Woman who died in cell mentioned previous suicide attempt

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66. It's a reasonable point.

She's been described as being from Naperville. That might mean "Naperville adjacent", it might mean center of Naperville. Can't know.

Poverty rate is under 3% in Naperville, and a good chunk of that is retirees. Median household income is over $105k, over $130k for a family. 82% white, under 3% black.

That said, it's not speculation that the bond was set at $5k. And it's not been speculated, but the bondsman was quoted to say that all she had to pay was $500 for the bond. That suggests either her family was in that "under 3%" in poverty, or at least near poverty and didn't have easy access to $500; or her family wasn't rushing to bail her out.

I've seen her family quoted as saying she didn't have epilepsy. She said she did. I've seen it reported that she had her license suspended 3 times in the last few years, and she had a run-in or two with the locals in Waller and in Harris counties when she was a PV A&M. And while her self-diagnosis doesn't rise to clinical standards, and we can't rule out hypochondria, she did say she felt a bit depressed and suffered from a little PTSD. Perhaps from her previous run-ins with police or the bureaucracy, perhaps from just the fear of run ins.

The thing about making somebody into a symbol is that then their entire history has to be open for discussion. If she did "everything right," then she really has to be shown to have done everything right. If her family is to be fully trusted, then her story and their story have to agree.