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The death of a 12-year-old Missouri girl *may* be linked to a
pain patch that belonged to her grandmother.  The grieving
grandmother wants all parents and caregivers to be aware.  Betsy
Webster reports.  Across in the front lawn of Destiny Spitler's
home marks a significant and sudden loss.  "Always happy.
Bubbly. She was very bubbly."  The twelve-year-old girl's
grandma, who didn't want to appear on camera, described destiny
as loving, giving, and caring.  "She loved to sing. she sang all
the time. But apparently she was a very curious little girl that
we didn't realize."  Destiny's grandma uses Fentanyl, a powerful
pain patch, to manage her back pain.  When destiny died in her
sleep Saturday morning, investigators found one on her thigh.
What prompted the 12-year-old to affix it is unclear, but her
grandma says destiny pulled it from the trash.  "It was a patch
that was from last Tu