'20/20' TRAVELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TO CHINA INVESTIGATING FENTANYL, THE DRUG THAT KILLED PRINCE AND HAS BEEN LINKED TO THOUSANDS OF DEATHS NATIONWIDE
Hour Features First Interview With Prince's Half-Sister on His Death
'20/20' Airs Friday, Sept. 28 (10:01 - 11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC
"20/20" features first interview with Prince's half-sister, Sharon Nelson, on his death.
Music superstar Prince's death shocked the world when he overdosed on counterfeit prescription pills, made of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Over two years later, deaths from similar black market pills continue to plague the country. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff investigates the crisis by shedding light on families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl and traveling to China in search of some of the undercover labs that are responsible for online sales and shipping the drug to the United States. "20/20" also features a rare interview with Prince's half-sister, Sharon Nelson, who opens up for the first time on what killed him and her family's crusade to find the source of his deadly pills. "20/20" airs Friday, Sept. 28 (10:01 - 11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.
Woodruff investigates online fentanyl sales, goes on a ride-along with authorities in Lawrence, Massachusetts, who are cracking down on fentanyl street sales and to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City where customs agents are fighting a nonstop battle to detect incoming packages of fentanyl.
"20/20" tells the stories of Tosh Ackerman, Catherine Brady and Tiffanie Scott, all of whom took what appeared to be anti-anxiety pills or painkillers that turned out to be counterfeits made with fentanyl. Ackerman, 29, from Santa Cruz took what he believed was a Xanax. The next morning, he was found dead due to the fake pill. In Kissimmee, Florida, Brady was found dead inside boyfriend Eric Falkowski's home. After her death, authorities discovered bags of bogus pills and raw fentanyl powder inside the residence, evidence of Falkowski's counterfeit pill operation. After being released on bail, Falkowski fled to a town outside Nashville, Tennessee, and re-started pill production. Shortly after his arrival in Tennessee, 20 overdose calls were made in a 24-hour period in the nearby town of Murfeesboro. Authorities traced the outbreak to Falkwoski and an accomplice.
"20/20" is anchored by David Muir and Amy Robach. David Sloan is senior executive producer.
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