Father Commits Suicide After Years of Dealing With the Loss of His Daughter in the Sandy Hook Shooting- Gabriel Allen

Jeremy Richman, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Avielle Richman, found dead in suspected suicide
By Elisha Fieldstadt


This morning the father of a Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victim was found dead in an apparent suicide. Jeremy Richman was discovered at by officers responding to a report of a suicide at 7 a.m. Richman's daughter was among the 20 first-graders and six adults killed during the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. He helped found the Avielle Foundation, which aims to prevent violence through brain health research and fostering community. The Avielle Foundation responded by saying, "Jeremy was deeply devoted to supporting research into brain abnormalities that are linked to abnormal behavior and to promoting brain health," the statement said. "Tragically, his death speaks to how insidious and formidable a challenge brain health can be. ... We are crushed to pieces, but this important work will continue, because, as Jeremy would say, we have to."

Richman's death shows the lasting mental tole of the Sandy Hook massacre on the parents of its victims. He had been dealing with that pain for about seven years and he had helped so many people with his foundation. I hope that the loss of their founder won't stagger the change they're trying to make.