle who thought he was trying a Percocet, but
it was a fake counterfeit pill pure of fentanyl. As you know 2mg kills you and he died with 12mg in
his system.
A group of our Texas moms with TXAF Texas Against Fentanyl would love to meet with you
personally again and work together to prevent this from happening ever again by having a way to
use this as an education & awareness opportunity. I have already met with your husband
Governor Greg Abbott personally regarding the Fentanyl epidemic last year in 2022 and again
2023. I am so glad to know that he is on our side & I am hoping that we can also work on this livein
person “The Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall” project together soon too so we can honor all the
loved ones we lost to this huge epidemic that is taking our next generations. This is a WAR ON
US AMERICANS! They should be memorialized & remembered forever, which is why I have
gathered all these letters for my state to show each face, name, age as well as why this is so
important to us all that we have a wall or two to memorialize our loved ones. We know that this
would also be a great way to bring education & awareness to the epidemic by having a landmark
in Austin, TX for people to realize drugs especially street drugs are so dangerous right now.
Sincerely,
Stephanie I. Hellstern, sihellstern@gmail.com
Mother of Kyle Shane Sexton, Forever 16
Fort Worth, TX
971