King PSYZ
04-21-2007, 12:45 PM
I know this shouldn't go here but I need to vent...
I got a call about 9:15am today asking if I worked with someone, I said yes and was then informed very matter of factly that that co-worker was dead and how do they get in touch with her mom...
Very abrupt, so hesitation or sense of dispair. So of course me being the concerned type I asked for his name and number and what happened. He says there was a fire and she got trapped and died.
So at this point I am angry, upset, sad, and confused. Is this real? Is this some kind of sick joke? What the hell is going on? ect.
While speaking with human resources and my manager trying to figure out what to do next I get a call from a desk manager here stating they were just on the phone with a Homicide detective... and that they needed to know if we had any next of kin info. So now we're really freaking out but thinking maybe this was a bad joke, not wanting to belive it.
I just got off the phone with the Coroners office here in Las Vegas asking for the mother by name, I informed him she didn't work here but that it's odd they call since we had a detective calling and telling us our co-worker was dead. When he asked the name the line went silent and he realised he made a horrible error. That's the name of the victim he was trying to find the mother of.
He of course if obligated to not tell me anything, but after he could tell I was sincere he offered that yes there was a fire but that was not how she died and that her baby was okay but the boyfriend was in custody and that the person who called me was being sought.
This is the first time I have gotten to know someone fairly well, even in just the last two months that has died. Much less the victim of a murder. I don't even know how to cope with this news right now...
I got a call about 9:15am today asking if I worked with someone, I said yes and was then informed very matter of factly that that co-worker was dead and how do they get in touch with her mom...
Very abrupt, so hesitation or sense of dispair. So of course me being the concerned type I asked for his name and number and what happened. He says there was a fire and she got trapped and died.
So at this point I am angry, upset, sad, and confused. Is this real? Is this some kind of sick joke? What the hell is going on? ect.
While speaking with human resources and my manager trying to figure out what to do next I get a call from a desk manager here stating they were just on the phone with a Homicide detective... and that they needed to know if we had any next of kin info. So now we're really freaking out but thinking maybe this was a bad joke, not wanting to belive it.
I just got off the phone with the Coroners office here in Las Vegas asking for the mother by name, I informed him she didn't work here but that it's odd they call since we had a detective calling and telling us our co-worker was dead. When he asked the name the line went silent and he realised he made a horrible error. That's the name of the victim he was trying to find the mother of.
He of course if obligated to not tell me anything, but after he could tell I was sincere he offered that yes there was a fire but that was not how she died and that her baby was okay but the boyfriend was in custody and that the person who called me was being sought.
This is the first time I have gotten to know someone fairly well, even in just the last two months that has died. Much less the victim of a murder. I don't even know how to cope with this news right now...