Daisy Coleman’s mum dies by suicide four months after daughter took own life

Just four months after Daisy Coleman, one of the teens featured in a Netflix doco about rape victims, died – her family have been dealt another blow.

WARNING: Distressing

The devastated mother of Netflix star Daisy Coleman has died by suicide just four months after her daughter took her own life.

Daisy, who was allegedly sexually assaulted aged just 14, was one of the teens featured in the heartbreaking 2016 documentary Audrie & Daisy that followed rape victims struggling with their trauma. No one was ever convicted over Daisy’s alleged attack.

She died in August while on FaceTime to her boyfriend at the age of 23, while her mother Melinda Coleman stated Daisy “never recovered from what those boys did to her”.

Now tragically, her mother Melinda, 58, was found dead on December 6.

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Melinda Coleman, pictured with her late daughter Daisy, has died by suicide four months after her daughter’s own tragic death. Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival

Just hours before her death, Melinda shared a series of photos and heartbreaking posts about losing her daughter on Facebook.

“There aren’t enough I love yous I could have said when I was holding your cold, broken, dead body,” her last post read.

“I held you like a baby anyway, my baby.

“The baby I held when you first came into this world.

“It has always been my greatest honour and joy to be your mother and best friend. Mama bear!”

Daisy Coleman was 14 when she was allegedly raped. Her struggle in the aftermath of the allegations were documented in the Netflix doco. Picture: Netflix

SafeBae – an organisation dedicated to ending sexual assault on school students that was started by Daisy – announced Melinda’s death on Monday.

“We are in shock and disbelief to share with our SafeBae family, that we lost Melinda Coleman to suicide this evening,” the post read.

The statement also noted Melinda had suffered more than most, enduring a “bottomless grief” after losing her husband in a car crash in 2009.

Her son Tristan later died in 2018 in a car crash in the US family’s home city of Colorado Springs.

When Daisy died earlier this year, it was said to be “more than she could face most days”.

Daisy died in August after struggling to deal with the trauma. Picture: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for the World Childhood Foundation

“Melinda was a gifted veterinarian, devoted mother and wife, and talented body builder,” the statement continued.

“More than anything, she loved and believed in her children.

“It is no accident that she created some of the most gifted, passionate, and resilient children.”

Daisy was 14 when she was allegedly raped at a house party.

No one was ever convicted in the alleged assault of Daisy on January 8, 2012 in Missouri, US, and the documentary showed the backlash she received from her own community.

Her mother was devastated after her daughter’s death, posting heartbreaking tributes to Daisy on Facebook hours before she died. Picture: Randy Shropshire/WireImage

The pair were said to be incredibly close. Picture: Supplied

She later described life after the alleged attack as “a long, reckless winter” in a piece she penned for xojane in 2013.

In 2017, Daisy gave an interview in which she revealed she had forgiven her “rapist”, saying: “I feel no resentment towards my attacker”.

“I was very young (when it happened) so obviously I did not cope with it well. I was very negative towards myself. I lost all of my confidence,” she told Dailymail.com.

The doco also featured the story of another sexual assault victim, 15-year-old Audrie Pott who died by suicide 10 days after her alleged attack in September 2012.

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