Death of transgender teen who 'had enough' deemed suicide

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By KANTELE FRANKO and LISA CORNWELL

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The death of a troubled transgender teenager who begged people to fix society before she stepped in front of a tractor-trailer on a highway has been deemed a suicide, and the investigation into it has been closed, the State Highway Patrol said.

Leelah Alcorn, who was 17, walked into the path of the tractor-trailer in the wee hours of Dec. 28. She had left a handwritten note on her bed — "I've had enough" — and had done an online search about runaway assistance and a Tumblr search for the word "suicide" before walking onto Interstate 71 in suburban Cincinnati, according to a patrol report released Wednesday.

The driver of the truck is not being charged, patrol spokesman Lt. Craig Cvetan said.

The patrol report notes that a coroner ruled the manner of Leelah's death as suicide. It also said that while no suicide notes were found on the computer there were "allusions to suicide and depression."

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[AuntPatsy]

1. .

[a kennedy]

2. These deaths are soooooooooooo sad.....

[shenmue]

3. Another life gone

[HereSince1628]

4. According to an earlier post in GD...she should have reached out...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026586034

Yes, that looks like an authentic appeal.And I think all that advice was GREAT!


Well, honestly, from the perspective of people who actually are not suicidal it's GREAT. From the perspective of the suicidal it's, Ok, Yep, sorta...meh!

Do you know someone who is isolated? Someone who has a VERY high predictor of suicide. Well probably yes, you do. But, and I don't mean to be pointing fingers, you'd probably need to be reminded, because THAT person was a "high maintenance, loser" who you just let slide off the radar.

We hate high maintenance. We HATE losers.

If you've ever been in the unfortunate circumstance of looking at suicide as a solution to a problem, congratulations. You made it through.

What? You don't think people see suicide as a solution? Well, -that- puts you OUTSIDE the perspective that mostly causes suicide. It very likely puts you among the 'ableists", people who view the world from their 'capable' perspective. If that's you, you probably SHOULD NOT be giving counseling advice.

People, please. Most of us are ill-equipped to be arm-chair psychologists. We really don't understand that everyone doesn't come to solutions that same way, including some who come to understand, in their view, that suicide is a solution.

Solution to what? Solution to a problem that seems irresolvable.

And you know what??

Feeling completely isolated often seems irresolvable.

Without a living breathing person to connect to, life really does very often become quite unbearable.

Does that lead to tragedy? Well, yes.

Animals like humans, evolved to live in groups, who become, rationally or not, cut off from groups, don't thrive.

That can be the outcome of dumping high-maintenance, pain in the ass contacts in our lives. Understandable? Yes. But then...well we don't usually follow up...

I don't mean to make you feel guilty, I just want to point out how the dots can be connected.

And yeh, sure, there are plenty of exceptions where people endure in isolation. Such outcomes don't preclude a fraction of worse outcomes

[irisblue]

5. .

[Terra Alta]

6. Rest in peace, Leelah.

[historylovr]

7. ...

[wordpix]

8. very sad - Xtian fundie parents who love "god" more than their own child

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. Leelah...

[City Lights]

10. RIP, Leelah.

[riderinthestorm]

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[whathehell]

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[KamaAina]

13. The patrol investigation into Leelah's death was done using her birth name, Joshua Alcorn,

and refers to her as Joshua or Mr. Alcorn.