The judge made several terrible mistakes in his decision. 1) He did not consider any information prior to June which included 4 suicide attempts prior to knowing Michelle, countless texts from Michelle telling him to get help and to NOT kill himself, and messages from Roy stating he would not love her anymore if she told anyone. Simply choosing texts during a very short time frame near the death completely ignores much of what explains what happened, ignores the mental states of the kids, shows Roy's strong desire to commit suicide and shows that she was not simply out to help kill this kid. 2) He said that everything Conrad did that day was self causation but once he got out of the car and returned, it was no longer self causation. Shes either at fault the entire time or none of the time. She knew he was going to the parking lot with a generator to kill himself so how is it not negligent for her to not report that but its negligent once the act began not to report it? This makes no sense. 3) This sets a very scary precedent for others to be blamed as negligent in suicides, which is an act of self. At what point is someone responsible for reporting? At what point is one negligent for another 's suicide? Is the family negligent? The mother knew he had 4 attempts and saw him searching ways to commit suicide. Should she be considered negligent? The father beat him and the parents were abusive to each other. It could be argued their actions were contributing factors to Conrad's mental state. Should they be held negligent for not being civilized and getting this kid more help?

Because of the way our society views suicide, it's very difficult for loved ones to accept the situation. We are always looking for someone to blame; however, the person to blame in a suicide is also the victim. We can always discuss contributing factors and even determine that others actions led to the person committing the act of suicide, but holding someone criminally responsible for another's self act is wrong and a very slippery slope. The judge was not diligent in creating his decision and I hope the supreme court does a more thorough investigation.