[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Many are mourning the loss of former University of South Florida basketball player Neena Pacholke following her tragic death at just 27 years old over the weekend.
According to TMZ, the former basketball star was making suicidal statements over the weekend which alarmed those close to her.
A spokesperson for the Wausau Police Department explained to the outlet that officers were dispatched to the young woman’s home in Wausau, Wisconsin Saturday morning for a welfare check — but upon arrival no one came to the door.
Eventually authorities made their way into the home forcefully to discover the unthinkable: Neena was dead. Authorities at the time explained “foul play is not suspected.” Her sister, Kaitlynn Pacholke, later confirmed to the Tampa Bay Times the college athlete, who had become a popular local news anchor in recent years, had died by suicide.
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