Drena De Niro recently broke the news of her 19-year-old son's death. Now, she's claiming that fentanyl-laced pills are what caused him to die. An Instagram user asked how Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez passed away. The actress replied in the comments, "Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him."
"So for all these people still [expletive] around selling and buying this [expletive], my son is gone forever ," she shared. People in the comments shared similar experiences of someone they knew being sold fentanyl-laced drugs, trying to provide comfort and support in letting Drena know she wasn't alone.
The 51-year-old posted another photo of her son following the statement of his death. "I can barely type through my tears but all the love, the messages, calls, texts, emails, the friends and family that held me up these last 24 hrs I’ve not been able to respond yet but we’re grateful for the all your love and condolences," she started. "None of this is right or fair and my heart hurts in a way I never knew possible while still breathing and barely functioning. Leo my darling I love you today like the first day I held you in my arms. The same man that picked us up from the hospital when you were born drove us to the funeral home where I touched and held you for the last time."
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"You were kindness acceptance and love and I can’t believe any of this is real YOU made everything bearable and every burden lighter. You didn’t deserve to die like this but I can only believe that God needed a strong powerful angel in their army," she continued. "I’m holding you every second of every moment I’m my heart and memories until I’m with you again. My heart is broken forever. Me daddy and your family love you, I love I love you with every beat of my crying heart ️ ️ ️ @carlosmare."
