Nov. 29, 1983: Bridget Marie Hicks was a 17-year-old girl with two children and apparently too many problems.
A worker at the South-Central Multi-Purpose Child Development Center found her hanging from a tree. Police said Bridget, a student at nearby Locke High, tied a jacket to a tree limb and hanged herself.
Bridget’s father told the late George Ramos: “She was not the type of person to take her own life. I can’t believe it.”
And some family speculated that she had might have been killed.
But friends said she was “despondent over personal problems,” Ramos wrote.
The Times never followed up on this story, so we know nothing more about Bridget. She would be 47 now and her children would be about 30 and 31.
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Jesus, 17 with two children? Who can blame the poor kid.
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The sad thing is one of her sons died shortly after her just a baby…. May they both Rest In Peace……
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I don’t know what happen but God does …….rip beautiful lady
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I knew her…man what a terrible tragedy
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My brother and her brother were close friends. She didn’t do it. But 1983, LA, no one took the proper time to investigate.
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I think your right D. Williams.
I was apparently a classmate of this beautiful young lady, I didn’t know her but I was a student at Locke as I was a junior their in 1983.
I remember being horrified that morning as some of us were there in our classrooms the morning she was found in that tree. I still remember being stunned to hear of this grave tragedy.
Look, I just researched this incident here in Oct’2024, why, because I’m still hunted by this.
I feel strongly that she was killed
no.1 is the fact that
women especially young women are not this drastic, if they want to off themselves
human nature tells us they don’t go this extreme.
no.2 is the fact that 99% of all people especially women will never bang themselves.
I didn’t even know all these facts about this case like I just learned here the poor ladies name.
I’m here to learn these details of a case that I can’t forget.
I thought she was found at our own school, I didn’t know she was found at a different school.
Such a massive tragedy, that was south central in those days
extremely senseless violet, is what I remember.
Rest in peace my fellow saint.
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My Mother used to baby sit her and knew her well.. it was known she didnt hang herself, 3 jealous girls from her school did it
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My sister did not hang herself. I pray that the killer gets what he deserves….
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Amen this was one of the saddest days ever to take place growing up especially after Damien’s and a hard to swallow on both deaths
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Sister your memory will be kept alive as long as I live and breathe..It’s been 34 years and I still remember this horrible day like it was yesterday…Hus and kiss mommy for me in Heaven!!!!!
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I was a student here when this happened and it was very traumatizing… i always wondered exactly what happened, never thought it was a suicide, everyone thought it was murder! God bless your soul Bridget, RIP!
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