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Boyd student died from heroin mixture
BY DANNY GALLAGHER, McKinney Courier-Gazette
The McKinney Police Department and the Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office have confirmed the death of a McKinney Boyd High School student was caused by “cheese,” a toxic mixture of heroin and diphenhydramine.
McKinney police dispatchers received a call at 8:45 a.m. July 13 from Scott Towers Clark’s home in the 500 block of Broad Leaf Lane. His mother, Jane, told dispatchers her son was unconscious and dispatchers gave her CPR instructions over the phone before police and fire arrived. He was transported to Medical Center of McKinney, where he passed away at 12:32 a.m. July 14. Police suspected the cause of his death was drug-related.
Friends held a memorial for Clark at First Baptist Church on West Louisiana Street and the parents set up a trust fund in their son’s name “to help teens in crisis,” Scott’s father Robert Clark said back in July. Donations can be sent through the mail to Guaranty Bank, 8931 Virginia Parkway, McKinney, TX 75070 or in person at the Guaranty Bank branch on Virginia Parkway.
“We’re working with our narcotics department on tracking down the people that supplied that heroin mix to the victim,” Roland said. “We’re continually working with the parents on gathering information on his friends and who he hung out with so we’re able to piece together as much of his last few hours in the hopes we can either inform people about the dangers of the drug, make the arrests and stop them from spreading the drug.”
He also said the department will inform McKinney ISD school resource officers.
“Obviously, inside the department, there have been numerous pieces of information shared about the heroin problems, and about the signs of it,” Roland said. “With school starting this week, we’re going to the school resource officers and arm them with as much information as we can give them to make sure it doesn’t happen.”
Cody Cunningham, McKinney ISD spokesman, said the district will take its directives from the McKinney PD.
“They’ll notify McKinney ISD school resource officers, then communicate to us the level of concern they have over a particular drug,” he said. “Based upon our school resource officers, they have the most intimate knowledge of the inner-workings or the actions of the students both in and outside of school.”
Cunningham said the district has spoken with students about the dangers of “cheese” and other harmful drugs, and they will continue the dialogue through the upcoming school year.
“What we do is monitor student activity,” he said. “When we see potentially dangerous drugs in our district, we identify what concerns there may be and the school resource officers are very diligent on educating students on the dangers of those drugs. We’ve had a number of opportunities to talk to students on the topic of ‘cheese’ and other dangerous drugs, and it’s something we’ll continue educating our students about this year. Obviously, if this becomes a trend, we will increase our efforts even more than we already have.”
He also said the district offers their deepest sympathies to Clark’s family.
“Our condolences go out to Mr. Clark’s family,” Cunningham said. “It’s a very unfortunate situation.”
A family representative could not be reached for comment.
Contact Danny Gallagher at dgallagher@acnpapers.com. To post comments online, access this story at www.scntx.com.
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... wrote on Sep 1, 2007 10:51 PM:
" I wish a name would not have been used. It brings back all the heartbreak for family and friends. "
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