Ann Marie Hochlter, who was partially paralyzed in shooting at Columbin High School, died, but found a force to tolerate and recover her soul after interconnection with another family destroyed by the tragedy. She was 43 years old.
Hochhalter was found at her home in the Denver suburb on Sunday. Her family suspects that she died for natural causes of fire in 1999, in which 12 students were killed.
The forensic doctor’s office for Adams and Bromfield provinces said that the investigation of how she died was transferred to the office that conducted the autopsy in Columbin, which is the forensic doctor’s office for Adams and Bromfield provinces.
Hochhalter wrote in 2016 a letter to an armed mothers saying: “bitterness is like swallowing toxic pills” and offering forgiveness for them. The vigil attended on the twenty -fifth anniversary of the tragedy last year – after skipping a similar event five years ago – she said that she was flooded with happy memories of her childhood and wanted to kill the dead about how they lived, and not how they died.
Hatcalter struggled with severe pain from her wounds over the past 25 years. However, her brother said that she was tirelessly to help others – from people with disabilities to save dogs and members of her family.
It was useful for many people. “She was a good person and a sister,” said her brother Nathan Hochlter on Tuesday.
Her tragedy was assembled six months after the shooting, when her mother, Carla Hochlter, entered the pod, and asked to look at a pistol before using herself.
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In the wake of her mother’s death, Ann Marie Hochlter embraced another family who lost a daughter in Columbin.
Soo Townsin, whose daughter, Lauren Townsin, was killed, was killed to help Hatalter as a way to relieve her pain. Initially, Townsnd Hoghalter took the doctor’s dates and physiotherapy, but their bond soon deepened with lunch and went to shop together and eventually began to share family dinner and vacations.
Townsin and her husband, Rick Hatchelter, described their “acquired daughter”.
She said on a journey to Hawaii together, Hochlter, who used a wheelchair, was able to float in a pain -free lake.
“This relationship would never have happened if it were not Columbin. So I tried to focus on the gift that Columbin gave us at Anne Mary instead of what it took.”
In 2016, the mother of a Columbin militants, Soo Cleold, issued notes exploring the causes of her son’s violence and ways to prevent future attacks through mental health awareness. At that time, Hatchalter said that she was grateful because Cleold was donating the book’s revenues to help those who suffer from mental illness. Hatchalter said her mother suffered from depression and did not believe that the shootings were directly blamed for her death.
She said she was sure that Cleold had found what she could have done completely differently as she thought about the ways she could prevent her from the death of the mother she loves.
“A good friend once told me,” bitterness is like swallowing toxic pills and is expected to die for the other. “She only hurts yourself. Hitchlter said in a message posted on Facebook:” I have forgiven you and I wish you the best only. “She also included a picture of the Sue Card Tom Klebold sent her while she was recovering in the hospital after the shooting.
Hochhalter attended the protest of the twenty -fifth anniversary in April with her brother, who was trapped in a semester during the shooting. She said in a post on social media last year, she did not attend the twentieth anniversary of the anniversary due to post -trauma disorder.
“I have really managed to heal my soul since that day in 1999,” she wrote.
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