FIRST, THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT 6:00. >> WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY, WE NEED JUSTICE BECAUSE THIS IS AN OVERWHELMING PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY. >>’S SACRAMENTO FAMILY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER WHO DIED OF FENTANYL POISONING. THE NUMBER OF FENTANYL DEATHS HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND TRIPLED SINCE 2019. ED: LAST YEAR 5700 PEOPLE DIED OF FENTANYL POISONING, IT’S A SYNTHETIC OPIOID SIMILAR TO MOYER -- MORPHINE, BUT 100 TIMES MORE POTENT. >> WE SPEAK WITH THE FAMILY MOURNING THE DEATH OF THEIR DAUGHTER AND NOW SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. >> I’M SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT, NOT MY CHILD, THIS IS MY CHILD THAT WE ARE HAVING THESE THINGS FOR, THESE SERVICES AND CANDLE LIGHTS, IT HURTS A LOT. >> LOVE WINS REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF THE 21-YEAR-OLD. >> SOFT-SPOKEN INTELLECTUAL, SHE WAS VERY -- JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER TO HAVE, I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE HER FOR 20 YEARS. >> THE FAMILY SAYS SHE WAS PUT ON LIFE SUPPORT AFTER AN ACCIDENTAL FENTANYL POISONING. >> THE PHONE CALL WAS, GET TO THE HOSPITAL, SHE’S HURT. MINUS HER -- MY INITIAL REACTION WAS, I WAS STUCK. OURS IS HOLDING THE PHONE. MY HEART TO STARTED PUMPING, YOU LOSE YOUR BREATH, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> HER FATHER SAYS HE PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE FOR EIGHT DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT. HIS FOCUS NOW SHIFTING TO SEEKING JUSTICE IN BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM. >> ALLAH MEMORY OF MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS WHAT SHE WOULD WANT ME TO DO, DON’T GET ANGERED, NO, BUT, START BRINGING AWARENESS, YET THESE EAT -- LET THESE YOUNG ADULTS UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT OK. THIS WAY OF GOING WILL END IN A TRAGEDY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. >> MOST RECENT NUMBERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHOW SACRAMENT OF COUNTY ALONE REPORTED 119 DEATHS IN 2021. >> THESE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES, IF WE DON’T START HAVING DEEPER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WITH THESE DRUGS ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE BLACK COMMUNITY, BECAUSE FOR TOO OFTEN WE SAID THOSE ARE HAPPENING IN THE WHITE AREAS, IT’S NOT HAPPENING OVER HERE, BUT IT IS. >> HE ARE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND FOUND HER VOICE OF YOUTH SAYS HE’S NOW JOINING THE FAMILIES FIGHT TO GET ANSWERS. QUICK SHE IS NO LONGER HERE. SHE IS GOT IN HER CONSEQUENCE, BUT THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT GAVE HER THE DRUG. SOMEONE KNOW SOMETHING AND WHAT I’M SAYING, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JUSTICE, ACCOUNTABILITY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE WHO WERE WITH HER, THOSE WHO KNOW WHO GAVE HER THE DRUGS. >> EARLIER THIS WEEK, FAMILY AND FRIENDS HELD A VIGIL HERE AT ROBERT FROST PARK, JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE SHE PASSED, AND THEY SAY SHE WAS HARD, THE FOCUS WAS MOVING ON AND MAKING SURE NO FAMILY FEELS WHAT THEY FEEL NOW. TIE: CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL HAPPENING AT HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE AREA, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS PITCHER -- PICTURE LOGAN WEBB SHARED HIS FAMILY’S EXPERIENCE WITH FENTANYL, ONE YEAR AGO HIS COUSIN DIED FROM THE DRUG. ROCKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOSTING A PARENT INFO