The Cause of Daisy Coleman’s Death

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We’re all saddened by the news of Daisy Coleman’s suicide, but the cause is far more complex than what led her to commit suicide. The young woman was raped by a high school football player in January 2012, and her mother found her unconscious on the family porch in frigid temperatures. She’d already undergone an onslaught of bullying, and was already receiving treatment for PTSD when the assault occurred.

The attack took place at a house party, and Daisy Coleman, a teenager, made an unsettling allegation. She was just 14 when she made the allegations. The incident was caught on camera, and the video emerged online. In a subsequent video, Daisy described being plied with alcohol, then raped by a friend at a party. Later that year, Daisy Coleman’s mother committed suicide, and two days after her death, the group SafeBae announced her death on its Facebook page. In an emotional post, her mother revealed that her daughter was never fully recovered from the abuse.

The arrest of Matthew Barnett, the grandson of a longtime Northwest Missouri legislator, is one of the defining moments in the case. A teenage boy accused of sexual assault of a 14-year-old Daisy Coleman later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment and was sentenced to two years probation. The case has garnered international attention, bringing the death of Daisy Coleman to a new level of tragic proportions.