Sarah Kershaw Former Times Reporter, Dies at 49

[lovuian]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/business/media/sarah-kershaw-former-times-reporter-dies-at-49.html?_r=0

Sarah Kershaw, a former reporter for The New York Times who covered real estate, the Pacific Northwest and New York City schools, died on Monday at her home in Sosúa, a beach town in the Dominican Republic. She was 49.

She was found with a plastic bag tied over her head and pill bottles beside her, said Osvaldo Bonilla, a prosecutor for the province of Puerto Plata, who is investigating her death.

Officials are awaiting the results of toxicology tests before determining the cause of death, but Ms. Kershaw told friends that she planned to end her life because she suffered from a debilitating illness, Mr. Bonilla said. Contrary to an initial report released by the Dominican National Police, Ms. Kershaw was not strangled, he said.

I don't know if anybody saw this

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-times-reporter-sarah-kershaw-dead-sosua-dominican-republic/

[nashville_brook]

1. omg, she had occipital neuralgia. why couldn't this be treated?

nerve block or pain killers -- anything? why did she have to end her life over pain?

(ps...i know the answer...all too well)

[charlyvi]

2. Poor Soul.

I didn't know her work but it is so sad for someone this young to feel no hope at all. RIP Sarah Kershaw.