Posted by Whosaidwhat on July 12, 2007 at 7:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hmmm, suicide? Sounds kinda fishy... something doesnt seem right.

Posted by herrera3 on July 12, 2007 at 9:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Suicide sounds just right...suicide note, inthe middle of the night just laying in the middle of the street...yeah sounds about right. Happens more often than you think..how about the man who walked into traffic on the freeway not too long ago. Sometimes you have to take things at face value.

Posted by jaesmom on July 12, 2007 at 10:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I understand not wanting to deal with stuff, I do. Suicide is a very selfish way to go but its one thing to take your own life its another to put that on someone else. A 19 yr old? How sad. That woman changed that kids life forever and could potentially cause him a lot of damage dealing with it. Unfair and selfish and soo sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and definately to this young kid who had to be put thru this. It isnt your fualt and you had no way of preventing it so dont blame yourself.

Posted by Whosaidwhat on July 12, 2007 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

sounds like someone druged her and wrote the letter and put her there to make it seem like a suicide...

Posted by shaver_one on July 12, 2007 at 11:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

And just what evidence do you have to make that presumption?
Did YOU drug her?
And, if she was drugged, why not just give her an overdose? Same results. No...suicide does sound right.

Posted by surfmedic91 on July 12, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It could have been aliens...........

Posted by Whosaidwhat on July 12, 2007 at 12:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow shaver_one, you're taking this a little TOO personal arent you? Maybe you're the one who put her there??? I'm just giving MY opinion that something about this story doesnt sound right, is that ok with you? I mean, this is why we are all here, to give out 2 cents, right?

Posted by slkrchck on July 12, 2007 at 1:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

it all sounds clean to me. i'm with shaver. lots of folks are in denial about suicide anyway. turn off the csi. you're getting jaded

Posted by readup on July 12, 2007 at 1:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well I happen to know the family of the nice young man that was involved and it is a shame that this woman involved an innocent person and has caused this trauma to him. It was not fair and was very selfish of her. There are so many other ways to take you life and not involve others. She was clearly out of it.

Posted by BeaHappi on July 12, 2007 at 2:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

How horrible for this young man! He'll have to live with this forever. I just can't imagine getting to the point where suicide seems like the best option. But to involve someone else and make this part of their memories, that's just beyond selfish.

I certainly hope that this woman is in a better place now. Hopefully the driver will be able to come to terms with this tragic occurance and will be okay.

Posted by Hopeful6891 on July 13, 2007 at 12:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am the older sister of the woman who was killed. I live in Ohio. Yes, it was suicide. The woman's entire family grieves over what she has done. It wasn't until my nephew gave me this web site that I learned that the driver of the car was only 19 years old. Will the person who posted and said he/she knew the young man who hit her please tell him how very sorry we all are that this happened to him. I pray that he will know in his entire mind and heart that it was not his fault.

Posted by scottish67 on July 13, 2007 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hopeful6891 and Readup please e-mail me at

arrow_head67@yahoo.com

We need to talk.

Posted by d0tt3dwithhearts on July 13, 2007 at 5:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

my boyfriend was the other driver to find her there. he is inconsolable along with two other friends of ours that were there. he refuses to talk about it none of them can sleep or eat..its s horrible

Posted by ceasttin on July 14, 2007 at 7:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It saddens me so that my son stayed with her and watched her die. He is so devasted. I am so furious at this women for her selfish act in taking her pain and making others pay for it, how dare she! My prayers for her family and for all the others who are left with the aftermath of this horrible event.

Posted by vcteacher on July 15, 2007 at 12:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am a teacher and I had this woman as a student. After she graduated we lost touch, but when her husband was dying of cancer, she called me. After he died, I made it a point to check on her every now and then. I learned that she had gotten a job at Wal-Mart and because of that was no longer eligible for Medi-cal and could not afford the depression medication she needed.

After a year at Wal-Mart she was covered by Kaiser, but there is no mental health facility in TO, so she had to go to Woodland Hills. She made the appointment, but had to rely on others for transportation. Her son dropped her off at 9 am and I went to pick her up at 4 pm (it was a long appointment). When I got there I learned that they were NOT going to give her any meds. I went ballistic and they called security on me. As I left the office I screamed at the doctor, "If this woman kills herself, it is on your head!!" The security guard responded, "If you think she is that bad, call 911." That shows a complete lack of understanding of mental health. You can't predict when someone is going to have a breakdown. This woman lived by herself. The better policy would have been to give her the medication she needed. I guess Kaiser was able to save a few $$ that day. This was in the spring.

I also found out that there was an incident last month and the police were going to take her to Ventura and put her on a 72 hour hold for observation, but for some reason changed their mind. The family was not aware of this. There were no signs that she had reached such a dark place. The family feels terrible for the young people involved and wishes there was something they could do, or could have done to prevent this tragedy.

I am convinced that if she had been given the meds she needed, this would not have happened.

Posted by myturn on July 15, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The "rules" for posting comments here states that you can't post anything "abusive", hello! Most of these are abusive! Yeah, the 19 year old kid is innocent in this, and it sucks that he has to deal with that, but her whole family is also innocent and right now are grieving the loss of their mother, grandmother, sister... Did you think none of them would read this? Come on, have a little compassion!

Posted by Trojanmom1 on July 18, 2007 at 12:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am a personal friend of the 19 year old who was involved. He is a caring and responsible boy who did not deserve this. I don't think it is right for anyone who does not know the parties involved to comment other than to offer sympathy and support. It is a horrible tragedy and I am in shock that this has happened to someone I care about. He is the victim in all this. He is the one who has to live on with this. He deserves the same compassion as the family of the woman. My heart goes out to them as well.

Posted by sirhastie on July 31, 2007 at 3:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I just so happen to be the son of the woman who decided to kill her self and I kind of had a feeling that this was bound to happen when she all of a sudden quit her job in early june then went to see her sister in ohio. I am the only one who tried to set her strait but she did not listen to me. Their is nothing that can be said for the poor 19 year old kid that hit my mom. It was totaly my moms fault and i know for a fact that she wrote that note because she called me about 10 different times on my cell phone but i never thought of any thing because i was to busy out with a friend tring to escape life and serious matters at hand and i knew she would be ok but as is stands now we all know she is gone. My whole family is upset and angry at my mom but she had told me she was in a dark deep depression and their was nothing that i could do to help her and to leave her alone. As her only son I did what i thought was best and i was told that it was going to happen because of the things that she was telling me. I was the last person she spoke to that eveing and now i wish i had come home and if i had she would still be here today. Please don,t judge me for my selfishness but for the fact i tried to help a person that refused her only sons help that came back form Utah in early September of 2006. If it where not for me helping her she would have gone nuts before hand because i was her back bone and supported every decission she made up until she killed her self. I tried to stop by saying "mom don,t do anything stupid. She said she was going todo something stupid." and of course i got pissed off but still decided to party with my friends. I feel bad for this whole thing and i could have stopped it if i decided to go home that night. Thanks James Keith Hastie