A woman who was accused of forcing her partner to take his own life allegedly tried to ‘cover her tracks’ by writing heartfelt tributes to him after he passed away.
It was in June 2021 when former Army veteran Kevin Metzger, 37, died.
His ex-girlfriend Mandie Reusch, 35, allegedly sent him ‘heinous and graphic’ messages before his demise.
According to reports, Metzger wrote a letter and posted it on Facebook before he ended his life, revealing the abus*ve messages he received from his former partner.
In a statement, District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said: “Mr. Metzger may still be here today if those messages did not influence and encourage him to take his own life.”
Court documents obtained by Pennlive.com revealed that Reusch also threatened to keep their daughter from him and that the child would be moving in with her new boyfriend.
Reusch also warned Metzger that he would never see their daughter again, sending him messages urging him to end his life.
“(The daughter) would be better off not even knowing you,” she added.
She also told him that his daughter would call her new boyfriend ‘daddy.’
The woman also wrote: “From now on we are [new boyfriend’s surname] and you do not exist. [He] is her dad now. Not you. Don’t ever ask about her again. She isn’t your daughter. You’ll never hear about her again either. She will call [him] ‘dad’ because he’s a way better dad than you.”
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Reusch’s new boyfriend claimed that she ‘tried to cover her tracks’ by posting heartfelt tributes to Metzger after he passed away.
“She turned into a martyr and was posting all of these memorial pictures of him and saying how much she misses him and how good of a dad he was. I think just to kind of cover her tracks,” he said, adding he was not aware of her daughter’s existence and that his relationship with the mother was ‘never official.’
Reusch has been arrested and charged with harassment and aiding su*cide.
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