LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) – Cheyene Helm says her daughter, 4-year-old Brighton Hendron, meant everything to her.

She said: “She’s my best friend, she’s a light to so many people, she’s changed a lot of people’s lives.”

It’s been almost a year since she died. Her mother had an idea of ​​the cause of her baby’s death. Brighton was born with Turner syndrome. It is rare and can cause developmental and medical problems. But this mom was shocked when she discovered three weeks later that it was fentanyl poisoning.

Helm said, “(I) had no idea what fentanyl was, until I was told. I started doing my research and realized it was a opioid that had killed my daughter – an innocent and pure child.”

We have already reported this case in the past. Prosecutors say Brighton was at a family member’s home when she was exposed to fentanyl. Several people have been charged and two are expected to be tried next August. Today, a billboard stands on New Circle Road east of Lexington, warning anyone passing it of the danger of drugs. Helm also launched the Bright light foundation to make a difference.

Fentanyl poisoning can happen to anyone, which is what Helm and his organization want people to think about when they see this billboard featuring his daughter, baby Brighton. She says she doesn’t want what happened to her and her family to happen to anyone else.

Helm said, “I want them to think, if they’re having a bad day, to think about me and what I lost and maybe their day isn’t so bad, or maybe -maybe their life isn’t as bad as them. But also, to see that my little girl’s life was taken away way too early, way too young, way too suddenly.

Putting up the billboard in memory of his daughter was important to Helm, who wants people to know who Brighton was.

She shares, “My little girl Brighton, she is loved and missed, and I just want everyone to know her. I don’t want her to be forgotten.”