Dr. Laura Berman speaks after teenage son dies of apparently drug overdose at Santa Monica home

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) – Television presenter and relationship expert, Dr. Laura Berman, is talking about the overdose death of her 16-year-old son Sammy, hoping to prevent a similar tragedy from happening to any other. person.

“My beautiful boy is gone,” Berman wrote on Sunday in an Instagram post, which included an undated photo of her and her son smiling at the camera as Berman hugged him.

“A drug dealer connected with him on Snapchat and gave him (fentanyl) Xanax or Percocet tied up (toxicology will tell) and he overdosed in his room,” read the caption for the photo. “They do this because it hooks people even more and it’s good for business, but it causes an overdose and children don’t know what they’re taking.”

Sammy died on Sunday afternoon, after “a trial that went wrong,” she said, adding that he had “the drugs delivered at home”. He was pronounced dead at the Santa Monica home, despite the efforts of paramedical firefighters who responded to the scene, officials said.

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Berman said Sammy was an A-grade student who was preparing for college.

“Please watch your children and WATCH SNAPCHAT especially,” pleaded the troubled mother. “That’s how they do it.”

Her son’s death is being investigated by the Santa Monica Police Department and the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

Anyone with information about the case should contact the Santa Monica Police Dispatch at (310) 458-8491 or the Criminal Investigative Detective S. Pollnow at (310) 458-8455.

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