Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2020 4:49:09 GMT
Daisy Coleman's Mom Melinda Dies by Apparent Suicide 4 Months After Her Daughter's Death
Melinda Coleman's son, Tristan, died in a 2018 car crash, and her daughter, Daisy, died by suicide in 2020
Four months after her daughter Daisy Coleman died by suicide, Melinda Coleman apparently killed herself Sunday night.
A posting on the Instagram page of SafeBAE, the sexual assault prevention organization founded by Daisy, announced the 58-year-old mother's death.
"We are in shock and disbelief to share with our SafeBAE family, that we lost Melinda Coleman to suicide," says the Instagram post.
Daisy's father died in a car accident when she was a child, and her brother, Tristan, died in a car accident in Kansas in 2018, the Kansas City Star reported.
"The bottomless grief of losing her husband, Tristan, and Daisy was more than she could face most days," the Instagram posts says.
Daisy was a subject of the 2016 documentary Audrie & Daisy, which focused on her allegation she'd been sexually assaulted and the ensuing harassment she received in her small town of Maryville, Missouri. She subsequently became a prominent advocate for sex assault survivors before her death in August at age 23.
When she was 14, Daisy alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Matthew Barnett. Afterward, she was left intoxicated, wearing only a T-shirt, for hours outside her home in sub-freezing temperatures. Barnett was never prosecuted.
The SafeBAE post says that "Melinda was a gifted veterinarian, devoted mother and wife, and talented body builder" who ”loved and believed in her children."
Melinda Coleman's son, Tristan, died in a 2018 car crash, and her daughter, Daisy, died by suicide in 2020
Four months after her daughter Daisy Coleman died by suicide, Melinda Coleman apparently killed herself Sunday night.
A posting on the Instagram page of SafeBAE, the sexual assault prevention organization founded by Daisy, announced the 58-year-old mother's death.
"We are in shock and disbelief to share with our SafeBAE family, that we lost Melinda Coleman to suicide," says the Instagram post.
Daisy's father died in a car accident when she was a child, and her brother, Tristan, died in a car accident in Kansas in 2018, the Kansas City Star reported.
"The bottomless grief of losing her husband, Tristan, and Daisy was more than she could face most days," the Instagram posts says.
Daisy was a subject of the 2016 documentary Audrie & Daisy, which focused on her allegation she'd been sexually assaulted and the ensuing harassment she received in her small town of Maryville, Missouri. She subsequently became a prominent advocate for sex assault survivors before her death in August at age 23.
When she was 14, Daisy alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Matthew Barnett. Afterward, she was left intoxicated, wearing only a T-shirt, for hours outside her home in sub-freezing temperatures. Barnett was never prosecuted.
The SafeBAE post says that "Melinda was a gifted veterinarian, devoted mother and wife, and talented body builder" who ”loved and believed in her children."