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Widow Describes Sandy Hook Husband As Her 'Champion'
Three days after the death of her husband, Jeremy Richman, his wife, Jennifer Hensel, called the Sandy Hook father her "champion," in a letter posted on a GoFundMe page.
The page, started by family and friends, following Richman's suicide on Monday to help Hensel and her two children with expenses, described him as a "dedicated father, husband, son, and friend."
The two, who have been together for 28 years, are the parents of Avielle Richman, who was killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy. The couple also had two children after Avielle's death including Imogen, 4, and Owen, 2.
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Father Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Found Dead
The father of a Sandy Hook victim was found dead in Edmond Town Hall after police responded to a report of an apparent suicide, said Newtown Police.
When police arrived on the scene around 7 a.m., Monday, March 25, they found Jeremy Richman, 49, of Newtown, deceased. Richman is the father of Avielle Richman a first-grader killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012, said Newtown Police Lt. Aaron Bahamonde.
"The death appears to be a suicide, but police will not disclose the method or any other details of the death," said Bahamonde.
Richman, a co-founder of the Avielle Foundatio…
Danbury HS Student, 16, Jumps To Her Death From Mall Parking Garage
This story has been updated.
A 16-year-old girl jumped to her death from the fifth floor of the Danbury Fair Mall parking garage Saturday afternoon.
The teen, identified as Danbury High School student Hailey Nailor, had reportedly contemplated her decision to jump or not while on Snapchat. She, unfortunately, decided to jump.
"It's really a tragedy," said Danbury Police Det. Lt. Mark Williams. "We are investigating, but it appears to be a suicide."
According to News-Times, the teen had been committed to the Danbury Hospital psychiatric unit just 24 hours before, said her father Kevin…
