TV anchor: OD killed my child

A news anchor reported the heartbreaking death of a young woman — her 21-year-old daughter, who overdosed on fentanyl days before a planned intervention.

Angela Kennecke, an investigative reporter for CBS affiliate KELO in South Dakota, chose to share her story about daughter Emily Groth in hopes of raising awareness about the opioid crisis.

“Because if just one person hears me, if just one person does one thing to save a life, then I don’t care about a million naysayers or people who don’t understand,” Kennecke said in a special segment that aired Wednesday.

In the weeks leading up to Groth’s death on May 16, red flags kept going up about her addiction.

“Everything in my instincts told me something is seriously wrong here,” the mom tearfully recalled.

She hired an interventionist to get Groth into treatment, scheduling an intervention for May 19. But it was too late.

“We didn’t get that chance to get her into real treatment, to get her real help,” Kennecke said.

Groth had struggled with drug addiction for more than a year — but Kennecke was horrified to learn that she’d been shooting heroin, according to CBS News.

“It was the most shocking thing to me. Needles. Middle-class kid, privileged, you know all these opportunities,” Kennecke said.

Groth’s autopsy revealed she had six times of what would be considered a therapeutic dose of fentanyl for a large man, according to the mom. Lia Eustachewich