VT: Mom Drowns Self, Children In River

[Breeze54]

Mom Drowns Self, Children In River

Waring Eluded Grasp Of Police Officer At River's Edge

POSTED: 3:13 pm EDT April 13, 2008
UPDATED: 6:26 am EDT April 14, 2008

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/15869999/detail.html

WARDSBORO, Vt. --

A woman waded into a brook carrying her 6-year-old and 2-year-old daughters and purposely eluded
the grasp of a police officer attempting to rescue her before being swept downstream, police said Sunday.

Nicole Waring and her children were found dead.

"For whatever reason, it was a deliberate action," said Vermont State Police Capt. David Covell.

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Waring, 40, was reported missing early Saturday after she disappeared from her parents' Wardsboro house with the two girls, the state police said.

As troopers began preparing a search party, State Police Sgt. Robert McCarthy spotted Waring and a child standing on the edge of Wardsboro Brook, about 100 yards from the parents' home, Covell said.

Normally placid, the brook was swollen with rain and snowmelt and had a swift current.

McCarthy tried to talk to Waring but she ignored him and walked into the water holding the child, police said.

She was standing near a rock in turbulent, waist-deep water when McCarthy reached for her, but she pushed away from the rock and eluded his grap, plunging into the brook with daughter Dakota in her arms before being swept away, Covell said.

"The sergeant tried to communicate with her. She didn't respond at all. He was in close enough proximity that she should've recognized his presence," Covell said.

Waring had been despondent, but police wouldn't say why. "There appears to be, based on some interviews, a history of some issues present," Covell said.

Police have spoken with Waring's husband, who was in Massachusetts at the time, Covell said.

:( This is so sad....

[Eurobabe]

1. Yeah everybody does this when life is good.

:eyes:

Extremely sad.

[Breeze54]

2. What do you mean? I didn't see that in the article but

this is awful. If course she was depressed but they aren't saying
why or what was going on. I suspect a divorce was looming...

[Eurobabe]

3. I meant she sounded bitter, poor lady.

What a terrible thing for these kids. (Sorry, I was being sarcastic but forgot the sarcasm icon)

[Breeze54]

4. Bitter? Maybe but I think despondent would fit better.

It's a damn shame she took the kids with her.

What did they do to deserve a death sentence? Nothing. :(

Looks like she wanted to punish her husband, to me, and that really sucks!