bydand
Senior Master
I dont know if this is the right place for this, but I had to post this tragic story. If you are of the mind to, please remember this little girl in your thoughts.
It is from the Ludington Daily News dated Today Feb. 12, 2007.
Mommy was sleeping'
Whitehall woman found dead
Five-year-old daughter
found with her, crying
By PATTI KLEVORN
News Editor
WHITEHALL — Five-year-old Marissa Tietz was crying when police found her and her mother Tina Tietz’s body in the family’s Fruitland Township home Sunday afternoon.
“She told us that mommy was sleeping,” said Muskegon County Undersheriff Dean Roesler.
It appears Tietz died several days prior, and an autopsy is being performed today at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing to help determine the cause of death.
Police suspect a catastrophic medical situation, based on the scene — no obvious trauma or indication of foul play — and a friend’s recent conversation with Tina, who said she had been having severe headaches and earaches.
That friend went to check on Tietz Sunday afternoon, and found the door locked. Peering through a window the friend saw Tietz lying on the couch, the house a mess and the little girl crying; the friend then called police.
Police arrived about 3:15 p.m. — 10 to 15 minutes after the call — to find the situation as described. They forced the door to the home in the 5700 block of West Michillinda Road, Fruitland Township, open and found Tietz was “obviously deceased.”
“The house was a mess,” Roesler said. “There was food and cereal all over. The dog was tied up (indoors) and there was a lot of dog mess. There was a five-year-old girl in the house, crying, and very dirty.”
The girl was taken to the hospital and Child Protective Services was determining where she would be placed.
“It’s a very sad set of circumstances, with the little girl being there,” Roesler said.
It is from the Ludington Daily News dated Today Feb. 12, 2007.
Mommy was sleeping'
Whitehall woman found dead
Five-year-old daughter
found with her, crying
By PATTI KLEVORN
News Editor
WHITEHALL — Five-year-old Marissa Tietz was crying when police found her and her mother Tina Tietz’s body in the family’s Fruitland Township home Sunday afternoon.
“She told us that mommy was sleeping,” said Muskegon County Undersheriff Dean Roesler.
It appears Tietz died several days prior, and an autopsy is being performed today at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing to help determine the cause of death.
Police suspect a catastrophic medical situation, based on the scene — no obvious trauma or indication of foul play — and a friend’s recent conversation with Tina, who said she had been having severe headaches and earaches.
That friend went to check on Tietz Sunday afternoon, and found the door locked. Peering through a window the friend saw Tietz lying on the couch, the house a mess and the little girl crying; the friend then called police.
Police arrived about 3:15 p.m. — 10 to 15 minutes after the call — to find the situation as described. They forced the door to the home in the 5700 block of West Michillinda Road, Fruitland Township, open and found Tietz was “obviously deceased.”
“The house was a mess,” Roesler said. “There was food and cereal all over. The dog was tied up (indoors) and there was a lot of dog mess. There was a five-year-old girl in the house, crying, and very dirty.”
The girl was taken to the hospital and Child Protective Services was determining where she would be placed.
“It’s a very sad set of circumstances, with the little girl being there,” Roesler said.
