OXYCONTIN SUSPECTED IN MAN'S DEATH

Appleton Man Had Taken Drug For Back Pain, Report Says

The death of an Appleton man may be the second fatal OxyContin overdose in
the Milwaukee area, according to a Milwaukee County medical examiner's report.

Timothy T. Neddo, 27, was found dead at a relative's home in Wauwatosa
early Monday morning. Neddo, a diabetic with back problems, was living with
relatives in Wauwatosa, the report says.

He had been taking oxycodone, a family of prescription pain relievers which
includes the brand OxyContin, for back pain.

A cousin came home at 1 a.m. and found Neddo on the floor, and thought he
was asleep.

When the cousin put a blanket on him an hour later, Neddo felt cool and was
unresponsive, and the cousin called 911.

The cause of death is undetermined.

"He was a loving son," said his mother, Nancy.

"Every day, I got a hug and a kiss from him and he told me how much he
loved me. He appreciated everything I did as a mother. He's not perfect, he
has done things wrong in his life, but haven't we all?"

Neddo said her son especially loved children and spent as much time as
possible with his niece and nephew.

Neddo, who at one time weighed over 600 pounds, was diagnosed with manic
depressive disorder, the medical examiner's report says.

He had chronic pain and had sought help from doctors in Milwaukee and
elsewhere.

Whether an overdose on OxyContin caused Neddo's death won't be known for
certain until toxicology tests are completed in about five weeks.

The area's first oxycodone-related death occurred in Cudahy on June 6, when
Jeffrey Hough, 18, died from "mixed drug toxicity" of the drugs oxycodone
and Benzodiavipine, the medical examiner's office said.

"OxyContin is something we're going to have to keep an eye out for," said
Lt. Dennis Davidson of the Wauwatosa Police Department.

"It concerns me."