I know there are many who, even when all the results come in, won't be happy with the outcome of the investigation. That will be whether it's ruled a suicide or a homicide.
I will say this, as a family member who someone attempted suicide, unsuccessfully I might add, but you never know what's going through someone else's head, no matter how close you are. Seriously......
Under normal circumstances, Ms. Nalepa most likely would NEVER have contimplated suicide. But this wasn't usual and I can just imagine the mental state she was in. It's just too bad she didn't confide in anyone before she apparently, imho, took the fatal step of allegedly hanging herself.
Ms. Nalepa's incident happened almost two days after the mishap with M and I truly believe she felt responsible. She and her b/f MAY have already been at odds because the accident did happen on her watch. She may have found her once bright future outlook, disappearing around her like a dark cloud. She may have felt trapped and saw no other way out. She may have also already been somewhat accused of negligence by PERHAPS even both bio parents, and knew that this was an insurmountable obstacle that could NEVER be mended.
The way she was found, unclothed, she may not have even thought of that in the past tense, ie that's how she would be found. When someone is in such a state, they do NOT think of that. IF they survive, they would most likely be embarrassed about how the whole ordeal, including being unclothed as, "What was I thinking?"
No family wants to face the fact their loved one MAY have killed themselves. They then feel responsible for not seeing the obvious signs or realize the circumstances are that devastating to their loved one, that they'd even consider suicide. Been there, done that. The surviving family feels they could have stopped it, if they'd only known.
I'm with the original statements by LE when this all began. It appears to be suicide, but circumstances warrant additional investigation. Unfortuneately, forensic evidence takes time to be processed, not even to mention the back log of most forensic labs. I know how backed up they are as one of my daughters is a forensic chemist and she said that there is NO shortage in evidence coming in for testing, but there is a SHORTAGE of qualified forensic chemists and of certified labs as well.
I know it's difficult waiting and nothing happening. But LE is the 'voice' of the silenced, they owe it to them to get it right.
JMHO
fran
PS....and NOT all suicides leave a note. Really, that's even worse.
You then may never no WHY? .....fran
