Erin Pascal Bio
Erin Pascal is identified as the woman from West Roxbury who was found dead on Christmas Day with her two kids, and the children as 4-year-old Allison and 16-month-old Andrew.
Pascal was named by Suffolk County District Attorney Rachel Rollins Thursday afternoon, with investigators still working to determine why she killed both her children before taking her own life. Rollins said there may have been a 911 call made shortly before the double murder-suicide, but declined to say who made it, or what was said.
NEW: This is Erin Pascal of West Roxbury, the 40-year-old mother who investigators believe threw her two children off the top of a parking garage before jumping herself in a double murder suicide on Christmas Day. #WBZ pic.twitter.com/OLOBj5z71E
— Kristina Rex (@KristinaRex) December 26, 2019
Erin Pascal Age
She was 40 years old.
Erin Pascal Death
The woman and children were found unconscious Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. on a sidewalk near the Renaissance Parking Garage. They were rushed to an area hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
During a press conference on this afternoon, District Attorney Rachel Rollins revealed that the deaths of a mother and two children on Christmas were a double homicide/suicide. Erin Pascal, 40, of West Roxbury,… https://t.co/W7oyYU2pQ1
— Caught in Southie (@maureencaught) December 26, 2019
Rollins said the investigation is still in the “very early stages” and authorities aren’t aware of any kidnapping complaints at this time.
Police responded just before 1:30 p.m. to the Renaissance Park Garage in Roxbury, where they found the three family members unconscious on a sidewalk. They were pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Rollins said it appears the two children fell before Pascal, according to CBS Boston, implying Pascal may have pushed the two children from the garage before leaping off herself.
Investigations
authorities continue to investigate the deaths of a mother and two young children who were found unconscious near a Boston parking garage on Christmas Day. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins described the case as a likely double-murder suicide at a news conference.
DA Rachel Rollins says all evidence points to a double murder-suicide in the deaths of Erin Pascal of West Roxbury and her two children, Allison and Andrew, 4 and 1 and a half yrs old, at the Renaissance Parking Garage Wednesday afternoon. @wbznewsradio pic.twitter.com/DNXzfhofRB
— Suzanne Sausville (@wbzSausville) December 26, 2019
“The evidence collected thus far suggests these deaths. . . . were very likely a double murder-suicide,” Rollins said.
According to Rollins, it appears the two children fell first, then the mother.
This is truly tragic. Erin Pascal was part of our community. She was in the communications group at Sanofi Genzyme. Mother & two children died at Boston garage Christmas Day. If you are down pls call 18002738255 #SuicidePrevention HT @AnneMostue https://t.co/Je4nYO3G6T
— Daphne Zohar (@daphnezohar) December 26, 2019
Anyone who needs help Samaritans statewide hotline 877-800-HOPE. Help is also available through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 1-800-273-TALK.