Ohio St graduation death most likely suicide by mother of one of the graduates

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Georgia woman fell to death at Ohio State in likely suicide as daughter graduated, coroner says

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Authorities in Ohio on Tuesday identified the person killed in a fall during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University as a 53-year-old Georgia woman.

She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Franklin County Coroner’s Office. She fell from the stands of the school’s football stadium near the Bell Tower around midday on Sunday.

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According to the commencement program, her daughter was one of the graduates. Columbus police said the fall was not accidental, local TV station WJW reported. However, an official cause of death — still to be released by the coroner’s office — will determine whether it was a suicide. The incident wasn’t mentioned during the three-hour event, angering some students and staff members.

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Larissa Brady, 53, of Woodstock, Georgia, north of Marietta, was pronounced dead at 12:25 p.m. Sunday at the scene outside Ohio Stadium by Columbus firefighters, according to the coroner's office. Brady was identified by her fingerprints, the coroner's office said.

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Brady then went into the stadium with her husband and 12-year-old son to sit and watch the ceremony, according to an investigative report from the coroner's office.

Once seated, Brady then told her family she wanted to move higher into the stadium and her family told investigators they lost sight of her. After making her way to the last row of benches, witnesses saw Brady climb over the stadium's concrete wall, according to the coroner's office. Brady had been sitting in section C30 near the bell tower.

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According to the coroner's office, Brady had suffered from mental health issues and had attempted suicide at least twice before, most recently earlier this year. Her husband told investigators that she had not been compliant with her medications.

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