Found Alive TX - Christine Woo (fnd dec'd), 39, & 3 kids, Frisco, 28 March 2016

[Annie1004]

Maybe Christine wasn't feeling well (dizzy, light-headed, severe headache, fast heartbeat) while running routine errands and returned to her car to rest. She didn't have her cell phone, and anyway may have thought her ill feelings would leave after a brief respite. "I'll just take a break, kids, before we go home." Unless the children have something suspicious in their blood tests, I cannot imagine suicide under the circumstances in which Christine would have the children with her. Being depressed or "acting strange" or experiencing marital problems are a far cry from suicide, IMHO.

Those poor children. Perhaps more will be learned from the oldest daughter in time. The autopsy should answer a lot of questions, too.

 

[tiffay01]

But Quynh Chau, who runs a nonprofit called The Source of Hope, told News 8 that Christine Woo had recently contacted her and seemed depressed. She says Christine Woo was supposed to attend an event to help the homeless but didn’t show up.

“She cried out to us and I could hear that in the sense of her voice,” Chau told News 8 hours before SUV was found. “I wish so much that I could do something to reach out to her.”
She told News 8 Friday that the family is devastated by what has happened but grateful that the children are going to be okay.

http://www.wfaa.com/mb/news/local/friends-perplexed-by-frisco-womans-tragic-death/114633717

Comments like these truly concern me, I am not certain if it was perhaps as mentioned before ppd or natural causes, let's just hope it wasn't anything more. This poor family has been through heck for sure!!

 

[Limecat]

The phone being left at home is indeed odd. It's very, very rare that I forget my phone at home.

I agree. If I leave it at home I go back for it. I just always feel like I might need it in case of an emergency or something as innocuous as car trouble. I don't have children but I would think if I did I would feel it even more necessary.

The only real reason that comes to mind, at least to my mind, is that she purposely left the phone behind because she did not want to be tracked with it. If she was just going to leave her husband she could easily and inexpensively purchased a throw away phone.

So I guess now that I've thought about that I'm leaning more toward self harm.

I just can't believe her car was so close to the last place she was known to have been/made a purchase. I understand the car wasn't parked in the most heavily trafficked area of the parking lot perhaps, but still I think maybe she expected that the children would make enough noise to be "rescued" after her passing. I feel like if she wanted them to perish also she would not have parked in such a populous place?

I don't know. When I started typing this post I don't even know if my thoughts were headed where they wound up.

So sad regardless of what happened. Prayers.

MOO


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[Limecat]

Another thought that just popped into my head re the husband. My Bff's daughter called me a week ago crying because one of her friends was missing. He had texted friends at four in the morning and the tone of the texts indicated possible self harm. Apparently last fall he had attempted suicide but wasn't successful.

Even with all the time on WS following these cases over the years I was not sure when police would consider a person missing. I too was under the impression it might be 24 hours although I told her that with the possibility of self harm LE probably would get involved immediately.

I was right about that and the police had gotten involved immediately. Sadly the young man was found deceased.

Anyway sorry to ramble. I just put it out there because I know it seems like maybe the husband really did think there was a 24 hr waiting period.

Of course the fact that she had three small children with her really changes things. Ugh. Every time I start typing a post on this thread my mind details mid post and I wind up somewhere else.


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[SCHMAE]

She may have left her phone home on purpose or accident. Getting 3 little ones out the door is surely a chore and if she were down the block and realized no phone she may have thought it pointless to go back if she were only running local errands. At 39 yrs old that means she was not always in the ' cell phone generation' and those of us on the other side of that generation are not as attached to our phones as the younger ones.

 

[LaborDayRN]

In the photos of her car, sun shields are on the windshield. But it also shows an investigator going through the car. So I think police could have put that up to prevent reporters from taking photos of the inside. As for children surviving, they aren't exactly in good shape. The youngest is in critical condition.

I think Christine probably placed the sun shields. If LE placed the shields they would have risked contaminating the scene, I realize they had to enter the vehicle to remove the kids, but I think they would try to limit their risk of contamination to what was absolutely necessary. JMO

 

[jennapuppy]

Has anyone else seen this?

FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – A Frisco mother found dead with her children alive in their SUV bought sleeping pills before her death, according to a source.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/04/01/vigil-held-for-frisco-mother-and-surviving-children/

Has this been reported on other local news stations?

 

[pepelepolecat]

I think for myself and maybe some of you all, the idea of an acute medical emergency makes us feel a little ' less grim' about the alternatives which include foul play or self harm. I want to think just a random medical emergency took place that could have happened to anyone at any time. But reading the most recent posts, my logical side is pinging. Think about the odds of a medical emergency like heart failure or choking or an aneurysm happening right then when she parked in a safe quiet spot. If she's been out running errands, wouldn't odds be much, much higher that would have happened on the road and caused her to crash, creating a big scene and getting the attention of many dozens of people ?
Stranger things have surely happened but odds are very low in my opinion.

Just from my own experience ...

But a coworker once had an aneurysm at work, and no one knew about it for hours because she'd gone into the bathroom not feeling well. Since it was an off-shift, no one went into the bathroom for a while. And no one went to look for her right away because they just assumed she'd gone off somewhere to nap until she felt better. In fact, she was essentially dying on the floor of the bathroom.

So I do think it's possible that she'd pulled over not feeling well (for any reason, not just aneurysm), and not having her phone put her in a really bad position. Why didn't she flag for help? If (and this is a big if) she had t1 diabetes, ketoacidosis can really muddle up one's thinking (again, just speaking from experience). Same with aneurysm or something else painful -- she may have just been too muddled in her thinking or flat out sick to be thinking clearly.

And I'm always leaving my phone behind. Drives my husband crazy. But I know some people who don't even go to the bathroom without theirs. I guess it depends on which type of person she usually was.

all moo, jmo

 

[Limecat]

Has anyone else seen this?

FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – A Frisco mother found dead with her children alive in their SUV bought sleeping pills before her death, according to a source.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/04/01/vigil-held-for-frisco-mother-and-surviving-children/

Has this been reported on other local news stations?

Oh no.[emoji22]

 

[EA18G]

The receipt said she bought eczema cream for the youngest child. I personally do not believe any "news" story that states "a source" said this or that.

 

[alreetlike]

Has anyone else seen this?

FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – A Frisco mother found dead with her children alive in their SUV bought sleeping pills before her death, according to a source.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/04/01/vigil-held-for-frisco-mother-and-surviving-children/

Has this been reported on other local news stations?

Hmm. I've not seen that anywhere else yet.

Unfortunately I'm leaning a bit towards suicide, even without the above detail. I certainly don't think she choked; I think even in a panic she would've slammed the horn, stumbled out of the car or even released the eldest child to run for help. If it was a medical emergency I'd lead more towards something like an aneurysm which has been mentioned and could come on very quickly. Sadly though, I think this was purposeful. I just can't decide if the children were supposed to die as well, or if she had the opposite intention, that they would be found quickly in that location.

 

[verbonica]

Has anyone else seen this?

FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – A Frisco mother found dead with her children alive in their SUV bought sleeping pills before her death, according to a source.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/04/01/vigil-held-for-frisco-mother-and-surviving-children/

Has this been reported on other local news stations?

It's possible, of course, but that link is a circular one which only leads back to itself. We'll have to wait for more info.

 

[Tillicum]

If this was a suicide, why go away from home if she was going to do it with the children present anyway?

 

[alreetlike]

Suddenly I've been struck by the horrible thought that it could've been intended as a 'cry for help'.

 

[pepelepolecat]

Has anyone else seen this?

FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – A Frisco mother found dead with her children alive in their SUV bought sleeping pills before her death, according to a source.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/04/01/vigil-held-for-frisco-mother-and-surviving-children/

Has this been reported on other local news stations?

Was this the RX, then, and not eczema cream? Or both? Because OTC sleeping pills are usually nothing more than diphenhydramine, or Benadryl. (Benadryl ODs CAN happen, of course, but it seems like a pretty odd choice to me, jmo).

I sure hope it wasn't suicide, just for her kids' sake. But it's not like suicidal people are usually thinking any more clearly than people with any other kind of medical emergency are.

all moo

 

[J4cknsal1y]

Another thought that just popped into my head re the husband. My Bff's daughter called me a week ago crying because one of her friends was missing. He had texted friends at four in the morning and the tone of the texts indicated possible self harm. Apparently last fall he had attempted suicide but wasn't successful.

Even with all the time on WS following these cases over the years I was not sure when police would consider a person missing. I too was under the impression it might be 24 hours although I told her that with the possibility of self harm LE probably would get involved immediately.

I was right about that and the police had gotten involved immediately. Sadly the young man was found deceased.

Anyway sorry to ramble. I just put it out there because I know it seems like maybe the husband really did think there was a 24 hr waiting period.

Of course the fact that she had three small children with her really changes things. Ugh. Every time I start typing a post on this thread my mind details mid post and I wind up somewhere else.


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As embarrassing as it is, until this thread, I, myself, thought there was a 24 hour waiting period before police would file a missing persons report.

That being said, if my husband & daughter were missing under similar circumstances I would go crying to the PD anyways, to see if there was any way they would make an exception.

 

[1&2&3]

Sometime ago wasn't there an advertisement about an over the counter sleeping aide that had taken Walgreen by surprise? It was suppose to be very effective. Perhaps she purchased this on a separate ticket or brought something from home.

 

[jennapuppy]

The receipt said she bought eczema cream for the youngest child. I personally do not believe any "news" story that states "a source" said this or that.

Regarding the eczema cream, all I've seen states that: "Her husband says credit card records shows she picked up a prescription for Leah’s eczema."
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/friends-perplexed-by-frisco-womans-tragic-death/114633717

Do you have a link in which LE verifies that she bought the eczema cream and nothing more? I agree with you that I'd like to see something more than one station's elusive source, but I don't find the husband to be a reliable narrator, either.
IMO

 

[Hoosier952]

I'm not overly shocked no one found the vehicle for days or no one reported it sooner. If she was holding the baby, it probably looked fairly innocent if you could see inside the windows. I doubt anyone was pressing their face up to the glass to check on things. I'm sure anyone who parked beside her or drove by may have seen kids or heard kids crying but also would have seen mom sitting in the car. Hearing kids crying or screaming probably wouldn't raise any alarms either. Hearing children cry in a parking lot wouldn't strike me as odd. Between hating car seats or shoes or being tired or not getting the 4 lb bag of circus peanuts, kids will cry.

I'm also wondering if the older child would have stayed in the car just because he thought that was the "rule". My own kids probably would as well. They know not to get out until I get out and open the door for them. I'm scared that someone won't see them while they are backing up or they'll ram a car door into the car parked beside us. I could also see a 5 year old sitting in a 5 pt not being able to get out.

Sadly, with the sleeping pills being mentioned, it's looking more like suicide and less like medical emergency. So very sad.

 

[SCHMAE]

Suddenly I've been struck by the horrible thought that it could've been intended as a 'cry for help'.

I thought about this myself