>> reporter: jeff guthrie was only 14. >> you can stumble into a bottleanywhere you go. >> reporter: he was getting high on his father's painkillers. >> it was impossible. i just couldn't stop. >> reporter: guthrie is now 34, a father, and stepfather. and a student at asu. but he has done time in prison and a recovering drug addict living for now at phoenix's cross roads treatment center. >> there's a level of our being that wants more than to stop and can't. >> reporter: one person dies every day in arizona from prescription drug poisoning. prescription painkillers are the state's leading cause of injury related deaths. higher than car crashes and guns. and there are 83 prescribed opioid pain relievers for every 100 people. as a part of the push to fight opioid drug addiction, governor dug ducey on -- doug ducey limits painkiller prescriptions

and we're acting on it. >> reporter: jeff guthrie graduated to heroin. now he faces a lifelong recovery. >> i think i'm doing real well. i hope i'm doing really well. >> we are pulling for jeff. the details of the governor's order must be worked out with insurers. ve >> all right, brahm. heroin is a deadly secret in the suburbs that no one wants to talk about. but we are. you'll see that this friday only on 12news at 10:00. well if you are registered for an early ballot you should have gotten one in the mail by now. yet we continue to hear from many of you out there who still say it is missing. to find out exactly why we checked out with maricopa county recorder helen purcell today. if you are expecting an early

boils down to a couple of possibilities. either you think you are registered for an early ballot for this election, but you're not in their system or your address or your information is incorrect. >> we want you to call us with any kind of a question. don't wait because we're soon coming up with that deadline. double check with us, either go online or give us a call. and make sure that good. >> or if you want to be absolutely sure your vote is counted you can go to one of the 25 early voting locations all across the valley. tonight investigators are telling 12news the girl trapped under her dresser in her surprise home yesterday has passed away. surprised police saying they found a 3-year-old girl with serious injuries yesterday morning in a bedroom. she was air lifted to a hospital in extremely critical

accident as the parents will not face any charges. >> she opened the door and found her. found the dresser on top of her. all you could see were her legs sticking out. that vision keeps playing in my head. i grabbed that dresser and threw it up so fast. >> such a sad story. well in other news roaming wild in the far east valley, but someone is trying to kill them. according to the maricopa sheriff's office three of the horses were shot last friday. deputies search the area, but they weren't able to find the suspect. one was killed and the other two injured. it was the missed field goal seen all across the valley. as cardinals and their fans still reeling from the roller coaster of last night and what

seahawks. >> arizona and the seahawks both missed field goals. >> so how in the world did this happen? we have team coverage on the missed kicks. >> let's start with kevin kennedy live out of greenway high school. getting the low down on the high pressure of having to hit a game-winning field goal. kev? >> reporter: yeah guys. the nfl average per making that kick is is about 95%. so misses however they hadn't happened in the three-year career up until tonight he was a perfect 20-20 on kicks inside 30 yards. however we all know what took place last night the miss in overtime that would have won the game for the cardinals. of course today every single person it seems like is piling on including some saying he should be cut. but as i found out today, boy that automatic chip shot field

i tried ten kicks today and as you can see you're probably laughing i wasn't that good. in fact i made one out of ten. that's it one and it hit the cross bar and then bounced through. i then got coaching tips from the coach out here. they could have told me what to do in regards to kicking the field goal. here is what he had to say about kicking and what he would have done last night in that 3rd down play. >> i would have just went for it. [ laughter ] i thrown one more time. >> it's almost like a golf swing? >> yes. keep an eye on the ball. it's all form because all those guys have some strong legs, it's all form. >> don't look up. keep your head down and drive through the ball. that's all i've got. >> all right that is all he's got. now let's see if what i got, i guess. here it is 24 yards we'll set it up. i'll give it my best shot.

matter. on the hero or on the go. the reputation of 12news on my right foot right now. here we go. oh! not good. he hustled a little bit. i'm never going to be able to show my face in the newsroom again guys. >> you know what back in high school they called to call him kevin the token de. [ de. do you like that? -- the toe kennedy. >> all right, now time once again for everyone's favorite game of second guessing, woulda coulda shoulda with our old pal bruce cooper. we can't seem to get rid of what happened in the end of the game last night.

field goal? >> mark, in hind sight it's easy to say i would have ran another play on 3rd down. but in reality i reality -- but in reality i really didn't have a problem with making the kick. you don't want to risk the chance of a fumble. kick it and walk away with the win. but the delay of game penalty pushing back five yards a kick that should have been made from 19 yards long to one that is 24 yards long. yeah the extra closer to the goal post would have allowed the kick to barely squeeze through the left upright instead of hitting it. thus having the game-winning kick. any way you slice it, 19 yards, 24 yards, it's a kick that he has to make a kick from that distance, which is considered automatic or chip shot especially from a professional. >> yeah. well other than the field goal, what was the key moment you think could have won the game for the cardinals? >> i've got this one no doubt about it. this could have won the game

to a 3-0 lead. execute the punt and you would win the game. instead williams is used as a last-edge wall blocker. yeah right here. you can see it real good. he's being pushed back. the seattle defender reaches over the top of him to block that punt. hey, you put a bigger taller player there and the seattle defender can't reach over the top to make that block. you saw the end result. the only time in regulation seattle was in cardinal's tieing field goal setting up overtime. we all know what happened. finally who should feel better the cards or the seahawks? >> no question. the seahawks should feel better about the tie. here is why. if the cardinals had won the game with the chip shot field goal in overtime, everyone from the coaches to the players would have been talking about how they almost lost this one, how they were fortunate to escape with the win. however if seattle had won the game in overtime they would be

how? they were lucky to walk away with the win. do you see the difference in the locker room talk? make no mistake about it. this feels like a cardinals loss and a seahawks win. >> man. i've been down all day about it. >> yeah, but vanessa still can't get over it. >> it really was ugly. >> i felt bad for some of the stuff people were yelling as he walked off the field last night. all right still to come on 12news at 6:00. horses are being sold that one animal group is trying to step in to help. plus, you might be surprised on who is behind the big donation to keep maybe legal right here in -- donation to keep marijuana legal right here in arizona. a chance for rain will remain in the forecast. for how long? all those details are coming

time now to take a look at the hot headlines. the major donation for those against marijuana in arizona is is coming from a casino owner. >> edelson gave about $5 million in 2014 to oppose medical marijuana in florida. this year he has spent about $2 million opposing recreational pot in nevada and $1 million to oppose it in massachusetts.

not guilty. the 49-year-old is accused of mailing the bomb making prescription from terrorist groups to the state prison in what investigators say was a pot. a former postal service manager at nau is accused of embezzling more than $350,000 from the school over a span of 15 years. according to the arizona auditor general's office, tally used a fraud scheme to zz the funds from 1997 through 2013. he is facing six felony counts related to theft, fraudulent schemes, misuse of public funds and money laundering. still up ahead at 6:00, it is our social sound of the question of the day. which valley city do you think will be the best place for them to celebrate halloween? and it's monday night at the 6:00 p.m. hour. you know how we do it as we would hand it out from the best and this past weekend in sports.

it is a horrible thing to think about. t the organization to save horses being sent to mexico and canada for slaughter. as the animals are still used for food. while slaughtering horses is illegal in the u.s., it's not illegal across the borders. 75,000 horses were slaughtered in mexico and 45,000 killed in

to know that it would probably be a week, it is really hard. >> reporter: currently the rescued animals are being rehabbed in the organization. but the lot could hold more. >> i could have 22 horses. >> reporter: it all started with this guy. >> i found a horse that i couldn't let them slaughter the next day. i absolutely trusted my gut on it. i didn't have a place to keep it at the same time. >> reporter: the goal is to find a family to it is hard to let them go, this is what i hoped for and i felt happy that they could go on, to have a great life. they host many events. if you would like more information, you can visit our website.

ten list to celebrate halloween? the winner is gilbert while they would help compare 100 cities looking at things like the number of candy and chocolate shops. the average cost of the halloween party ticket, and halloween weather mat, they came in at number six. it will be a hot halloween. >> yes. that'll melt all over the basket. >> does it feel like it has been more warmer than wh >> it is just hot out there. >> yes. even with the cloud cover today, that it will be 90 degrees, just hot. but look at this with the sky out there right now that you can't see them. that means they are still there in your forecast right now, check this out as i just mentioned that the high temperature was 90 degrees

and tomorrow, we will probably hit 27 or more days above 90 degrees where it has been a very, very hot october with the changes that we're talking about. you can see a lot of activity for them stretching over towards the western side as well. even picking up some rainfall earlier today with the other storm system that will be moving through right now continuing to move towards the northeas down to i-10 later on today. but here is where we are focusing on, tracking a line of thunderstorms, all the way back down towards yuma, slowly making their way to the east, which is what will keep that chance of rain going through the evening hours. by tomorrow they will quickly

up to 92 degrees. and so well above that average still in the rain chances, they will quickly begin to decrease throughout the entire region. now, here is future cast and look at how things will change. for the high pressure sitting over texas. they've been very warm and that they will shift directly by arizona by tuesday, wednesday, thursday. we are talking about near record heat coming into the forecast around the entire state. 38 in flag grand canyon. 52 in kingman. check out your seven-day forecast. it's very warm temperatures. 95 degrees on wednesday and thursday, dropping it down just a little bit by halloween, but

celebrate tonight? who knows. i would probably have some jaeger. >> oh yeah we've got them moving, it must be monday night. hey, my first for the flat-out ridiculous as they would go to their wide receiver a.j. green and the final play of the t oh my goodness, what a grab. that might be the catch of the eyer candidate. my goodness. i love it. all right, now on to our next play. yeah, i'm hanging on for dear life. coming out of pit row, despite the best records to carry it

the pits. logano ended up winning the race, how about that? an award to the former sun devil. yeah, because he sprained his ankle celebrating after winning the alcs. now, they would tweet out the series of the photos showing their injuries. but there will be a report today that he could miss game one of the world series tomorrow night. you don't see the world series here that often. how do you celebrate? >> it is always good, it is. >> no harm no foul. >> all right, thank you, coop.

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