Republished with permission from AbleChild and Joe Hoft website
Tennessee Judge I’Ashea L. Myles has ruled that no page of the writings of Covenant school shooter Audrey Hale will be released for public review. Why? Sounds like a cover-up. Who is protected?
This ruling is an insult and helps no one. The secret is out. Audrey Hale had been a psychotic patient since she was 6 years old, and in 2001, Hale’s parents referred her to mental health “experts” at Vanderbilt University Hospital.
If law enforcement hadn’t leaked information to the government tennessee star Reporters, we don’t know the amount of psychotropic medication Hale was administered.
But first we must take a step back and wonder why Hale’s parents thought it was helpful or necessary to give their daughter’s writings to Covenant School and the parents of the victims.
Why? Mom and Dad Hale knew for years that their daughter’s mental health was in shambles. Father and Mother Hale were aware of the psychotropic drug experiments being conducted on their daughter. In fact, Norma Hale reportedly told investigators that Audrey had to “try a range of medications before she found the one that worked for her.” Really?
Audrey took numerous mind-altering drugs before a mental health professional found one that was “right for her.” When was the eureka moment?
Given that investigators found four mind-altering drugs in Hale’s bedroom, it appears the eureka moment never occurred. The question is, how many times was Hale prescribed the mind-altering medication, when was the first medication started, and how many times did Hale’s prescriptions have to be adjusted over two decades in an attempt to “find a medication that works for her?”
What Hale wrote in his diary must be shocking, otherwise why would it be so protected. Word had been leaked that Hale wanted to kill her father. Did the parents wish to withhold further details about the incident?
Or did Hale write about her psychiatrist and her frustrations with the amount of medication she was taking? Because of this judge’s decision, no one knows and may never know.
But this is an interesting case, not only because of the important information that was withheld about the shooter, but also from the perspective of who was responsible for Hale’s murder.
Recall that in February of this year, Jennifer Crumbley and James Crumbley, the parents of Ethan, the Oxford, Michigan, high school shooter, were found guilty of four counts of manslaughter.
In the first trial of its kind, the gunman’s parents were found criminally responsible for their son’s mass murder and were jailed. Why? In this case, the Crumbleys were unable to find guns and ammunition in their home and were unable to receive help to support Ethan’s mental health. Not enough mental health?
What happens when mental health involvement becomes too much? Did Hale’s parents not understand that the cocktail of psychotropic drugs their daughter was taking could have serious and fatal side effects?
There is no doubt that the parents were fully aware of their daughter’s erratic behavior, given the leaked information about Hale’s mental illness.
Also, since Hale lives with her parents, are the parents obligated to keep their daughter’s guns and ammunition safe? Did Hale’s parents intentionally give their daughter’s work to someone else to hide messages that might embarrass them or others? World Health Organization?
Perhaps Audrey’s diary provides details about her “treatment” at the hands of Vanderbilt’s professionals. Perhaps when Hale was sober, she wasn’t thrilled with the “treatment” she received at Vanderbilt, and she wrote about it.
Maybe the smartest guy in the room at Vanderbilt Hospital didn’t notice the potentially serious adverse events of mixing a chemical concoction with Audrey?
Perhaps the best and brightest “therapist” Audrey has a duty to inform law enforcement about the homicidal thoughts she frequently mentioned during her “treatment” sessions? How do these actions, or Vanderbilt’s inaction, differ from what was expected of the Crumbly family?
It seems many people were aware of Hale’s trouble with serious/homicidal behavior, but nothing was done to protect her or the public. Someone has to be responsible.
One must wonder whether Audrey’s work holds the key to figuring out how best to correct this grave wrong. Suffice to say, Hale took the time to write about what was going on in her life, which means she wanted us to see it.
Arguably, Hale means to give us a sense of her drug-induced insanity. But thanks to Judge Myers, the public is once again on the receiving end of a final assault. Who is the judge protecting?
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