Crime & Safety

San Bernardino Mother Opens Up On Son's Overdose Death Hoping To Raise Awareness Of The Dangers Of Fentanyl

"This destroys people. It's destroyed my family -- me," said Aguilar's mother Drina Cordova. "I'm without my son, my baby."

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September 23, 2022

A San Bernardino mother is opening about about her son's death in 2021, hoping that her story will hopefully raise awareness about the true dangers of fentanyl.

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Last August, Victor Aguilar purchased what he thought were two Percocet pills. However, they turned out to be laced with a deadly dose of fentanyl. He took one of the full pills, while his girlfriend, Alicia Hafey, took half of the other.

While Hafey woke up sick the next morning, Aguilar's parents found him unresponsive in their Apple Valley home, rushing him to a hospital where he remained on life support for 19 days until he died.

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