Penn track star jumps to her death

parentofpeople
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:45:13 +0000

It is very sad. There were two other Penn students who died over winter break. One was in a car accident with his parents in China, and the other was found dead in his off campus apartment, no cause of death yet.

The one who was found in his apartment has what I would think would make this a “covered story”. When he was very young, he and his brother came home and found both parents shot dead in their house. Yet that story is really not getting the same kind of traction as Madison’s death is. I get the fact that Madison being a suicide is part of it, but sadly, that happens many times without making national news.

I too have been obsessed with this story, and can’t figure out why this one is hitting me so hard and why it is getting so much publicity.