April 1997 – Oregon Mental Health Archive

Struggle with Mental Illness Ends with Death

April 20, 1997

From The Oregonian, April 20, 1997 – not available online On the last day of her life, Emily Comeaux put on angel earrings, bought a $350 revolver, wrote a goodbye letter to her daughter and laid her 37 years of demons to eternal rest. Tortured by multiple personalities and an abusive past, Comeaux spent the […]

People in child’s circle of care must be told about drugs

April 3, 1997

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From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 3, 1997 When God speaks to Mary Jackson, she hears the voice of her son Bobby. It’s a voice frozen in a 7-year-old’s chirp, the voice of Bobby four years ago, when he died. Bobby had been in a foster home with seven other children for nearly a year. The […]