The heroin was hand-delivered the night before he died.
Brendan Cole waited for the package in an upscale department store, meeting his dealers in plain sight at a bustling Paramus mall.
The lost generation
The opioid crisis is over for some drug companies. But not for mourning N.J. families.
The wound has not healed seven years later. Gail and Brian Cole still mourn the loss of their 22-year-old son Brendan, the victim of a heroin overdose. Steve Hockstein | For NJ Advance
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