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Phoenixville resident urges council for answers after husband’s overdose
Summary
At the Jan. 13 Phoenixville Borough Council meeting resident Colleen Lucchese made an emotional public comment seeking information about her husband’s death from a drug overdose and asked staff about obtaining his cellphone; officials offered condolences and asked her to speak with staff after the meeting.
Colleen Lucchese, a Phoenixville resident since 2006, used the meeting’s opening public-comment period to ask council and staff for information about her husband’s recent death. Lucchese said he was missing for three days before she found him and that he died of a drug overdose. She said she was the last person to text him and asked for help recovering his cellphone and any information staff could share.
Council members offered condolences and the presiding officer directed Lucchese to speak with borough staff after the meeting to pursue the matter. No formal action or vote was taken during the public-comment period; council did not indicate at the meeting that it would open an investigation or change policy in response to the request.
