Topics: Mental Health, Parenting, Social Media
Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing
A mom who climbed over the barricade at Niagara Falls with her two young children before tragically leaping off the edge wrote a barrage of posts directed at her daughter's father in the weeks leading up to their deaths.
On Monday (October 28) at around 9:00pm, New York state police were called to Luna Island at Niagara Falls after tourists reported seeing a mom and her two children go over the barrier at the top of the famous waterfall.
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Yesterday (October 30), cops issued a statement identifying the mom as Chianti Means and her children as nine-year-old Roman Rossman and five-month-old Mecca Means.
The official report stated that Means had 'crossed over' the 'safety guild rail' before going 'over' the falls, with the incident being 'intentional in nature'.
A member of the New York State police said in an interview with WKBW TV: "We've come to the conclusion that a 33-year-old mother, a nine-year-old son and then a five-month-old were all gone over the falls.
"We do believe it was intentional but the circumstances of that investigation and the circumstances of what actually happened are still under investigation.
"But we know that they went over due to the information from park police and some of the information we were able to obtain through multiple different sources in and around Niagara Falls and pieces of evidences we were able to come across in search warrants."
They continued: "They went there and they never came out. So that's where we're at. [...] Like I said there's a lot of safety railings, a lot of security measures at the state park so it's not something where they just stumbled in."
As of this morning, officials are still searching for the three bodies.
Now, Means' Facebook account has been discovered under the alias of Diamond Scott, where she made some chilling admissions about the love she had for Mecca's father.
Posting on Facebook last month, she wrote: "I wish someone would love me because the man that’s suppose to does not."
Days later she took to the platform again, writing: "Sick of irritation, anger, sadness and rage.”
On October 1, Means again took to social media to post: “Everyone please leave me alone I’m in love with my daughter father.
Adding: “I want my family back. Respectfully Idgaf what I said about him before or what anyone else thinks.”
While the day before her death, she posted: "Unfortunately for everyone who wanna get with me… my body only craves one person. GM."
If you or someone you know is struggling or in a mental health crisis, help is available through Mental Health America. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. You can also reach the Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.
If you or someone you know needs mental health assistance right now, call National Suicide Prevention Helpline on 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The Helpline is a free, confidential crisis hotline that is available to everyone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
