Detroit Free Press Keeping her son’s memory alive after death from a heroin overdose

Debbie Smith got the phone call at about 6:30 a.m. on July 28, 2011: Her 26-year-old son was dead from a heroin overdose.

She rushed to her ex-husband’s home — her son had been living there, sleeping in his childhood bedroom. And once inside, she sat next to her son, stroked his hair and told him that he was finally at peace.

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