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SO TONIGHT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE
DRAWING ATTENTION TO ONE OF
THE MANY TRAGEDIES OF THE
HEROIN EPIDEMIC... CASEY JONES
IS HERE TO SHOW US--
US-- NOW....THIS IS NOT WHAT
YOU MIGHT THINK THE FACE OF
HEROIN LOOKS LIKE. BUT THIS
GIRLS PARENTS WANT IT TO BE -
BECAUSE HEROIN - TOOK HER LIFE.
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11441312SOT MOLLY SAYS: SHE
WAS A DANCER. SHE LOVED MUSIC.
PICTURES DON'T QUITE TELL THE
STORY11441312SOT: MOLLY SAYS:
SHE LOVED PEOPLE.BEHIND THE
VOICELESS EYES.THE SILENT
SMILE.11441312SOT: MOLLY SAYS:
SHE DID GYMNASTICS. SHE PLAYED
SPORTS.THERE WAS A HALLOW CRY.
11441312SOT: MOLLY SAYS: SHE
PLAYED VOLLEYBALL. SHE RAN
TRACK.NOT SEEN IN THE GLOSSY
INK OF ANY PHOTOGRAPH.11441312
SOT: MOLLY SAYS: SHE HAD A
PASSION FOR LIFE AND WHAT SHE
LOVED TO DO.RATHER HEARD IN A
GIRL SO FULL OF LIFE, ONLY
WHEN SHE WASN'T.11441312SOT:
MOLLY SAYS: SHE LOVED HER
FRIENDS.MEGHAN REID WAS JUST
23 YEARS OLD.11591301SOT:
MOLLY SAYS: SUNDAY MORNING,
MICHAELA CALLED US AND TOLD US
THAT SHE HAD PASSED. THAT SHE
WAS DEAD. THOSE WERE HER
WORDS, "MEGHAN'S DEAD."A
MOTHER'S FEAR.A SISTER NOW
HAUNTED WITH DEATH'S PICTURE.
11591301SOT: MOLLY SAYS: THEY
ARE BONE CHILLING WORDS THAT
YOU NEVER WANT TO HEAR. AND
THE SIGHTS THAT WE SAW AFTER
THAT ARE SIGHTS THAT YOU NEVER
WANT TO SEE. ESPECIALLY ONE OF
YOUR CHILDREN.NEEDLE IN ARM -
SLOUCHED OVER PRETZEL STYLE -
THE SHOCK OF DEATH NOW A
BURNED MEMORY.11430810SOT:
MOLLY SAYS: I WOULD HOPE THAT
I COULD HELP OTHER FAMILIES
NOT HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CHILD
BROUGHT OUT IN A BODY BAG.
CAUSE THAT WAS THE MOST
DIFFICULT THING TO EVER SEE.
IT WAS BEYOND WORDS.WHY HEROIN?
SUCH A NASTY, GRUESOME,
ADDICTIVE DRUG.WHERE MEGHAN'S
PATTERN STARTED IS A MYSTERY.
11461428SOT: DOUG SAYS: POOR
CHOICES.MOLLY: DEFINITELY.
DOUG: SHE MADE POOR CHOICES
BUT THE OTHER THING, SHE CLUNG
TO PEOPLE THAT HAD PROBLEMS.
PROBABLY, ACCORDING TO HER
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MOM MOLLY, AND
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STEP DAD DOUG -
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BECAUSE MEGHAN HERSELF WAS
WOUNDED.11464321SOT: MOLLY
SAYS: TAKING AWAY THE PAIN OF
HER OWN PAIN, FROM SOME OF THE
PAST THAT SHE HAD. THE
STRUGGLES SHE HAD. LOSING HER
DAD AND BEING A VICTIM OF
ANOTHER CRIME.HER GREATEST
QUALITY THE TWO SAY - HER
AFFINTY FOR HELPING OTHERS.
11444126SOT: DOUG SAYS: I
REALLY BELIEVE HER BIGGEST
PASSION WAS HELPING OTHERS.
SHE WOULD SIT DOWN WITH YOU,
AND "HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU
DOING?" AND WOULD GIVE THE
FINEST HUGS. THAT'S WHAT I'M
GOING TO MISS THE MOST.JONES
SAYS: THAT'S WHAT THEY
REMEMBER HERE, IS THE HUGS.
SOT: DOUG SAYS: I REALLY
BELIEVE HER BIGGEST PASSION
WAS HELPING OTHERS. SHE WOULD
SIT DOWN WITH YOU, AND "HOW
YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING?" AND
WOULD GIVE THE FINEST HUGS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO MISS
THE MOST.JONES SAYS: THAT'S
WHAT THEY REMEMBER HERE, IS
THE HUGS.DOUG SAYS: THE HUG.
MOLLY: THAT'S MY BROTHER'S
WORDS. THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL.
HE VERY ELOQUENTLY PUT INTO
WORDS WHAT A SPECIAL HUMAN
BEING SHE WAS.MEGHAN TRIED TO
GET HELP - IN MAY HER PARENTS
CHECKED HER INTO PINEREST -
NOT EVEN 72 HOURS LATER -
DETOXED, MEGHAN CHECKED
HERSELF OUT.DOUG AND MOLLY
NEVER EVEN KNEW.11210422SOT:
MOLLY SAYS: I JUST FEEL LIKE
THERE'S POINTS OF FAILURE THAT
SHOULDN'T BE, WHEN YOU'RE
DEALING WITH THAT SITUATION.ON
SEPTEMBER 7TH - DOUG, A
SHIAWOSEE COUNTY SHERIFF -
TOOK MEGHAN TO DRUG COURT,
OFFERED HIS HOUSE IN VERNON
AND A FAST TRACK TO A NURSING
PROGRAM.11385908SOT: DOUG
SAYS: THE TUESDAY BEFORE THIS
HAPPENED, I DID GET A TEXT
FROM HER AND IT SAID, I MADE
MY DECISION, I WANT TO COME
THERE. I WANT TO GET OUT OF
THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT I'M IN,
I WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE
DIRTY AND I WANT TO START OVER.
THAT TEXT WAS OCTOBER 25TH.
11393401SOT JONES: WHEN DID
YOU LOSE HER?DOUG SAYS:
OCTOBER 30TH. OCTOBER 30TH.THE
PICTURES TOWARDS THE END
ILLUSTRATE A DESPERATE PLEA.A
FINAL VIDEO, POSTED JUST
MINUTES BEFORE HER OVERDOSE.
INSTAGRAM VIDEO WITH NAT OF
ááMOOOMOOOááá11322907DOUG: WE
ARE GOING TO BE MEGHAN'S VOICE
NOW AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A
POSITIVE OUT OF THIS
NEGATIVE....IF WE CAN SAVE ONE
PERSON, IT'S WORTH IT. IT'S
WORTH IT.11450223SOT: MOLLY
SAYS: WE ALL HAVE OUR FAILURES
AND OUR FAULTS AND OUR ANGRY
MOMENT AND YOU KNOW AS HUMAN
BEINGS, BUT BY AND LARGE, SHE
WAS A BIG HEART AND SHE DID
LOVE PEOPLE.PICTURES ARE
WHAT'S LEFT NOW.REMINDING
IMAGES OF A SMILE AND
PERSONALITY FADED -- BY THE
VIVACIOUS GRIP OF HEROIN.AND
THAT CRY -- FROM A GIRL WHO
LIVED TO HELP OTHERS -- ONE
FINAL ATTEMPT TO SAVE A LIFE
-- WITH A CRY NOT HEARD IN
TIME TO SAVE HER OWN - A CRY
SO MANY ADDICTED FIND HARD TO
MAKE - A CRY HER PARENTS NOW
ECHO - MEGHAN'S CRY.
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MEGHAN'S FAMILY HAS CREATED A
FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE THEY HOPE
TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION
- IT'S MEGHAN'S ARMY. ARMY AN
ACRONYM FORa&.ADDICTIONa&.
RECOVERYa&..MOVEMENT
4a&.YOUTH