Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Drugs kill - Maddie Keiffer, 15 year old high school freshman dead from overdose over weekend

15 year old high school Freshman, Maddie Keiffer, died of drug overdose over the weekend. Here is part of the report from March 3, 2009 from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin:

MILWAUKEE COUNTY - As parents dropped their children off at Whitefish Bay High School Tuesday, they were reminded that suburbia is not immune to drug abuse.

"It's just a shock, it's a shock for all the parents,” said parent Jacqueline Carter-Matsapola.

She and others are shocked after hearing about the death of 15-year old Maddie Kiefer. She died over the weekend from what appears to be a drug overdose.

Family friends can't believe it.


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1 comment:

Robin Edgar said...

Well in 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' mode I guess that this is "good news" in the sense that it is actually newsworthy that a 15 year old Wisconsin high school student died of a drug overdose. This clearly means that this is not a common occurrence, at least not in Milwaukee. . .

R.I.P. Maddie Keiffer, may your well publicized death due to a drug overdose help to prevent other good people from dying young in the same regrettable way.