Sunday, May 20, 2007

6-Year-Old Commits Suicide (N.Y. Times)

Published: June 17, 1993
A 6-year-old girl was killed today when she stepped in front of a train, telling two siblings and a cousin that she wanted "to become an angel and be with her mother." The girl was identified as Jackie Johnson; the authorities said her mother, Carla Johnson, had a terminal illness. Jackie's death was ruled a suicide.
(from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F0CEFDB1631F934A25755C0A965958260)

Details about Jackie and youth suicides can be found in the book Lay My Burden Down viewable as a pdf file by clicking:

http://books.google.com/books?id=9hu0b98irW8C&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=jackie+johnson+suicide&source=web&ots=Y8NKjRm3mw&sig=lX31pvgP_7LEja-oY1_Y0f2ibx8#PPA42,M1

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