“My beautiful boy is gone,” Berman wrote Sunday in an Instagram post, which included an undated photo of her and her son smiling at the camera as Berman hugs her.
“A drug dealer connected with him on Snapchat and gave him (fentanyl) tied up with Xanax or Percocet (toxicology will say so) and overdosed on his room,” the title of the photo said. “They do it because it hooks people up even more and it’s good for business, but it causes overdose and kids don’t know what they’re taking.”
Sammy died Sunday afternoon after a “failed experiment,” he said, adding that he had been “given the drug at home.” He was pronounced dead at Santa Monica’s home despite efforts by paramedics who responded to the scene, authorities said.
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Berman said Sammy was a heterosexual student who was preparing for college.
“Look especially at your children and SNAPCHAT WATCH,” the puzzled mother begged. “That’s how they get them.”
The Santa Monica Police Department and the Los Angeles County Forensic Office are investigating her son’s death.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Santa Monica Police Office at (310) 458-8491 or Criminal Investigation Detective S. Pollnow at (310) 458-8455.
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