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3 days ago · Professional golfer Grayson Murray died by suicide, his parents confirmed in a statement released through the PGA Tour. "We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that ...
3 days ago · PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray died by suicide, his family announced Sunday. Murray, 30, died Saturday morning, one day after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club ...
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- ‘They hounded him’
- Warning signs, even when it seems there are none
Terry Badger III’s parents see reminders of him everywhere: on their phones, where his sports practices still pop up in their calendars. In the neighbors’ basketball court, quiet without him shooting hoops there. Even in the sky: Terry went by the nickname “TB3,” and on the morning of what would have been his first baseball tournament of the season, curly wisps of clouds formed into a number three as the sun rose.
But there’s one place where the Badgers hope to never see reminders of their son: in any other young lives cut short by suicide.
Terry, 13, killed himself at home in Covington, Indiana, on March 6. In his final moments, his parents said, he recorded a video on his cellphone in which he named bullies at school and said they were the reason he was taking his own life.
Terry’s mother, Robyn Badger, was on a quick trip to the gas station when Terry died.
“It’s every day, continuous,” she said of the pain she has felt since. “I’ve lived that day every day.”
Terry’s death has galvanized support for an Indiana state bill that would create a statewide blueprint for schools to end bullying. The bill passed in the state House in February but had languished in the state Senate until Terry’s death put a renewed spotlight on it, with more than 86,400 people signing a change.org petition urging the Indiana General Assembly to take action as of Friday afternoon.
The Terry his parents saw was happy. He enjoyed fishing with his family. He loved hunting for mushrooms, even though he didn’t like eating them. He excelled in basketball and soccer.
But the seventh grader’s biggest passion was baseball, where he had a batting average of around .400 last season. On the Saturday before he died, he threw a pitch that clocked in at 71 mph, his dad said. Over the years, he had a total of 27 home runs; he signed and dated each ball, noting the location of every home run on all of them.
He dreamed of playing in the major leagues, preferably for the St. Louis Cardinals.
But at school, Terry was not happy at all, his parents said. Kids bullied him over everything. When Terry got a haircut from the barbershop, he came home from school the next day and begged his dad to give him a new haircut, telling him kids were laughing at his appearance.
Another time, Terry threw the custom-color Nike Air Max sneakers that he had asked his grandparents and sister to get him for Christmas and his birthday in his closet.
“I asked him, ‘What’s wrong?’ And he’s like, ‘They’re making fun of me for my shoes now. And I’m not wearing them ever again,’ Terry Badger said.
Terry’s death comes as a youth mental health crisis grips the country. Regardless, suicide is not an inevitability, said Susan Tellone, clinical director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide.
She said that even when it seems like there are no warning signs that teenagers are considering ending their lives, there are subtle indicators that parents or other adults can look for, including mood swings, social withdrawal or a child suddenly choosing to stop doing an activity that they previously enjoyed.
“Many teenagers, they don’t come to us as the adults in their world and say, ‘I’m thinking about suicide.’ They may say, ‘I can’t take it anymore.’ ‘No one would notice if I wasn’t here.’ ‘I’m a burden.’ ‘I’m out, I’m done,’” she said. “So we have to really listen to what kids are saying.”
“Many teenagers, they don't come to us as the adults in their world and say, ‘I’m thinking about suicide.’ They may say, ‘I can't take it anymore.’ ‘No one would notice if I wasn’t here.’ ‘I’m a burden.’ ‘I’m out, I’m done.’”
Susan Tellone, clinical director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
That’s particularly important when children are in stressful situations that they don’t see a way out of, she said, which might be anything from a romantic breakup, to failing a class, to getting kicked off a sports team and jeopardizing a college scholarship.
Grayson Murray’s parents revealed Sunday that he died by suicide. A two-time PGA Tour winner, Murray died on Saturday at 30 years old. “We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms ...
Jun 27, 2023 · Muskogee Police Officer Lynn Hamlin said the deaths are being investigated as a murder-suicide. Hamlin said Terry Janway is considered the shooter and investigators are unsure what led to the ...
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Apr 14, 2021 · Nearly five years after the murder of Texas woman Missy Bevers, the Midlothian Police Department announced that a retired federal law enforcement agent is now looking at the case for anything that might have been missed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bevers, 45, walked into the Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas, at 4:20 a.m. on […]
