How Could You? Hall of Shame-Guatemalan Adoptee Christian Hoelke case-Adult death

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From Excelsior, Minnesota, Guatemalan adoptee Christian Hoelke , 21, died from a fentanyl overdose.

“It started with marijuana, and then progressed to heroin. Christian spent four months in rehab at Hazelden.

“Christian was in and out of treatment for the last five years,” she said.

His 21st birthday would be Christian’s last.

“The friend of his went over to the house where Christian was living. They found him passed away in the bedroom. They think he purchased what he believed to be heroin. He was smoking it,” she said.

But police say it wasn’t heroin. Toxicology test results revealed it was fentanyl, likely mixed with baking soda to look like heroin. They think it killed him almost instantly.

“He was struggling, but I believe he still wanted to live,” she said.

Live, and tell his own story. Christian’s family tells us police are still trying to find the source of the drugs that killed him.

Memorials can be made to the Betty Ford Hazelden Foundation or La Semana.”

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/11/15/life-story-christian-hoelke-drug-addiction/

[CBS Minnesota 11/15/17 by Angela Davis]

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