RIP Julie Johannessen - TCU Rifle

[Prince of Purpoole II]

God bless these poor parents and the family.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Doubt they knew at the time.

Her body was found on Sunday.

 

[Mean Purple]

Prayers for her family, friends and teammates.

 

[East Coast]

Her body was found on Sunday.

The news was not publicly released until Wednesday from what I can tell. Just a sad story all around.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

I assume this is the sad news that @Rose Bowl alluded to on Sunday evening in the Basketball Portal thread.

 

[satis1103]

I assume this is the bad news that @Rose Bowl alluded to on Sunday in the basketball thread.

That's not the impression I got but I'm not RB either so...

 

[Frog79]

Yes. Sadly there have been too many young collegiate female athletes that have taken their lives that have made the news in recent times. From the outside it would appear these girls had perfect lives. You just never know the pain that is carried by others especially if they hide it well. For her family and close friends it must by agonizing.

Wow that is incredibly sad. Do we know that she took her own life or could it have been something else?

 

[Spike]

wish we had a better emoticon that encapsulates the feeling that no parent should ever bury a child

Just went to one of those funerals today. 35 is also too young.

 

[LisaLT]

Wow that is incredibly sad. Do we know that she took her own life or could it have been something else?

I’m making an assumption based on what has been reported and how shocked and devastated people were. And she was only 21.

 

[HFrog1999]

I’m making an assumption based on what has been reported and how shocked and devastated people were. And she was only 21.

You can look it up on the Tarrant County Medical Examiner site

Unfortunately I first used that site when my son’s fourth grade classmate died tragically

The last I checked a cause of death hasn’t been determined

No matter what it’s a terrible tragedy. I pray for comfort and healing for her family. A bright young beautiful and talented young lady who died much too soon.

 

[steelfrog]

This sucks.

 

[McFroggin]

Tough to lose any student to suicidal. Hard to believe

 

[mcdaddy]

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What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Westsider]

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Did you really mean to type this?

 

[Moose Stuff]

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Hard to believe you’re this ignorant.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

The Modzis will delete the most innocuous stuff but will keep mcfroggin's post up for going on 18 hrs.

 

[Deep Purple]

Yes. Sadly there have been too many young collegiate female athletes that have taken their lives that have made the news in recent times. From the outside it would appear these girls had perfect lives. You just never know the pain that is carried by others especially if they hide it well. For her family and close friends it must by agonizing.

Unfortunately, there is a real stigma associated with deep depression (at least when it progresses to the point of having suicidal thoughts) that makes people very hesitant to seek help. And I can understand why they go into a shell. The solutions, or the cure I guess, can be pretty complicated. And I think sometimes family or friends that try and help can just make it worse.

You're both assuming as a given that this was a suicide. Possibly it was, but we don't know that yet. The cause of death is still officially listed as "unknown."

 

[PurpleBlood87]

You're both assuming as a given that this was a suicide. Possibly it was, but we don't know that yet. The cause of death is still officially listed as "unknown."

I don't understand the jumping to conclusions it was a suicide.

 

[Wexahu]

I don't understand the jumping to conclusions it was a suicide.

Not saying it’s not inappropriate but I’d say about 9 out of 10 times in situations like this where a young person passes away unexpectedly and there is no reason given, it is a suicide. Or a drug overdose I guess, which is sometimes the same thing.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Not saying it’s not inappropriate but I’d say about 9 out of 10 times in situations like this where a young person passes away unexpectedly and there is no reason given, it is a suicide. Or a drug overdose I guess, which is sometimes the same thing.

Or a lot of young, healthy athletes in the last few years have died for no reason.