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Toni Medrano died at 11:30 p.m. Saturday at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, said Don Gorrie, a spokesman for the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's office. The cause and manner of death are under investigation, Gorrie said.
Medrano doused herself in a flammable liquid on July 2 and lit her body on fire in her mother's backyard in St. Paul Park at 4:01 a.m., said Police Chief Michael Monahan. Medrano was "despondent and suicidal over personal issues," he said.
Medrano was charged last month in Washington County with two counts of manslaughter in the death of Adrian Alexander Medrano, who was born Nov. 1. The infant died of asphyxia Nov. 22.
http://www.startribune.com/local/east/161793165.html
This story is sad all the way around...
hlthe2b
(102,276 posts)What a horrific story. Tragedy compounded...
boston bean
(36,221 posts)And I'm not sad about that.
I like her sometimes, but she has got to show more compassion for people. Compounding to this tradegy can be linked directly to her.
hlthe2b
(102,276 posts)I hope she is sued and loses big time. For someone who supposedly "honors the legal process," she sure as hell moves to vigilantism before it can even be initiated.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)She deserves to be sued for this.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)DCKit
(18,541 posts)Nancy Grace may be directly responsible for this woman committing suicide in such a horrible way.
Yeah, the death of her child wasn't tragic enough.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)She deprived us of cable news coverage and many, many People/Us Weekly covers. She's a monster for this.
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)You would think her producers would learn...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/08/nancy-grace-suicide-lawsu_n_780607.html
But it's only poor people she messes with, so she gets away with it.
Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)In that case a two year old boy had disappeared and the mother went on the show to be interviewed. There was a lawsuit over that death.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/nancy-grace-settles-lawsuit-melinda-ducketts-suicide/story?id=12096851
What a sad, sad story all the way around.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)begin with, and the horror and guilt associated with what happened to her baby would be enough to push the sanest people over the edge.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)anyone knew about it.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)It must be Hell to know you killed your child accidentally. Those that do it intentionally are another matter. It's a sad story any way you look at it.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)She is a four-letter word.
Tried to watch the whole thing, but it's just too enraging, had to stop. But if there is a civil suit, I'd imagine this segment is tantamount to a slam-dunk.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)and tremendous guilt over what happened to her baby. She needed help not ridicule.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)As a mother I don't know if I could live with accidentally killing my child either.
I really feel badly for her mother, who lost a grandchild and then had to see her daughter burned to death in her yard.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)RIP.