HELP SUPPORT JUSTICE FOR LEAH and HER LITTLES
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Hello to our friends and family. I’m writing this because I, we, Leah’s family and friends, are asking for help, for her. Many of you know she lost her oldest baby, her son, Austin, to tragically horrific circumstances in 2022.
She's spent the last two years trying to adjust to her new normal while raising her other two children and helping them heal. The expansive pain and loss have made her physically, mentally, and emotionally unable to return to the field she's worked in for over twenty years. She had returned to work after Austin and was abruptly laid off after 6 months. Now, the trauma of losing her son the way she did, and being abruptly laid off, has placed her in a very difficult position. She’s been unable to fully function as Austin chose to take his life by his own hand, and the massive loss of her job, and with that, a huge support system. Literature tells us she may never fully recover and will absolutely grieve heavily for the rest of her life. To say these circumstances have changed everything in her and her two remaining children’s lives is an understatement. She seeks answers for the peculiar death of Austin and has filed a lawsuit in civil court for wrongful death. Austin lived in Georgia at the time of his demise, so travel expenses, unfortunately, will be needed. Many of you either knew Austin or at least heard of him and felt like you knew him because of how much Leah always spoke of him. This is the most devastating loss one could have.
Less than a year after Austin’s death, Leah’s father died in November of 2023. He, unfortunately, had dementia and needed a caretaker 24/7. Leah’s father’s friends said they’d be glad to be his caretaker. Unbeknownst to Leah, her father married his caretaker while he had dementia, and his caretaker stole Leah’s entire inheritance—house, truck, motorcycle, and life insurance—all the while mistreating her father. He would’ve never married her and would be livid to know this happened to Leah as he specifically told her numerous times leading up to his caretaker, he was absolutely never getting married again. That’s when he told her of her inheritance. He’d have never said anything at all if it wasn’t meant for her. It was always meant for her.
Prior to their marriage, his caretaker made Leah’s father believe she had stolen from him, all the while Leah was paying his phone bill. He said he never wanted to see her again. Anyone who knows Leah knows she has had a difficult relationship with her father, but as an adult was able to cultivate a close and loving relationship. Through the devastating impact of their marriage, Leah lost her father's love, all her father's family heirlooms, pictures, and legacy of her father's side of the family, along with her dad. His caretaker threw everything he owned away. She never even called Leah to let her know he’d passed. She heard it through the family grapevine. Leah quietly helps people with difficulties and has her whole life. She doesn’t brag about her good deeds, she just does them. She’s now asking for that same generosity to help her navigate the rest of her life without her oldest child and father, and with Sophia and Vincent. Austin would be 25 this year. It’s a devastating loss for our entire family as he was loved beyond comprehension.
All of this is to say, what she’s asking for, and why, which is help with attorney fees and travel expenses to and from Georgia (where Austin took his life) and Texas (where her father's caregiver stole her inheritance).
As time goes on, she’ll update on both cases. To have to do this while mourning both her father and son has taken its toll on Leah and her two littles. Their lives are irrevocably changed and navigation is difficult.
Leah is asking for help now because now is when she's able to… She has never asked anyone for anything before. She waited over a year to even tell anyone because she thought she could do it on her own. The people who know Leah know how difficult it is for her to ask for help, but also know she's the first to give, and right now she needs our help to find a new way.
If you cannot donate, please consider sharing with your friends and family. Leah has a very long, very difficult battle
