The orphaned six-week-old child boy whose sheriff’s deputy mother and father killed themselves final week can be adopted by a ‘shut relative’, a member of the family has stated.
The household’s heartbreaking chain of occasions started New Yr’s Eve, when Florida cop Clayton Osteen tried suicide shortly earlier than midnight. The 24-year-old died two days later in hospital.
His girlfriend Victoria Pacheco, 23, took her personal life inside days. The couple, each deputies on the St. Lucie Sheriff’s workplace, left behind an toddler son known as Jayce, who was born on November 22.
The newborn is now being cared for by Osteen’s brother, nevertheless it’s unclear whether or not he’s the adoptive mother or father.
It is unclear what the motive behing the suicides is.
The organizer of a fundraising web page, Kelly Ridle, a pal of Osteen, shared the information of the infant’s adoption on the web page.
‘The households of Clayton and Victoria are so grateful for all prayers and help obtained,’ Ridle stated on the web page. ‘All donations can be used for enriching Jayce’s life experiences and securing a brighter future.’
Child Jayce Osteen is being adopted by a ‘shut relative’ after his mother and father took their lives earlier this week
The toddler’s mother and father Clayton Osteen (left) and Victoria Pacheco (proper) killed themselves earlier this week as Osteen tried suicide on December 31 and was taken off life help by his household two days later. Pacheco took her personal life on January 4
A GoFundMe web page was organized for the orphaned toddler by Osteen’s pal Kelly Ridle who introduced the infant’s adoption
Donations and tributes have since poured in from family and friends members in addition to different members of the neighborhood to assist help the newly orphaned child.
Pacheco’s granmother, Bernice Bartolini, likened the double tragedy to a ‘Romeo and Juliet’-type story and stated the couple is now ‘collectively ceaselessly.’
‘My coronary heart is so unhappy I assumed I used to be hurting earlier than I misplaced my stunning granddaughter,’ Tragic Romeo and Juliet story. They’re now collectively ceaselessly,’ she wrote in a Fb put up.
‘This loss is so painful … Victoria and I have been very shut once I lived in Florida, she was there for me. I want I may have been there for her. My insides are being torn aside, my coronary heart hurts so dangerous.’
Sheriff Ken J. Mascara revealed the loss of life of the infant’s mother and father in a put up on Tuesday and supplied his condolences on behalf of the division.
‘In the present day, the members of the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace carry the burden of a really heavy coronary heart as we share with you the tragic passing of two of our deputies: Deputy Clayton Osteen and Deputy Victoria Pacheco,’ the assertion learn.
‘Phrases can’t categorical the great loss all of us really feel after shedding these two members of our Sheriff’s Workplace household,’ he added.
Within the assertion, Mascara additionally famous the significance of psychological well being.
‘Whereas it’s unimaginable for us to totally comprehend the non-public circumstances main as much as this devastating loss, we pray that this tragedy turns into a catalyst for change, a catalyst to assist ease the stigma surrounding psychological well-being and normalize the dialog in regards to the challenges so many people face regularly.’
An announcement from the St Lucie County Sheriff Division introduced the couple’s deaths
The pair had labored on the division for over a yr along with Osteen beginning in 2019 and Pacheco in 2020
Child Jayce was born on November 22 and was solely six weeks outdated on the time of his mother or father’s loss of life
Obituaries have since been launched for the couple in reminiscence of the pair who labored over a yr collectively on the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Osteen was remembered as a ‘father, companion, son, brother, and pal to so many’ and was a member of the division since 2019 the place he turned a SWAT crew member, Deputy of the Quarter, and was awarded Deputy of the Yr in 2020.
He had additionally served as a non-commissioned officer throughout his service for the USA Marine Corp.
Pacheco was described as a ‘mom, companion, daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt and pal to so many’ who had joined the division a yr after her companion in 2020.
Apart from her contributions to the division, she was additionally described as adventurous and inventive with pursuits similar to horseback driving, browsing, sky diving in addition to swimming with sharks.
The pair can be laid to relaxation on the Haisley Funeral Residence on Saturday.
Osteen had served as a non-commissioned officer throughout his service for the USA Marine Corp
Pacheco was remembered as being adventurous and inventive with pursuits similar to horseback driving, browsing, sky diving in addition to swimming with sharks