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Boston mom who pushed her 16-month-old son and daughter, four, off roof top parking garage then leaped to her death on Christmas Day identified – Erin Pascal’s husband had called 911 after an argument to report she was suicidal

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;362929&semi;">Erin Pascal is believed to have thrown her four-year-old daughter Allison and baby son Andrew from the top of a Boston parking garage on Christmas Day<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;362929&semi;">The 40-year-old mother is believed to have pushed her 16-month-old son and daughter&comma; four&comma; off parking garage roof then leaped to her death on Christmas Day in double murder-suicide after an &&num;8216&semi;argument with her husband&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;362929&semi;">Her husband of six years&comma; Adam&comma; reportedly called police around the same time&comma; informing them that she was suicidal and that there had been an argument<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;362929&semi;">The bodies of Pascal and her two children were found on the sidewalk&comma; littered with baby shoes and clothes&comma; as well as adult items <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;362929&semi;">Two other people have jumped to their deaths from the same parking garage in the past seven months&comma; the occurring just two weeks ago <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"adHolder column-content cleared">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"para&lowbar;top" data-google-query-id&equals;"CK7ryY241uYCFVANNwodNUMOyg">&NewLine;<h6 id&equals;"google&lowbar;ads&lowbar;iframe&lowbar;&sol;424397508&sol;dm&period;dailymailtvhouse&lowbar;0&lowbar;&lowbar;container&lowbar;&lowbar;"><strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-339992" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Erin-Pascal-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Pascal 4" width&equals;"682" height&equals;"668" &sol;>Erin Pascal &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; <&sol;span><&sol;strong><strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">a mom-of-two plunged to her death alongside her two children from a nine-story parking garage in Boston on Christmas Day&period; She was the director of corporate social responsibility and community relations at Sanofi Genzyme&comma; a Cambridge&comma; Mass&period;&comma; based company<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">A Boston woman who pushed her two young children from the top of a parking garage and then killed herself in a double murder suicide has been identified&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div>The mother and her two young children were all found dead on the sidewalk next to a Boston parking garage on Christmas Day in an apparent murder-suicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Erin Pascal&comma; 40&comma; was named on Thursday as the woman whose body was found on the sidewalk next to those of her children&semi; four-year-old daughter Allison and 16-month-old son Andrew&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police believe she threw the kids off the nine-story structure before plunging to her own death on Christmas Day&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pascal&&num;8217&semi;s SUV was found on the roof the parking garage in the city with the doors flung open&comma; with<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"> two child car seats inside&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>&&num;8216&semi;Today is an extremely sad day as we begin to put together the pieces of a tragedy that took place yesterday&comma; on Christmas&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said on Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Local news station <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wcvb&period;com&sol;article&sol;mother-two-kids-found-dead-near-boston-parking-garage-on-christmas&sol;30333756&quest;src&equals;app&num;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">WCVB<&sol;a> reports that Pascal&&num;8217&semi;s husband called police to say that there had been an argument and that she was suicidal&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group artSplitter">&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-339993" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Erin-Pascal-and-one-of-her-children-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Pascal and one of her children 3" width&equals;"703" height&equals;"685" &sol;>Erin Pascal&comma; a mom-of-two seen &lbrack;photo&comma; with one of her children&rsqb;&comma; reportedly&comma; plunged to her death alongside her two young children from a nine-story parking garage in Boston&comma; at noon&comma; on Christmas Day<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-340004" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Erin-Pascal-with-her-husband-Adam-on-their-wedding-day-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Pascal with her husband&comma; Adam&comma; on their wedding day 6&period;JPG" width&equals;"1345" height&equals;"927" &sol;>Erin Pascal and her husband&comma; Adam&comma; wedded &lbrack;photo&rsqb; back in 2013&period; He had called police to report taht there had been a argument and his wife was suicidal<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Pascal was the director of corporate social responsibility and community relations at Sanofi Genzyme&comma; a biotechnology company based in nearby Cambridge&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She was a graduate of Brown University&comma; where she was a classmate of The Office star John Kransinski&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is unclear if anything specifically drove Pascal to kill herself and her children&comma; but Rollins said their deaths highlight the &&num;8216&semi;invisible struggles&&num;8217&semi; that many face when dealing with depression or mental health issues&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;For a parent to come to a place in which they harm their children in this way indicates that their mental health struggles were severe and in need of immediate support&period; Mental health issues are not specific to one type of individual&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&&num;8216&semi;This Christmas Day tragedy demonstrates the urgency of addressing mental health&comma; suicide and homicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>&&num;8216&semi;We have to do more to address these significant public health issues that impact all of us and Suffolk County&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Most importantly&comma; I want to extend my sincere condolences to this family&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rollins said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police found baby&&num;8217&semi;s shoes and a pair of sunglasses near the abandoned car&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There have been no suicide notes found and no known complaints about the mother&comma; Rollins said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pascal tied the knot to her husband&comma; Adam&comma; back in 2013&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The couple welcomed their daughter&comma; Alison&comma; two years later&comma; before son&comma; Andrew&comma; was born midway through 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-339990" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Erin-Pascal-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Pascal 1" width&equals;"978" height&equals;"544" &sol;>Police believe the Boston mother-of-two &lbrack;photo&comma; left&rsqb;&comma;  threw her children off the top of the nine-story structure &lbrack;right&rsqb; before jumping to her own death on Dec&period;&comma; 25<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-340010" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Erin-Pascal-murder-suicide-scene-7&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Pascal murder-suicide scene 7&period;JPG" width&equals;"735" height&equals;"448" &sol;>The family&&num;8217&semi;s SUV was found with the doors flung open on the roof of the parking garage&comma; while the unconscious bodies were on the street&comma; nine floors below<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-340007" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Erin-Pascal-murder-suicide-scene-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Pascal murder-suicide scene 5" width&equals;"805" height&equals;"449" &sol;><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-340008" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Erin-Pascal-murder-suicide-scene-6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Erin Pascal murder-suicide scene 6" width&equals;"801" height&equals;"360" &sol;>Members of police forensic team record adult and children&&num;8217&semi;s items seen at the murder-suicide scene next to where their bodies were found on Christmas Day afternoon<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Pascal was an English major from the prestigious Brown university&comma; graduating in 2001&period; Described as a talented writer&comma; she joined the <&sol;span><a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;providencejournal&period;com&sol;news&sol;20191226&sol;boston-authorities-believe-mother-killed-2-young-children-then-herself" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Providence Journal<&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"> as a reporting intern&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">She later went into the world of communications&comma; joining Cambridge based Sanofi Genzyme&comma; where she moved up rapidly through the ranks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The prosecutor described the scene as &&num;8216&semi;awful&&num;8217&semi; and especially heartrending because it happened on Christmas&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;There were children&&num;8217&semi;s shoes and an adult shoe&period; Just belongings from the children and the mother strewn upon the street&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;The impact of the fall was visible from the street&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rollins said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The parking garage -owned by Northeastern University &&num;8211&semi; is the same one where a college student leaped to his death in May in a suicide his girlfriend is now being charged for&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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