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New York mother Chianti Means sent her children to Niagara Falls before committing suicide in a ‘deliberate’ act
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New York mother Chianti Means sent her children to Niagara Falls before committing suicide in a ‘deliberate’ act

New York mom person who deliberately jumps to death According to a report, a child who fell into Niagara Falls with her young children sent her children over the railing first.

State Park Police said Thursday that they reviewed security footage from Luna Park, a small area near the top of the falls, and were able to confirm the sequence of events of the fatal fall. According to the Niagara Gazette.

Roman Rossman was the first in the family to enter the water, followed by five-month-old Mecca Means, followed by their mother, 33-year-old Chianti Means, State Police said at a news conference, according to the Gazette.

Chianti Means reportedly threw her children over a railing towards Niagara Falls before jumping on October 28, 2024. Facebook

Asked if the mother ran after her children, State Police Public Information Officer James O’Callaghan said, “No, we believe it was intentional.”

“I’m not going to go into what the witnesses saw because this is still an active case, but what they told us is concerning,” O’Callaghan said at the press conference, according to the Niagara Gazette.

State and Park Police officers were called to Goat Island at 9:30 p.m. Monday after witnesses reported seeing a woman walking over the falls with her children.

Chianti climbed over a hill Four meter scarecrow on Monday night He went to Luna Island to reach the cliff where he would drag his children to their deaths.

View of Niagara Falls from New York on October 29, 2019. access point
Tourists gather at Terrapin Point on Goat Island to see the falls on June 15, 2017. AFP via Getty Images

According to the Niagara Gazette, investigators do not have current information on the motive or reason behind the act, but they are investigating whether a mental health crisis or mental health disorders played a role in the tragic incident.

The State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation is conducting an investigation but does not expect any charges to be filed, the Niagara Gazette reported.

Chianti climbed over a five-foot railing to reach the cliff where she would lead her children to their deaths on Luna Island on Monday night. Facebook

The fathers of Rome and Mecca are cooperating with investigators, according to the Niagara Gazette.

Investigators have not yet recovered the bodies of any of the victims.