COMMENTARY: The death of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst | Mic Drop

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  1. šŸ˜’Did she really kill herself, or did someone help her & cover it up w/ typed notes?
    šŸ˜’Theres something the ā€œinvestigation teamā€ either didnā€™t do or isnā€™t telling us, given the sketchiness of the details reported, unless her privacy is just being protected. Story doesnā€™t add up given her vitality & w/ us being left suddenly w/ just a one lined, typed letter about leaving ā€œeverythingā€ to her mom & an ambiguous Instagram post by the time her body is found crushed on the street. I heard no mention of important clues leading up to her demise that may have more clearly revealed how she went out. Iā€™m also surprised that there was so little coverage or pressure for police to investigate or at least comment on evidence supporting a suicide theory further. The minimal details thus far looks staged, and suggests a cover up. More time is typically spent combing though more trivial celeb cases (i.e. the Jussie Smolliet caseā€”I mean..Chicago PD produced street cam footage from all over town catching & covering the actions of all partipants leading up to the incident, & then more evidence was produced from their depositions down to bribery checks & private venue footage, etc. Why wasnā€™t the same energy made to ensure they got the correct cause of death for our Miss USA???? So many people suspect that she was harmed or killed prior to her fall & that the latest findings (a crushed body w/ sketchy typed notes) are a cover up. It was already reported that no drugs or alcohol was involved, which may have been the last viable explanation for it all. Why arenā€™t more questions being asked about this young womanā€™s death, like:

    1. Who did she last talk to?

    2. Did they ping her cell phone to determine just who she last called/called her?

    3. Whereā€™s the cameras or security in this luxury high rise while a 9th FL resident is making her way to the 29th FL ledge? A cam or a guard could at least reveal if she was alone the whole time if not the entire scene leading up to her fall.

    4. What about street cams? Any suspicious activity caught within a few hrs of her being found?

    5. Her ā€œletterā€ about leaving stuff to her mom was short & TYPED. Did they dust the keyboard (or anywhere else in her apt) for fingerprints?

    6. What was she wearing when found dead? Street clothes, PJs? The 29th FL is said to be a common area. Was there a gym or some other amenity there & was she dressed for that? That w/b a clue of whether or not she was on the floor w/a purpose vs forced from her apt. If the former, was anyone else around, & why didnā€™t they stop her or call for help if they saw her climbing a ledge?

    7. Who was around her? Any boyfriends or recent breakups? Any Frenemies? Or was she completely isolated?

    8. Back to her bldg: how tight is the security there? Can anyone just walk up in there? If not, where are the guards & what did they see/what can they find in surveillance tapes? Weā€™re the guards changing shifts around the time she died, allowing someone to slip by? Were any ā€œdeliveryā€ persons allowed direct access to the floors?

    9. Was she lured from her room or cornered at any point within the bldg to be forced off the ledge?

    10. She spoke of feeling targeted & online bullies.

    11. Meanwhile she was in very competitive arenas from the pageants (she was going for the Miss Universe title next), to her lines of work (law & television). Did someone put a hit out in her to ā€œkillā€ the competition? If so, sheā€™s not the first to receive a ā€œhit,ā€ (Check the Nancy Kerrigan vs Tonya Harding Olympics incident in around 1991). Meaning: It happens.

    12. Itā€™s said that she was seen alone on the ledge, but how alone was she if someone saw her? Who was it that saw her? And howā€™d she access the ledge when NYC Highrise windows are usually locked for safetey? Who else was on the floor at the time? Itā€™s unlikely to me that people /random passers-by from street level would even be looking upward, long less able to identify & report on a person from that high up, & even less so pinpoint the floor she stood on/fell from w/o knowing more about the bldg, as residents or involved parties would. Iā€™m from that part of NYC where she diedā€”those streets STAY busy, packed w/tourists, crazies, homeless people, high pedestrian traffic, & relentless vehicle traffic. Most people on street level are too busy looking str8 ahead or around themselves (on street level) to make sure no one picks their pockets as they all brush past each other while fighting for walking space on the sidewalks. Ainā€™t nobody in the street lookin UP at the bldgs to see whoā€™s standing on a ledge. Except maybe some tourists unaccustomed to seeing tall bldgs, & even they would be unlikely to identify whoā€™s standing on a ledge that high up, long less name the floor, etc. Soā€¦again: who reported they saw Cheslie ā€œaloneā€ on a ledge, at what time, & where were they looking from when they saw her? And at what point was 911 called afyer her ā€œjump?ā€

    13. She revealed her ā€œdaily routine/scheduleā€ and a tour of her home onlineā€”an absolute safety no-no if youā€™re a public figure living alone in a big city & subject to being targeted. Anyone could have followed her or been waiting at or near her home to corner or harm her, & she & her fam (living out of state) c/b none the wiser til too late. Did the bldg cameras clearly show her voluntarily walking alone into an elevator, to ride up to a floor she didnā€™t live on, to voluntarily enter into a balcony? Did the footage adequately show whether she was alone the entire time, and that she jumped vs our suspicions of her being carried, forced, or dumped over the ledge instead?

    14. Sheā€™s an attorney. Most lawyers know that suicide nullifies insurance payouts, & leaving a letter or clue of any sort behind is unwise unless thatā€™s the intent. My reason for believing someone else posted her last (RIP) Social media mesg & typed that letter about leaving stuff to her mom for her, possibly in anticipation of or while she was dying. Extortionists and hitmen do that kind of stuff to cover their tracks.

    15. I canā€™t imagine someone who took as much pride & as good a care of her body, health, & appearance (in competition & in general) choosing such a violent way of dying, & one that would destroy her entire physical form. One would think she might want an open-casket funeral or to at least giver her family that optionā€¦.if her demise was calculated enough that she took the time to select such an appropriate photo & message to post as a goodbye online, why wouldnā€™t as much thought be put into a less painful/messy/violent/destructive ā€œway out,ā€ as with as many other options one planning a suicide would have?

    16. She & her fam are from out of state, & she may have been separated from them, w/ everyone likely naive of her surroundings, esp if she was isolated w/no one to be her eyes & ears in all her settings. She could have been followed for days & not realized it. Thereā€™s a YouTube clip or two of her shooting for Extra, & stopping her shoot to show exasperation w/ some creepy dude who followed her & her colleague. He exchanged words w/her when asked to leave. Was that someone she knew and/or was he crazy enuff to later come for her? Was he the only one following her like that in the streets, on & off duty? Add: she wasnā€™t that hard to spot in a crowd w/her stature & signature (voluminous) hair.
    Itā€™s frustrating that the police are always so quick to close a case & go w/the first or easiest assumption when people of color disappear or die (as done w/ Sandra Bland found hung in a jail cell after a wrongful arrest & for which her family eventually sued & won a million dollars for, meaning the precinct accepted faultā€¦. And then there are countless others who make the news long after theyā€™re dead if ever at all). At best theyā€™ll check for drugs (to find an easy blame) & thatā€™s it.
    This young woman was a national jewel w/a title representing the countryā€”why is her sudden death not the hottest news topic and drawing more questions??? šŸ˜–
    So many questions. So many stones left unturned in the investigation of her case. So unfair. So sad. šŸ„ŗšŸ˜¢šŸ˜”

  2. Itā€™s selfish to try to keep someone here that really doesnā€™t want to be here. Itā€™s selfish for people to decided whether someone else should check out or not. You canā€™t force someone to live a miserable existence knowing damn well there is nothing you can/will do to make that person happy. Thatā€™s selfish!

  3. She lived a very exciting and eventful life! She hid everything better than I could ever dream of doing, if I had been dealing with emotions as heavy as she. Cheslie was a very strong woman. Very determined and sure of her intentions. She was very focused and walked in the power of self determination.

    That Cheslie Kryst. Wow. I still respect her. I refuse to look or ā€œfeel some kind of wayā€ towards her because of her decision to exit the planet like she did. I celebrate her life and the fact that she is now at peace. She accomplished so much in this lifetime! Rest In Peace, all the wonderful things you did in this life, live on, for us to learn from and enjoy! ā¤ļøāœØ

  4. Cheslie's life and death are a big wake up call, America. She had it all, American style, while still in her 20s – and it didn't make her happy.
    A society in which a person can reach the pinnacle of their society while they are in their twenties and then think they'll become irrelevant after 30 because they are no longer youthful-looking or considered a wonder child is a sick, sick society.
    This is true for everyone, but for Black Americans listen to Cheslie's MESSAGE to you: Her gift to you is letting you know that the American Dream is a nightmare, be glad most of you won't attain it, and ask where you can build a society that is best for you.
    I left America when I was 24 and never looked back. Many African countries will be delighted to have your talents, education and experience. Many ex-pat Black American found the normalcy they could never have in Africa. It's awfully nice to just be a person: not a Jew, not a Black…or whatever if you're not a WASP, just a person.

  5. Nice sentiment. But, I'm concerned. It's good to read that this tragic incident is being investigated by police. It could be a suicide case, but, there could be more to it. However, my condolences to her family, and may Cheslie Kryst rest in peace.

  6. I do not believe her death was a suicide by everything we know about this girl. Was a toxicology report done on her body or are the New York police as incompetent as they are just writing this off to a suicide because she was seen alone on her balcony and then Ed at the end of the street. There is a lot of suspicion here and if a toxicology report was not done on her body then there is really something wrong. And when we talk about her leaving everything to her mother was a note left at the apartment that was newly written stating that that would indicate suicide. I thought you were supposed to do on a suspicious death a toxicology report because the only way this woman would have done herself in is if she was high on some drug or injected by someone. This should not be a closed case and none of this makes any sense so stop memorize Verizon this woman and get into the background of her death. Something is being covered up and was not done. If her body's cremated there's never going to be an answer but there's no answers as to what happened at the hospital or if anything was done because this is not a suicide. Anybody can figure that out especially with her talking about mental health. Stop the cover up and do an investigation

  7. She was doing waayyy too much! I loved her. And this made me sad. But, we have to take care of ourselves. Just because you are young and strong. Doesn't mean you should take on a million things at once. Protect your mental health! You are not a machine! She was doing this even in college. She was a long jumper, a triple jumper and heptathelete! This is great pressure and stress enought. Then she simultaneously earned a MBA and Law Degree. More great pressure and more great stress.

    Then came the many, many pageants. That are highly competitive. Full of stress and great pressure. No breaks!

    She was depressed. She was an Attorney. She was on "Extra". She was a Board member of several organizations giving a million speeches. Flying all over the country. She had a blog. Was developing a fashion line. And active on Instagram and Tik Tok where she was constantly trolled with people (who were jealous and hateful) to kill herself!

    And she was writing a book. This sounds like the "mania side" of Bi-polar Depression. And is obviously deadly. All of that is enough to cause someone to self-terminate. We have to take care of ourselves. Slow down. And not take on too much. We are not machines. Rest in Peace beautiful, smart Queen!

  8. Thank you for touching on this difficult subject, Reese. Tamron Hall also paid tribute to this beautiful soul and interviewed her in 2019. My heart breaks for this young lady & her family šŸ’•

  9. All things we toil for on this planet are vanity and those things are making us to live in stress and depression instead of doing well, rejoicing genuinely and above all fear God through Jesus Christ. May her soul RIP and may comfort her family and receive her soul with mercy

  10. Great commentary. I never say anyone " committed " suicide, they died by suicide. A close friend jumped off of a building. Only 35. Good job, new car, good physical health. As stunned then as I am about Cheslie Kryst. R.I.P. šŸ’”

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