‘We Pretend He’s Still Here’: Family grieves son lost to fentanyl, supports HALT Act

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Hope Blanco, her husband Roberto and daughter Gabrielle walked down the hallway to a bedroom in their spacious home in the New Orleans area.

“My son’s room. We really haven’t moved anything. We really like to pretend he’s still here,” Hope Blanco said.

But Alex Blanco is no longer there. His parents say he died July 19, two years ago, just four days before his 21st birthday…

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