Wife of Ivy League dad who threw 2 kids off parking garage defends him as wonderful but depressed
The wife of a Pennsylvania father who threw his two young children off a parking garage before killing himself has seemingly defended him in a social media post, saying that he was a “wonderful dad” who had become depressed after losing his job three months ago, according to a now-deleted social media post.She also tragically revealed that he had agreed to seek help and that his first mental health appointment was scheduled for one day after the apparent double murder-suicide.Patrick Lynch, 42; his son James, 8, and daughter Caroline, 6, were found dead near the foot of a five-story parking garage in the affluent Pittsburgh suburb of Mt.Lebanon at around 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday, in what officials have since described as “not an accident.” Anna Lynch blamed her Ivy League-educated husband’s spiraling mental state for his unthinkable actions, according to a screenshot of a since-deleted Facebook post published by the Daily Voice.“My husband made the irreversible decision to kill our two children and himself this evening.“He was laid off in August and shortly after became depressed,” the grieving mom wrote — adding that, shortly before the harrowing events, things had seemingly begun looking up.“I suggested he to go to a therapist [sic], which he agreed to go to and had an appointment booked for 11/4.
One day too late.“I never thought this is how our story would end,” the heart-wrenching post read.Still, Anna Lynch remembered her husband as “a wonderful dad,” as well as her son’s passion for skiing and daughter’s love of Skittles and slime.It also described the slain youngsters as “best friends forever.”“Rest in peace, my angels,” Anna Lynch wrote, and encouraged her followers to “check in on your loved ones.”Lynch was a data scientist with a top-flight education — an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s from Carnegie Mellon.
According to his LinkedIn, he worked for Slice — the New Jersey-based resta...