Mother, classmates warn of dangers of mixing painkillers

The alarm clock was on top of a stack of encyclopedias. It rang at 11 a.m.

Next to the clock, Hunter Stephenson, a 16-year-old with blond hair and green eyes, lay in a queen bed with an antique mahogany headboard.

He had set the alarm before dawn on the morning of Aug. 6, intent on changing a chemistry class that afternoon before orientation for rising juniors at Huntsville High School.

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