Netflix star Daisy Coleman’s mother takes her life just four months after daughter’s suicide on FaceTime to boyfriend
THE distraught mother of Daisy Coleman has taken her own life four months after her daughter died by suicide.
Daisy, 23, who starred in the Netflix show Audrie & Daisy, died in August from a self-inflicted gun shot wound while on a FaceTime call to her boyfriend.
Melinda's husband also passed away in a car crash when the Netflix star was a child.
Yet, Daisy spoke with officers and crisis prevention paramedics for more than an hour – but never said or did anything indicating she wanted to harm herself, police said.
Asked what is getting her through each day, Melinda said: "Each other. We worked so hard, so many years of counselling, we did everything we could to keep her alive.
"Looking back on it now, it is pretty overwhelming. If there is never going to be justice for young people like Daisy, this will always be the outcome.
"I just think even in death she's making her mark, things need to change or this will continue to be the trend."
An additional charge against another boy who allegedly filmed a sexual encounter between Daisy and Barnett was also later dropped.
Melinda said the tattoo parlor Daisy worked at in Denver, Colorado, was broken into just days after her death, with thieves making off with her sketchbook and tattoo machine.
"We are missing a lot of her sketches, a report was filed but we haven't heard anything else yet," she said.
Melinda, a veterinary nurse, had a handwritten note from her daughter, 'Love, Daisy', inked on her wrist using some of her ashes.
Daisy's brother Logan also has a tattoo in her honor while some of her ashes were buried after her funeral.
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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.