Found Deceased CA - Julia Christine Snyder, 53, Malibu, 8 Feb 2020 *Bipolar*

[Lusitana]

Just checked Google Maps. Her house burned down pretty bad, not much was left.

 

[shinimeggie]

Jumping in here just to say, she wouldn't be the first person with mental health issues to die within a small space -- I know of at least one case from memory.

Jamie Minor was found deceased in a ventilation duct in 2011. She had been sent home from work for erratic behaviour and then became trapped within the duct. We'll never know why she went in there, just that she was having a mental health crisis.

It's assumed Julia didn't seem to be in crisis/manic/really, really low upon hearing from her mum, but mental health episodes can come on quickly, people can plan suicides for a long time (and often seem happier right before they complete the act) and reputations can, understandably, be protected with statements. I totally get that, and a mental health label doesn't make Julia any less of a person or any less important. In fact, that label is why I'm commenting on and watching her case.

This could be by misadventure or suicide, and even could be totally unrelated to her mental health (say, she thought she saw an injured animal, went in, and got stuck).

Not saying there's no chance of foul play at all, and I'm far from dismissing that it could be foul play just because she has a mental health label -- the 2011 case just jumped out at me when I read the circumstances of this one.

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