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

Dear First Lady Cecilia Abbott,
Our beautiful daughter Danica was 17 when she passed away of fentanyl poisoning. She had a full life
ahead of her. She was a Senior at Veterans Memorial. She worked as a Hostess at a restaurant we’ve
been going to for 17 years. She loved music, piano, violin, volleyball and dying her hair different colors.
She was fun, funny, smart, loud, she was perfect in our eyes and hearts. She was also a typical 17-
year-old.
Danica struggled with insomnia. And a little bit of depression. Especially during and after Covid. She
was under a doctor’s care. We tried natural and holistic remedies to get her sleep pattern back to
normal. It wasn’t strong enough, and our Dr and I thought she was still too young for prescription sleep
aids or pain meds for her aching body (she had many food allergies too).
Going through her phone I see where she’s telling them that Xanax and Percocet are helping her sleep
and that she feels no body pain. It appears she was taking non prescribed pills for 6 months.
As parents we don’t know EVERYTHING that our children are doing. I know when I was 17 my parents
didn’t know the other side of me.
She got caught up with the wrong person. On July 18, 2022, we took her to work, and picked her up
later that afternoon. She wanted a new TV to play her games on because the old TV was not fast
enough. We bought her one. We went shopping for a dresser. She found one and was making plans
about where it was going to go. She wanted new curtains. We got them. We went back to the
restaurant to have dinner. We drove home. Daddy put her curtains up. Everything seemed typical. I
would say we had the greatest day and night with her. July 19, she said she wasn’t feeling well and
called into work. She looked tired, but still being typical Danica. I had my granddaughter over. She
needed pampers so my husband, baby and I went to Walmart. She texted us that she was hungry and
if we could get her Wendy’s. We picked up food.
We got home and went into her room. Like normal she was watching TV. I gave her food and took her
trash out. She asked me to turn off her lights, so I did. I turned back to look at her and shut the door.
That was the last time I saw and spoke to my baby. Danica took what she thought was a Percocet, but
instead unknowingly, she took a full-on fentanyl pill. Wednesday morning July 20, 2022, is when I
found our daughter face down unresponsive. And that’s where her story ends!
We need to talk to our children and instill into them that drugs kill. Death is permanent. Children need
to be told not to accept any non-prescribed medication or drug, unless it is given by their parents or
doctor.
Now the new story continues, getting justice and spreading awareness on fentanyl poisoning. We can
bring more awareness by having a memorial wall to show how many we have lost to the drug
epidemic.
Sincerely,
Veronica Grace
Mother of Danica Koprosy, Forever 17
Selma, TX
983