Midnite Journey

venting about something in the news

  I opened my tablet and I don't have a home page set for my explorer, it just shows the news, so bored as I was, I scrolled through and I saw something that perked my interest.


This girl, back in July of 2014 basically told her long distance boyfriend to go ahead and kill himself. From what I've read they only met in person a few times and when they first met, they had both been dealing with depression. Not a good mix, most times, but sometimes it can work...


Apparently, the boy, 17 at the time of suicide, had attempted suicide numerous times. They mostly communicated through text messages and social media.


Well I feel like the conviction she has been handed is not sever enough, but that's just my opinion. And I'm about to explain why I feel like its not sever enough.


She was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, which goes with what she did. Its actions or wantons or reckless conduct or recklessly fails to act. Her sentence, in my opinion, will never be satisfying. She was 17 at the time of his suicide and she is now 20. There are 3 different sentences the judge could lay down for her and the first is what I hope he chooses. It's the most sever of all the but still not enough in my opinion. It will have her going to an adult prison for a maximum of 20 years.


The other two are basically sending her to a juvenile correctional facility until the age of 21. remind you, she is now 20...





Okay so my problem is this. She supposedly loved this boy that she told to go ahead and kill himself. She send numerous messages to him supporting that he continue on with his plan to commit suicide by filling up his truck with carbon monoxide and when he text her and told her he was scared, she told him t get back in the truck. Did she ever at any point call 911, or any adult, or tell anyone his plans? No. She supported his decision. She egged him on. I don't know what the story was behind why he wanted to commit suicide, again, remember he's tried numerous times, which means numerous times he either failed or someone intervened. He wasn't handed that opportunity this time. She was the only one who knew, and she kept it that way. Maybe he just needed medication, or a stronger dose or hell someone more incorrigible to talk to besides her. But no, she chose to tell him to go ahead and end his life, knowing that he could never come back from it, that she'd never see him again, that everyone that loved and cared about him and vice-versa would never see him again. How does someone do that?


Her lawyers and doctors blame a drug she was on, Celexa. It's a SSRI and what they're saying it does is it disrupts the frontal lobe function that controls empathy, good decision- making, and the ability to feel love and wisdom. Now why on Earth would a doctor prescribe such a drug to someone who is already having mental issues? I mean what sense does it make to prescribe a medication to someone who is already making bad decisions, or is depressed, feels no love?


Yes I blame the doctors who put her on these meds, but at the same time, reading what she said in her messages and then having conversations months later to a friend describing what the conversation with him was, I also feel that if she was on these meds or not, she should have known that when ever anyone is telling you that they want to die, you get them help, you don't tell them to go ahead. WTF?!


As well, her attorneys are claiming that he would have committed suicide whether she had supported him or not. Once again, this was not his first attempt. And what happened the previous times that he did not succeed? Did someone else intervene? Did he not go all the way through with it, because like this time, he got scared? The also bring in the freedom of speech here. Should she be punished for recklessly telling someone to go ahead and kill themselves, even after they told her they were scared, which to me seems like they didn't want to go through with it any more, or should she be allowed to walk free because we have the freedom of speech. I don't know, if it was my child telling someone they wanted to kill themselves, then maybe changed their minds, I'd pray who ever was on the other side of that phone would call someone for help. And if my child went through with it, I'd say fuck the freedom of speech because it did cause reckless conduct, and send her ass away for as long as it takes till she was no longer a threat and then some more time because I would never get my child back...





I'm just really blown away with this story. I'm confident that this girl had no remorse for her actions and would be a threat to others if she were to be released into the public without any kind of help or punishment. The next person that comes along and tells her they want to end their life, I'm certain she'd hold the rope, gun, needle, whatever...


Again, these  are just my opinions and I had to vent about it. I wanted to link the story to this blog but it wouldn't work. if you don't know the story, I'm sure its on the front page of your newspaper or on the news feed of google, internet explorer or whichever you use. It shouldn't be hard to find. The girl's name is Carter. . https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1350098721704986&id=100001146135140