“Daddy, I want pancakes,” Sammy said to him.Teusch and one of Sammy’s elder brothers left the house to go to the grocery.
An unthinkable catastrophe was only uncovered after they got home and invited Sammy down for breakfast.
The fourth-grader was found hanging in his bedroom by his 13-year-old brother.”There were no signs that Sammy was suicidal,” said a distraught Teusch.
Teusch remarked, “He was a happy little boy, not depressed.” He was talking to his brother on the phone the day before about his desire to visit Japan when he turned 14.
‘Sammy had goals for the future, but he was scared to death at a moment and thought this was his only way out.
“He was so loving, caring, and full of life.” I’m still in shock that he’s gone.Teusch characterized his son’s death’s aftermath as a terrible nightmare from which he longs to awaken.
