Machesney Park walkers raise awareness of addiction and overdose deaths

15 Jun 2015

Cyndi Isleman of Roscoe never thought her son, Jay Rogers, would ever overdose on illicit drugs. Handsome and strong at 6-feet-4 and 200 pounds, it didn’t seem possible. And things had appeared to be going well for him. Rogers had completed a drug treatment program for a heroin addiction, was holding down a job at a Rockford bowling alley and was soon to get his license back from a DUI arrest.

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