Season 5 Episode 5
Brittany
Age: 20’s
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Addiction: Dilaudid
What’s Memorable: Oh this poor messed-up girl, living her whole life under the shadow of her older sister, to the point that her mother thought she may be the reincarnation of her. She was also molested as a kid and gang raped as a teenager – it’s not a mystery why she needs to numb out. I just hope she was able to find her way out and figure out who she is.
Update: Brittany Loren Ross passed away on September 9, 2019. Cause of death is unconfirmed. Here is her obituary.
Official synopsis: Brittany was born five years after the brutal rape and murder of her 9-year-old sister, Terry. Brittany struggled with the pressure to live up to her mother’s perfect image of Terry. At 12, Brittany was molested, and she began taking drugs and sneaking out at night–anything to get out from under Terry’s shadow. Now she shoots up Dilaudid six times a day, begs family members for money and prostitutes herself. Brittany’s mother scrambles to give Brittany enough money for her fix. Desperate and on the verge of bankruptcy, Brittany’s family prepares for an intervention.
Original Air Date: December 2008
Interventionist: Candy
I was checking up on Brittany’s brother Chris, and I discovered that about a week ago he was shot twice during a robbery. He survived, and as of a day ago seems to be doing better. Here is a gofundme set up by his son for his recovery: https://gofund.me/5c510790
This is the Facebook account of his wife that has more information: https://www.facebook.com/rene.finesross
His wife looks like his grandmother who has nothing going on in her life and posts stupid status updates every two hours. Why is his preteen son with a robber mask the one to create a gofundme page? They only made $10 so not sure what’s up with that. This family needs serious help overall. Michelle seemed like the only one based in reality the entire episode.
man this poor family has been through the ringer before brittney died from an overdose her Father johnny also died as well as terry my god how terrible this has got to be for her mother ….. was sad she was found on her porch but whoever put her there probobly did the most kindest thing they could do so her body wouldnt be found in a drughouse or somewheres….. still the mother lost first her daughter terry then her husband then brittney she is in my prayers
Yes, and to place her head on the pillow I feel shows this…
& Ingrid it is nice to read a comment from someone who seems to understand the way I feel also!
💜💜💜
this poor kid always had to be like Sherri her sister that was violently murdered her mother thought for sure Brittany was a reincarnation heartbreaking Rest Easy Brittany 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Her sister’s name was Terry.
You know the more I’ve been watching intervention i’ve been feeling like kicking your child out of the house may sometimes not be a good consequence for some, for some it might be. I know that Ken The interventionist has recently supported safe Injection sites where are you can safely use hard drugs. You can look it up by googling “ helping hard drug users do drugs will save lives“. I just feel like sometimes an addict, who’s not ready to quit, may be kicked out and they’re still going to use drugs because they are just not ready and really strong in their addiction and they’re going to be out on the streets and overdosing with no one around to save them. I know that if they’re at home they sometimes will still use drugs not at home, but some addicts like to do drugs only at home. And if they’re at home the family can check on them, make sure they’re using new needles,(These injection sites provide new needles) and they can have Narcan at home. A lot of addicts may use with their friends or on the streets, because they’re not allowed to be home, and when they overdose their friends are scared to call 911 because they’re all using and there’s drugs everywhere. If they’re home, this might save lives. I know they might not seek treatment sooner, but again it might save their life, and treatment can still be an option. I believe there’s other bottom lines that the families can use like never giving them money, only providing food, and never driving them to get drugs. I’m not sure yet what I believe, this is just something that I’ve been thinking about while I’ve been watching intervention daily… my heart goes out to Brittany and her amazing and loving family, at least she’s at peace, and I send my thoughts and prayers to their family… God bless them! 🙏🏼❤️
Dizzy I think the date for when Brittany passed away is wrong it says September 9 on the update but on her obituary it says September 10, 2019.
It is so sad and painful to know Brittany passed away. It hurts so much to hear the hurt both herself and her family have lived through! Life is so not fair…I so badly wanted a happy and better life for Brittany and live the beautiful life that she deserves.
What happened to her fiance Jason ???
Her obituary said that she was survived by her husband Jason. The same Jason posted on her FB page so I followed the link to his page to see that he died of cancer in 2019. But I don’t know if he was the same Jason from the show.
This girl passed away.
If your going to keep airing this episode, include what happened in the end.
A & E are the ones responsible for that. This is a fan site.
The man who murdered Terry died in prison this summer.
What a sad, horrible ordeal.
https://apnews.com/article/53fd9a77723d405533eaf2eed8e7604f
There is a reddit page regarding Brittany and her sisters death.. In the post, someone commented that Brittany was found on her back porch apparently placed there after having an overdose by who ever she was with.. They took the time to put her head on a pillow before leaving her for her family to find her.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/fjx2t6/intervention_episode_78_brittany/
Just wanted to share this with everyone…..
I reached out to Michelle via FB private messenger and she was kind enough to respond to me.
Here is what she said:
Thank you for sharing compassion. Mom hasn’t been herself. Dad died in a car wreck and my older sister died 5 months before he died. And now Brittany. It’s been hell but God is giving us strength and hope
Rest In Peace Brittany ✨
Just watched her episode again. Knowing that she’s passed away made this even more tragic to watch. I can’t even imagine the suffering this family has gone through.
does anyone know how she died
Brittany’s story stuck with me over the years. I was shocked to see not only of her passing while visiting this site, but of a few others that recently passed. I can’t even imagine the pain her mother must be going through and her entire family. I’m viewing her episode again that she posted on one of her few facebook pages. I find it cool that we had some of the same taste in music (she posted a lot of music videos). Rest In Peace Brittany! 🙁
I saw that episode just tonight, and had to see how she was doing, was so upset to hear about her passing. I pray her family are not in too much pain, although I’m sure they are all busted up! That poor mother, bless you and please forgive yourself, it was not your fault, nor was your first child your fault. Put your energy into your living family, they all need your love and care now more than ever. I will pray for your family tonight, even though I’m not that religious at all, but I will do that because I really feel like I need to do that for some reason, why I do not know? I am an addict from way back, and probably should have been dead long ago, but here I still am thanks to my family, and some very forgiving angels I believe? I have been addicted to opiates since 1981. I’ve done them all including the Dilaudids that poor Brittany was addicted to. I wished I could tell you and everyone else that I was now, and have been clean for years, but that would be a lie, I am still using opiates pretty much whenever I can. I’m currently on a methadone script, and have been for the past 10 years. I feel this has definitely helped me survive as long as I have, just because it keeps me well and not having to go out there doing crime and whatnot? And also so I can keep up a job which I think is another reason. But most of all is because of my son, who has just lost his mother through sickness, and there is no way I’m going to put him through losing both of his parents thru no fault of his own, and deserves to have a dad that is loving and caring and is trying his best to keep his addiction to a bear minimum for his sons sake. I only wished poor Brittany felt the same about her suffering family, but in her defence I know how damn hard it is to quit opiates. It is the hardest thing I ever did, and I was only successful for 6 years, but it was the best 6 years of my adult life, and I’m so glad that I was able to do that, but such a shame I couldn’t continue! It is truly the devils drug! I will pray for your family tonight, especially your mom, and god bless you all, and may your tragedies finally be at an end!! And I hope Brittany is in a real cool place looking down on her loved ones with anticipation of one day them joining her in whatever there is out there waiting for us? Love and Peace…. Darren Jones
I also just saw her episode last night, she and her whole family really stole my heart, RIP beautiful soul . . . fly free and light in the Heavens with your Angels . . . <3
https://www.facebook.com/brittany.ross.923724 yes this is her most recent page, lots of songs ans pics and little live videos with her family at home in the 2 weeks before she passed, she had such great love for them
I have never witnessed such a toxic set up! I thought my mum was an enabler with my brother, but she actually believed him when he said he wasn’t using. Brittany’s mum is actually being her dealer and enabling her, whilst ignoring her other daughter. I feel sorry for Brittany as she has been shaped by her mother’s guilt over her dead sister. This girl was gang raped and yet they are still enabling her to go to these houses! She needs therapy and discipline, boundaries set. The mother also needs therapy too so she can cope with her kids and stop putting her guilt on the kids. The other daughter is craving love and even said that she was never photographed or loved as much. I’m sorry to hear the eventual deaths in this family, in addition to Terry and the fact that their dad withdrew and would not communicate. This is the most screwed up family set up I’ve ever seen!!
So incredibly sad. I just saw the episode today and tried looking her up and found this. I am a recovering addict, been clean almost a year and I just wish I could reach out to her mom and hug her so tightly. That poor mother has been through unimaginable suffering.
Sophie I feel the exact same way… I wish there were someway that all of us who felt this way could reach out to her mother and maybe bring her some peace!!!!
I checked up on Brittany quite often. I saw how much she was struggling and hoped she would one day find the help and safety she so deserved. I was very worried for this day. I can’t imagine the pain her family is in; her poor mother. I hope Brittany is finally at peace. Love and blessings to her family 💕
I’m a premed/predoctoral student (haven’t decided which yet) and hope to do work related to trauma and addiction. Something needs to be done…..now. We are losing way too many people, and it’s soul-shattering.
Brittany was one I really hoped would make it but i didn’t think would. She got started on her path so young and didn’t seem to have any clear skills or hopes or dreams, though maybe they existed and were filmed and cut during editing. The area she was from also seemed bleak. This episode definitely stuck with me all these years. Brittany and her family were beautiful and I felt this was one of the best shot episodes. Glad she’s no longer in pain, but can’t imagine how much her mama is in. Damn
So sad to hear the news. Her poor mother must be in so much pain.
My heart goes out to this family. I hope Brittany is at peace.
Not much of an obituary but here it is
https://dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/gardendale-al/brittany-ross-8856299
Looks like this was her most recent Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brittany.ross.923724
Sad to hear of her passing.
It appears Brittany has died. Her brother posted it on his facebook page. Here it is: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004655116094
Damn. Thanks for posting.
Well I can tell you from the fact that i am a family member that she did not get clean she got worse and ended up using crack and meth. And as of sometime yesterday or today she has passed away probably due to a drug over dose.
also, where were the bottom line’s in this episode? some episodes they don’t give bottom lines, i don’t get it. like in this case, the bottom lines would have been huge since she is so dependent on her family for transportation, money, a roof over her head, etc. maybe she would have stayed longer than 3 weeks if she knew she wouldn’t have a place to live etc if she didn’t.
you can find the newspaper clippings for free if you search the daughter’s name “terri sharee jones”.
here’s the clipping: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28054656/the_anniston_star/
also: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28055302/the_anniston_star/
wow she looks awful now. So sad. She was so pretty before.
She was set up to fail since birth. Her mother went through a horrific tragedy in losing terri, and was not prepared to take care of Brittany. I don’t blame the mother for having another child after Terri died, I know she needed it to survive. It’s just tragic. Seems like a happy, normal family, that was just hit hard by life.