Daisy Coleman died of a ‘self-inflicted gunshot just hours after cops checked on her over fears of a “suicide party”‘
Daisy Coleman died of a "self-inflicted gunshot just hours after cops checked on her over fears of a 'suicidal party,'" police have revealed.
The teen "sexual assault survivor" to when she was allegedly raped by Matthew Barnett.
body was discovered on August 4 after her mother requested police to do a welfare check.
Cops were called to an apartment around 4pm on the day of Daisy's death, to do a check on a "possible suicidal party," Lakewood Police Department spokesperson John Romero told .
Daisy spoke with cops and crisis prevention paramedics for more than an hour – but never said or did anything indicating she wanted to harm herself, police said.
Because of this, Daisy could not legally be held for mental health problems, and she was cleared by medics, according to TMZ.
Just hours later, however, cops reportedly got a call from a female friend in the same apartment building around 8:30pm that Daisy had shot herself.
Her mother Melinda later confirmed her death.
Daisy was one of the girls that was center of the 2016 documentary .
The documentary detailed her and her friend Paige's alleged sexual assaults when they were 14 and 13, respectively.
It addressed bullying Daisy says she suffered from after coming forward after the incident.
The documentary also covered the story of Audrie Potts, who took her own life days after she claimed she was sexually assaulted by three boys in Sarasota, Florida in 2012.
Daisy alleged she was assaulted by in his basement in Maryville, .
She said she was given alcohol at Barnett's party – although she was underage.
Daisy was found outside the home after the alleged assault wearing hardly any clothes.
Barnett, who was 17 at the time of the alleged incident, pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor child endangerment, but not to a felony sexual assault charge.
He claimed that sex with Coleman was consensual.
After suffering from the alleged rape, Daisy co-founded the organization SafeBAE to end sexual assault in middle and high school students, and to help survivors.
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Just two years before Daisy's death, .
Daisy's father passed away in a car crash when she was a child.
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.