OUR MISSION: To raise awareness, and educate the public about the hidden dangers of concentrated Kratom products.
ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE STOLEN
A personal statement from the Founder, Patti Wheeler:
First and foremost, I want to SAVE LIVES and prevent families from going through
the senseless pain and heartbreak that we have endured this past year.
We will continue to live with Wyatt’s absence everyday, for the rest of our lives.
I would like to honor my beautiful Son and his memory,
and do exactly what Wyatt would expect of me, nothing less.
Become an advocate for the underdog.
Push back against the unjustifiable.
If I don’t do this, if I do nothing,
If I sit this out, and be silent with my grief, how many more will die?
Wyatt will have just simply turned into another tragic young “perceived” overdose.
I cannot allow that.
I want to bring awareness to what Kratom was in a milder powder version,
and what it has become, a pumped up powerful LIQUID KILLER!
It is astounding how many people have died, and how little the public knows about it.
Tragically, families are learning as they bury their loved ones.
Our Wyatt made a decision.
He chose an herbal supplement made from a tree imported from Bali, Indonesia,
called KRATOM, instead of drinking.
What could be wrong with that? What could be the harm?
It’s sold in gas stations everywhere. It’s sold in vape shops, local vendors carry it.
There are no black label warnings to identify any contradictions, any safety hazards.
Certainly, nothing to warn of impending seizures and death.
But on October 25, 2022, after having a wonderful day at school,
and nothing much more going on for the evening,
instead of playing video games as he and his brother had intended,
Robert Wyatt Wheeler, born January, 22, 1995,
was engulfed in a KRATOM SEIZURE on his bathroom floor,
and died in his twin brothers arms.
Wyatt was 27.
MISSION STATEMENT
A Beautiful Life Stolen aims to raise public awareness of Kratom’s risks, champion legislation, or at the very least, demand rigorous FDA research into the drug, and provide support for those who have lost a loved one.
First and foremost, A Beautiful Life Stolen was founded to save lives.
If you have lost someone dear to you and need help, or know someone who you think is addicted to or struggling with Kratom, we can help. Email us at help@abeautifullifestolen.org. Kratom has been traditionally used for its stimulant and analgesic properties. However, it is also controversial due to concerns about its safety, addictiveness, and its regulatory status.
Kratom is available for purchase online, at gas stations and nutrition stores and is marketed as an herbal remedy for pain and anxiety. Sold in extract form, it can be 50x more potent. In some states there are no age restrictions to buy Kratom.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, nearly 2 million Americans used Kratom in 2021. What most consumers don’t know, is that taking Kratom can cause seizures, coma and even death. We are producing a documentary to educate and prevent more tragedy, and to develop responsible practices for Kratom.
WHAT IS KRATOM?
Harmless Looking
Easy to Buy Over-The-Counter
Un-Regulated Potent Drug
Mitragyna Speciosa, known as Kratom, is a tropical evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia. Kratom leaves contain various active compounds, which produce opioid and stimulant-like effects in the brain.
Un-Regulated Potent Drug
Easy to Buy Over-The-Counter
Un-Regulated Potent Drug
Kratom has been traditionally used for its stimulant and analgesic properties. However, it is also controversial due to concerns about its safety, addictiveness, and its regulatory status.
Easy to Buy Over-The-Counter
Easy to Buy Over-The-Counter
Easy to Buy Over-The-Counter
Kratom is available for purchase online, at gas stations and nutrition stores and is marketed as an herbal remedy for pain and anxiety.
Deceptive 'HERBAL' Marketing
Deceptive 'HERBAL' Marketing
Easy to Buy Over-The-Counter
What most consumers don’t know, is that taking Kratom can cause seizures, coma and even death.
Extract Can Be Deadly
Deceptive 'HERBAL' Marketing
Extract Can Be Deadly
Sold in extract form, it can be 50x more potent. In some states there are no age restrictions to buy Kratom. According to the Food and Drug Administration, nearly 2 million Americans used Kratom in 2021.
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE STOLEN PRODUCERS
Patti Wheeler
The Neese Brothers
Patti Wheeler
PATTI WHEELER founded A BEAUTIFUL LIFE STOLEN after losing her precious son Wyatt to a little known killer, Kratom. For fifteen years, Patti traveled the world as a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines. When she became a mother to twin sons, she nurtured the spirit of adventure in them from a young age. Inspired by their travels, Patti authored the award-winning book series, Travels with Gannon & Wyatt, which takes readers on educational adventures around the globe. Patti has made a difference in countless lives through her philanthropy and desire to make this world a better place. A BEAUTIFUL LIFE STOLEN begins a new journey in a fight against an industry of greed and deception. Patti has always believed her most important and purposeful role in life was being a mother.
Joanne Rubino
The Neese Brothers
Patti Wheeler
Joanne Rubino is a creative, development, and production force behind highly acclaimed and award-winning biopics, scripted series, and documentaries. As the founder of Be Brave Media, Joanne has developed a slate of series and feature projects. IP/Rights driven stories that include, Slinky, Hershey, Baldwin-Felts, The Bill Tilden Story, The Harry Greb Story and many others.
A creative executive at heart with years of experience as a production executive, she identifies and develops new content ideas utilizing her skills to ensure the marketability and profitability of each project, meeting and exceeding ratings goals on numerous projects including, critically acclaimed and award-winning Hatfields & McCoys, Texas Rising (History limited series with numerous Emmy and SAG nominations) and Surviving Compton(Lifetime TV movie that, along with companion documentary, attracted more than nine million viewers). In addition, Joanne received an Emmy nomination for her work on Brando, a Turner Classic Movies documentary and has brought hundreds of hours of highly rated programming to audiences across multiple platforms.
Currently, Joanne is producing several ground-breaking documentaries including Saving Sophie: The Road to a Cure documenting the journey of a new cancer therapy and A Beautiful Life Stolen, exposing the truth about the dangers of Kratom and getting the word out to help save lives and in some way vindicate the lives of those already senselessly taken from us.
The Neese Brothers
The Neese Brothers
The Neese Brothers
The Neese Twins were born in North Carolina and hold a BFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. They serve as co-executive producers on the EMMY nominated Netflix series THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, and previously as supervising producers for CRUEL SUMMER, UNREAL and DEAR WHITE PEOPLE.
The brothers have partnered with DON CHEADLE and Radicle Act Productions to adapt the Russian television show CALL CENTER for American television. They've also adapted the true story of the lawyer for hacktivist group Anonymous into an elevated series, ANONYMOUS LAWYER with former Sony TV president Jeff Frost producing.
In the podcast space, they are writing and directing a new series for VOYAGE MEDIA called HARD DRIVE – a grounded YA sci-fi narrative coming out fall 2024. BAY MILLS has tapped the brothers for developing a space comedy, TOURISTS, slated for market in 2024 with BOATROCKER STUDIOS.
Most recently they've teamed up with RAINN WILSON to create a dark drama in which he will star called BLACK STAR CANYON. They wrote and directed a spec TV pilot starring Emmy nominated CONSTANCE ZIMMER and NTARE MWINE entitled, GUARDIAN ASSHOLE and are currently producing and / 2nd unit directors on KEVIN COSTNER’S western HORIZON. They have previously written and directed for SHARON STONE, EMMA ROBERTS, and MALIN ACKERMAN and others and continue to be sought after to develop, show run and direct for celebrity and platforms across all genres and have a number of IP Rights driven iconic stories in the works for tentative release 2025.
The brothers have also signed on to direct two powerful documentaries in the fight against cancer, SAVING SOPHIE: THE ROAD TO A CURE and A BEAUTIFUL LIFE STOLEN, the fight against the dangerous supplement Kratom.