Came out. I said what are you doing camping out the in there . I mean there was in response. I popped the lock on the door and when i opened the door, she was sitting on the toilet inn she was in the breathing. Reporter paramedics arrived and moved her daughters life less body an ugly secret was revealed. I was shock. I had in clue. Reporter they found heroin packets. At five months pregnant, raven had used and overdosed on heroin. I was just shock. I really was shock. Reporter but then she began to tell me her daughter had a history of drug use but in the heroin she says and not when she was pregnant with her first two children. At 16 it was just smoking weed. Reporter she believes when raven overdosed she had just started using heroin because a few months prior she served jail time for stealing scrollery when she last relapsed. Raven was also going through a break up. I dont know, maybe we are, you know, maybe we are going to get through this. Reporter but she was wrong. This time it wasnt pills raven turned to but heroin. I truly dont think that she set out to harm her child. Reporter raven was kept alive on life support for months, at Lehigh Valley hospital, until doctors could deliver the baby by csection. The baby was supposed to be delivered june 12th. And they delivered the baby june 9th. Her body was starting to be distressed. She had developed a staph infection. They were worried that would be passed to the baby. She had started to spike a fever. Possible pneumonia. So at that point they felt it was best to deliver the baby. Reporter this is the baby to day an adorable eight in old and a miracle baby, but her tiny body is now forced to battle addiction. She was born addict, to the heroin because it had been so long, the heroin was out of her system but she was addicted to the the two drugs that they used to keep her from having seizures while on life support. She had to go through methadone and adderral to get through the withdraws of that. Reporter doctors say her first mri showed a perfectly normal looking brain but she feels that her grand daughter in some ways may be developmentally delayed. I still worry about, you know, if there is any damage. Reporter with the baby in n icu next authentic she said good bye to her daughter. Raven was taken off life support june 11th, 2 days after her baby girl was born. The neurologist at Lehigh Valley says shes there, and, you know, you can see her but the best way to say good bye to her. Reporter family and friend held a vigil for raven but for dori there was in time to grief. She had three Young Children to care for. The biggest thing i have heard from so many families, is that she loved her kid so much. That is not along california sentence for an addict. It is not. Reporter in easton, Shawnette Wilson fox 29 news. He was a student the athlete, he had everything going for him, his future was bright but he was living a double life, what he was hiding from his friend and they had a great kid, everything a parent could want until a sports injury took their only son, down a dark path. His parents are speaking openly because they want other families to know what they did not know. Karen hepp has johns story. Reporter a happy kid, the center of their world, in every picture, a giant grin. He was smiling jack, do you remember. Little will kid, smiles all the time. Reporter little john made them laugh, a prankster with infectious joy. He did tease all of us, almost all the time, quietly. Some of the best little brother. I can remember him. Reporter anybody with the ball john decker played well, basketball, baseball, football and lacrosse. He was really outlook good looking guy, bright kid, great athlete and extremely popular. Kind of goals you want in the son and friend. Reporter he had it all john was a star at haverford boys school, went to ivy league college, had a beautiful girlfriend. And a terrible secret. He was a heroin addict. I thought he was shooting up, that was first i heard he was using heroin and, you know, it was kind of takes the wind out of you. You know, get him on the phone, meet with him, change it overnight. Through the night. Reporter todd decker, vice chairman of the coast even Oconnor Law Firm is used to fixing things but he could not fix his son. He kept hoping make next rehab would save him. It took years for them to get tough. You want to believe him because you want him to be better. It is a hard process to go from wishing that it is true, to realizing that they just play you, and you get played for a long time before you finally say, wow. Reporter along the way john kept up appearances, he still worked as a financial analyst ape volunteered to help kid but piece by piece it all fell apart. He lost his girl friend, college buddies, his parents trust. He told me when we talked about, you know, do you have to get high all the time . He said mom, im way beyond getting high with her win. Im simply taking heroin to be normal. That was a revelation to me. Reporter there were many painful revelations, the deckers say that johns problems began with a sport injury, knee surgery. He got addicted to oxycontin, there is no question about that. Reporter they say they were very involve. They machine toward johns physical therapy but never thought to watch the pills. Pay attention, you know, but i didnt think about asking you know, do you have any of your pills left. Now i would. Reporter but now, it ties late. John decker overdosed in january at the age of 30. His devastated family found him. Even though we knew that this was a possibility, im still shock report report they all are. We have great picture. Reporter sifting through johns things, sports gears, diplomas, tiny plaster hand print they pack up his room and all of those hopes and dreams for a kid with such potential, no tears, or heartache, or money could make john better. Regret, but with relief because i really thought he was suffering. So his suffering is over, which we still suffer because he is gone but he doesnt have to suffer any more. Reporter deckers are hoping other families can be spared their suffering and that is why they have decided to speak openly and publicly about johns addiction. They wished that they acted sooner, a dixon can happen to anyone, anyonely, anywhere. We put information about johns information on web site at fox 29. Com and ordered to help fight this heroin epidemic hitting all of our neighborhoods. Im karen hepp, for fox 29 news. They are breaking law overdosing on dangerous drugs. Police are stepping in but not to arrest them. They want to save their lives. While the americas sky rocketing Opioid Epidemic a and almost a miracle device and created a whole new world for local police. Our bruce gordon spent time with cops in upper darby where a high profile narcan save put this issue front and center. Reporter Upper Darby Police officer matt rich reports for duty, he straps on his gear, side arm, check. Radio, check. And baton, handcuffs, extra ammunition clips, all there. And then this shifts the to the rack patrol car keys, and it become one of the most important tools he will carry. Little red boxes hold narcan kits but no assembly required, nasal spray anecdote that can bring a heroin overdose victim virtually back from the dead. Rich remembers his first exposure to the new kits. There was this red box with me, every where, and it is like, you know, when willie ever use this . Probably a week or so later, it came up, it happened. Reporter in just the past 16 months, he and his fellow Upper Darby Police officers have used narcan 86 times to revive overdose victims. Seventyfour times, it did the trick. That is frightening. Reporter remember this video . More than 600,000 people have watched it on various internet sites since it was released back in january. It shows 25 yearold Michael Meaney of Delaware County shooting heroin on a crowded septa bus. Moment later he collapses unconscious on to the floor of the moving vehicle. Upper darby police are first on the scene and there is that little red box, they used natal narcan to revive the man. He was later charged with drug possession in the hopes of getting him into treatment. People that normally would not commit crimes are compelled to commit crimes by the hold that this drug has on them. Reporter Upper Darby Police Officials Say narcan has turned their officers into a hybrid cop emt. Were interested in saving lives and this is probably one of the more dramatic ways that we can do that. Reporter the captain tells us that his officers are enthusiastic about how narcan has expanded their duties or maybe more accurately expanded their opportunities. We kid that there is two police cars crashing into each other trying to get to the person that they could revive, because there is an incredible amount of satisfaction when you can save a life. Reporter we talk at length with officer lynch, as he patrols upper darby on a recent afternoon. He had several narcan saves to his credit but says, back from the dead victims arent always grateful. It is neat to see, you know, at that point but my first thing right after that is, is this person going to be combative. Is he going to be wanting to assault me or anyone else. Reporter there is a bigger problem, cops with narcan can save a drug user for the moment but many addicts cannot kick the habit, and in april of last year for example lynch saved an overdose victim of narcan a 40 yearold man. He started coming around and, you know, his girl friend thanked us for helping him, you know, come back, and bring him back to life but he had told me and he was getting loaded on the ambulance that he just got out of rehab a week prior. Reporter four days late their man overdosed again, this time narcan could not bring him back. His addiction was more powerful than life, so, you know, it was definitely a sad situation. Reporter like many Police Officers matt lynch has served in the military. He was a infantry platoon leader in afghanistan and remembers seeing vast fields of colorful almost beautiful, but over there the drug trade helped fun the taliban. Back home it destroys the lives of those he serves. When they see the really wild looking and cool looking, but, you know, down here you actually see, you know, the end result and it is horrible. Reporter matt lynch says he enjoys the new life saving opportunity that comes with the little red box he carries but he knows too well narcan and his quick use of it is only a temporary answer for the drug user if were there and we can help we will do our best but at the end of the day you have to want to help yourself. Reporter toward that end Upper Darby Police are offering to connect addicts with drug treatment programs if they come in the Police Station looking for help. So far, since captain johnson, says few have taken them up on the offer. Again, cops with those little red boxes can only do so much. In the news room, im bruce gordon for fox 29 news. He was a young father with everything to live for until heroin took his life, too soon, the message his family wants every south jersey dad had everything to live for but a powerful addiction took his life. Now his family is trying to prevent other families from the same tragedy. Fox 29s karen hepp has their message. This is what is left of my baby. Reporter the sound steven on his daughters bed in the sea of pink surrounded by stuffed animals and dolls his heroin in his spoon and duffle bag, it was the day before easter. The morning steven, my heart broke. It broke in so many pieces that i can never pick it up and put it together again. He was just a baby. He was only 26. He should have walk his daughter down the aisle to get married. Reporter his daughters four yearold ab dale and fiveyear old cassidy, gorgeous sweet little girls, so funny, clever. Now they are growing up without a dad and a mom who is just getting her footing back. Heroin has devastated their families. The it killed their dad, both their mom and uncle nearly an entire generation of one family. He was my other half. Im so lost. Reporter stevens fiance liz i is pregnant with their third child, a baby, he will never see. She and steven met in high school and they shared everything, including addictions. I can say now im in recovery, and everything is better when you are in recovery. Everything. You get your family back. You get your life back. You get you back. Reporter stevens death was a crushing blow. And also a family wake up call, a catalyst for change, helping to push push lizie toward sober living and cousin done toy get life. Donnie saw what happened to steve and next funeral would be his. He vowed not the to put his family through another heart break. Steven, what will we do. What am i going to do . Reporter she cries for her son racked with grief. They cry, and they prayed for steven all have of those struggling, never in a million year did they think it could happen to their totally average Family Living in mays landing. It turns out the pull have of heroin is stronger then even love. What hes my best friend but that drug twisted him, and turned him, you know, into somebody that would look at the me and he told me he hated me. Wow spit on my grave. That wasnt my steven. That was steven, on heroin. That is what it does to you. As a man, father of my family, you know, im always one responsible to make things right when things go wrong this was one of these things. That i could in the fix. Reporter so how did it all start. You have to be aware of this. Reporter ton i says they just didnt realize what they were getting into. No one wants to be a heroin addict. I pick it up one day and thought i could handle it. Nobody can. It doesnt matter who you are, how strong you are, it will get you. Reporter that is why this family is speaking out now. They would like to scream warnings from the top of their lungs, dont do it. Dont try it. If you do, get help. More and more angry. Reporter united in bright red shirts they wear message on the hearts, stop the heroin. This is a war and it is killing our kid, it is killing our friend, our lives, our brothers, our children, our wifes. Reporter yes, all of these children, lizie will take casey and abby to the beach in a few days, one of steve ups Favorite Places for their big gender reveal party. She hopes steven will see their Little Family and know that they are getting better. They promise his death will not be in vein. He told me i had to do something. He said to me, said mom, sometimes someone has to die so someone else could live. Reporter you know, so often rehab is just not long enough, this family really wants to help, they want to offer scholarships to get people, into sober living homes. If you would like to help they have created a web site stop the heroin. Org. We have put a lincoln our web site at fox 29. Com. Im karen hepp, fox 29 news. And we are hoping that tonights special shed light on the epidemic but helps tonights special shed light on the epidemic but helps those impacted by it. We had our first altercation. Judge judy over . Over him, of course. Announcer a love triangle collapses. She happened to see me. She got scared. Shes taunting me. [ breathes deeply ] judge judy what are you bothering with her for . No, what is she bothering with me for . Announcer and a clash was inevitable. She hopped out the car, and she chased me to my house. We got to fighting. And when she bit me, i peppersprayed her. Judge judy what did you go to her house for . Announcer judge judy. You are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. The people are real. The cases are real. The people are real. The cases are real. The rulings are final. 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