An autopsy showed that a 13-year-old New Jersey boy found dead in his bedroom died after ingesting a lethal dose of heroin and fentanyl.
A grandparent discovered Vincent Weiner, 13, of Middle Township, New Jersey, dead in his bedroom, lying in bed, in his mother’s house on June 4 at 10am.
According to the Cape May County District Attorney’s Office, toxicology reports indicated that Weiner’s death was caused by a mix of the opioids heroin and fentanyl.
On Monday, Cape May County Chief Detective Paul Skill told The Press of Atlantic City that ‘There was more fentanyl in his system than heroin’ and that he died of ‘acute intoxication.’
Detectives said that the teen had been actively taking the drugs, according to NBC Phildelphia.
It is not clear what method Weiner was using to take the drugs or where he had gotten them from.
Lund described Weiner as being a happy kid
Weiner’s mother, Jamie Lund, revealed the news of the coroner’s results in a Facebook post, stating that the findings indicated an accidental death.
Lund then begged for anyone to come forward with any information about where Weiner might’ve procured the drugs.
‘Whoever is supplying these babies with drugs, needs to be stopped! My heart is broken, shattered into a million pieces,’ she wrote.
Lund told NBC Philadelphia that she was surprised by news that her son, who she described as being a happy kid, had been using drugs, noting ‘there were no signs of anything.’
However, she did note that she had recently learned that Weiner was being bullied at school shortly before he died in June.
In the two weeks prior to his death, she said that he had started to display ‘unusual behavior at school,’ which lead to the discovery that he had been cutting himself. That’s also when ‘stories of bullying in school began to surface.’
Authorities say that prescription painkiller fentanyl is 100 times more potent than heroin