'CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY'
Mom ‘killed her two children by pushing them off parking garage roof before jumping to her death’
A MOM believed to have killed her young children by pushing them off a parking garage before then jumping to her death has been identified.
Erin Pascal, 40, and her children, Allison, 4, and Andrew, 16 months, were found on the sidewalk outside a parking garage on Christmas Day and rushed to the hospital where they were pronounced dead.
2
It’s still not clear exactly how the children died, but Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins told reporters on Thursday that investigators believe the two children fell from the garage’s roof first, followed by Pascal.
“All things are indicating” the deaths were a “double murder-suicide,” Rollins said.
2
“Yesterday the unspeakable happened and now we are all struggling to make sense of the circumstances surrounding these deaths,” she said.
Rollins said the father of the children was notified Wednesday of their deaths and that officials are still reviewing surveillance video.
They’re also searching for clues in the Boston family’s vehicle, which was parked at the top level of the garage, she said.
MOST READ IN NEWS
“For a parent to come to a place in which they harm their children in this way, indicates that their mental health struggles were severe and in need of immediate supports,” she said.
Five people have now died in recent months at the garage, which is owned by Northeastern University, Rollins said.
Northeastern University said it has indefinitely blocked pedestrian and vehicular access to the top two floors of the garage in response to the latest deaths.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
Topics