A Pennsylvania woman is facing charges after authorities say she allegedly goaded her estranged boyfriend into dying by suicide. Mandie Reusch (pictured
The Army veteran who was allegedly driven to suicide by his estranged girlfriend killed himself hours after she told him he couldn t see their daughter on Father s Day.
how many times at least growing up when you got angry with somebody, you heard somebody say go drop dead or i hope you kill yourself. there s got to be more, got to be context. i think what tilted towards prosecuting this case was they are going to show that she knew or had some knowledge that he was suicidal and that she intended to do this, and you have to show the causation element, you have to show the speech crossed the line. i have a real hesitation as to when you start going down that path when you are able to say ok, this speech, it just gets up to the line but this speech doesn t. it s a very, very precarious position to be in. john: and what the westmoreland district attorney said about this, mr. metzger may still be here today if those messages did not influence and encourage him to take his own life. there s no evidence of a preexisting condition here