Crime
Parents offer $45K for information of dealer who sold their daughter the fentanyl that killed her
The information they obtain will be sent to the Des Moines Police Department in Iowa, which is investigating the case
August 31, 2022 3:57am
Updated: August 31, 2022 11:55am
Parents Robert and Karletha Gilliam are offering a $45,000 reward to find the person who sold their daughter Ciara the fentanyl that caused her death on August 23rd.
In his social networks Robert Gilliam of Amarillo, Texas explained that in order to receive the reward one must "identify by name, address and phone number" the alleged trafficker who sold the narcotic to his 22-year-old daughter.
"I hope this serves as a warning to drug dealers. Let them know that some of us will take action when no one else will," the father told Fox.
The information they obtain will be sent to the Des Moines Police Department in Iowa, which is investigating the case, as it is the city where Ciara lived.
On August 23rd, Ciara's boyfriend, Brad Bisenius, called her father worried because he was trying to reach her and she was not answering.
Robert also tried to reach his daughter without success, so he called her mother, who lives in Des Moines, Iowa, to come to Ciara's apartment.
The grandmother and her partner knocked on the front door and tried to enter, but the door was locked. Ciara's car was in the parking lot. Through one of the windows they gained access to Ciara Gilliam's room where she lay dead on the floor.
The Des Moines Police Department's investigation revealed that the young woman had overdosed on fentanyl and traces of the drug were found in her home.
The family knew that Ciara had had problems with the use of controlled substances such as Xanax, but not with the use of other hard drugs.
According to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) statistics, about 107,000 people died in 2021 from overdoses. In 70% of the cases those overdoses were due to opioids, such as fentanyl.
Last week Arizona Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents seized about 340 packets of fentanyl pills at the border, enough to potentially kill 42,410,900 people.
In July alone, CBP agents seized enough fentanyl at the southern border to kill all Americans, making it the most popular narcotic among smugglers entering the United States from Mexico.
