The number of overdose deaths involving such drugs that year was more than 18 times the number of deaths in 2013.Īfter months of investigation, it is not clear where the fentanyl that killed Enora came from. Overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, have taken a staggering toll on the U.S., with more than 56,000 people dying from overdoses in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Then I heard, 'Enora is dead! Enora is dead,'" he told NBC Nightly News.Ī medical examiner report found that Enora had a “lethal level of fentanyl” in her blood - a drug her parents said they never heard of prior to her death.
Enora was taken to HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She performed chest compressions on the child and the family called 911. More than an hour into the toddler’s nap, Lydie Lavenir went to check on her and “found her unresponsive and foaming at the mouth,” prompting cries and screams for help, according to the suit, which was filed in December. Enora played and relaxed with her siblings and took a nap with her older sister on one of the beds of the home the following morning. The family checked into the rental property on Aug. 9, 2021, for a family vacation for herself, her husband and their five children, the suit says. How Enora diedĮnora’s mother, Lydie Lavenir, booked the four-bedroom, two-bath lake house in the affluent residential neighborhood from Aug. Days before the French family arrived, according to the complaint, someone threw a party where drugs were consumed.Įnora was exposed to fentanyl residue left in the rental, according to the suit, which accuses Airbnb, the rental property's owner, the property manager and a prior guest of negligence in the child's death. The lawsuit alleges that while the Airbnb listing advertised the unit as a "peaceful place to stay," it had a history of being used as a party house.
However, it's not clear how the child ingested the fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, or where it came from. The toddler died of acute fentanyl toxicity and the manner was ruled as accidental by the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office.
7, 2021, while her family was staying at a rental in Wellington, Florida, during a visit from France, the family said in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County Court. The family of a 19-month-old who died after being exposed to fentanyl, allegedly at an Airbnb property in Florida, is suing the vacation rental company over the toddler's death.Įnora Lavenir died Aug.
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