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A person who jumped to his demise at Disneyland in Anaheim, California late final week was an elementary college principal who had been going through legal expenses of kid endangerment and battery after an alleged home dispute.
Christopher Christensen jumped to his demise from the highest of a parking construction at Disneyland, and after his demise, authorities recognized the 51-year-old because the principal of Courreges Elementary Faculty in Fountain Valley, California.
Per the Los Angeles Each day Information, Christensen had been head of the college for the final 11 years. For greater than a decade earlier than that, he was a principal at different elementary colleges within the Huntington Seaside space, as properly.
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In keeping with public data, Christensen was due in courtroom on Monday for a pre-trial convention on the aforementioned expenses. Each had been misdemeanors stemming from an alleged mid-November dispute.
Per the New York Submit, Orange County Superior Courtroom data don’t element the precise allegation towards Christensen. Nevertheless, data do point out he was arrested on November 15. He posted bond two days later and was launched from jail. On November 22, he pleaded not responsible to each the kid endangerment and battery expenses. Instantly previous to his demise, Christensen posted an unsettling suicide observe on his Fb web page. In it, he known as out his spouse Marlena and claimed the couple had been in a contented relationship “up till not too long ago.”
(Observe: Suicide is NEVER anybody’s fault.)
He wrote:
“Sadly, two weeks in the past she and I acquired right into a heated argument at residence in entrance of the ladies. Tempers had been flared and robust phrases had been exchanged. Nevertheless, by no means on this change did I hit, slap, or damage Marlena in any method. Nor did I ever contact the ladies (I by no means have and by no means will). Sadly, Marlena’s anger acquired the very best of her that evening and she or he known as the police, which landed me in jail that evening. Sure, me! A person who has by no means hit or harmed ANYONE in his life!”
Christensen — who claimed his spouse “actually regrets making that decision” as a result of the authorized aftermath “fully unraveled” each of their lives — went on so as to add:
“I’m getting ready to dropping my job, as I’m out on administrative go away till my case is ‘resolved.’ … The authorized system is extraordinarily flawed (particularly towards males/fathers) and it’s sickening how rapidly and simply an harmless man may be thrown in jail based mostly on zero proof or proof!”
Later within the publish, he went on so as to add:
“So, right here I’m … writing my closing FB publish to all of you. I want you all to know {that a} light, sort, loving and sincerely good man has been destroyed by one unlucky evening. It truly is unlucky! That is NOT me! That is NOT one thing that I ever thought would occur to me.”
In his sign-off previous to his stunning demise, Christensen went on to reference his profession within the public college system:
“I really beloved educating and main 1000’s of scholars and households as a principal … Please keep in mind me for all the nice I dropped at the world of schooling. There may be a lot extra I wish to say, however I’m going to spend the remainder of at present reaching out to these closest to me to allow them to know the way a lot I like them. This isn’t a great method to exit, however no less than I get an opportunity to say some closing phrases to those that I like and adore.”
And he concluded:
“Take care everybody. Please, please, please be sort to at least one one other! Deal with one another with kindness and charm. There may be an excessive amount of anger on the earth and other people want to start out treating one another higher. What I’ve shared with you above is a primary instance of how ‘anger’ can actually have long-lasting and very damaging results on an individual’s life.”
Wow.
Right here is extra on the unhappy story, through Fox 11 Los Angeles (under):
So terrible.
Really a stunning scenario for the entire household concerned, in addition to the youngsters on the college the place he labored… We hope his spouse and household obtain all of the care and help they want as they navigate by way of this.
You probably have honest trigger to suspect youngster abuse, name the Childhelp Nationwide Little one Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Little one or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.
For those who or somebody you realize is experiencing home violence, assist is offered. Contemplate calling the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.
For those who or somebody you realize is considering suicide, assist is offered. Contemplate contacting the 988 Suicide & Disaster Lifeline at 988, by calling, texting, or chatting, or go to 988lifeline.org.
[Image via Fountain Valley School District/Fox 11 Los Angeles/YouTube]
