Cape Cod Times
George and Victoria Kelloyan finally have an audio recording of what went on in Barnstable District Court on the December day that a judge denied their request to commit their daughter for substance abuse treatment. Less than two weeks later, the young woman died of an overdose.
The audio recording doesn’t tell them the reason why District Court Judge Paul Pino decided not to hear their request for a hearing to commit 19-year-old Tatiana Kelloyan for treatment under a state law known as Section 35.
But it raises haunting questions of what might have been had the Kelloyans been given an opportunity to make their plea in person.
George and Victoria Kelloyan finally have an audio recording of what went on in Barnstable District Court on the December day that a judge denied their request to commit their daughter for substance abuse treatment. Less than two weeks later, the young woman died of an overdose.
The audio recording doesn’t tell them the reason why District Court Judge Paul Pino decided not to hear their request for a hearing to commit 19-year-old Tatiana Kelloyan for treatment under a state law known as Section 35.
But it raises haunting questions of what might have been had the Kelloyans been given an opportunity to make their plea in person.
WEST BARNSTABLE In the days leading up to Christmas, George and Victoria Kelloyan made a painful realization.
Their bubbly, 19-year-old daughter, Tatiana, needed more help than they could give for substance abuse and mental health problems.
The teen had totaled a PT Cruiser and Honda Accord in the wake of a painful breakup with a boyfriend.
She would leave their West Barnstable home at night against her parents wishes and return slurring her words, acting confused and threatening to kill herself.
At least four times, the Cotuit-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire Department transported Tatiana to Cape Cod Hospital for an evaluation of her physical and mental health, the Kelloyans said. Each time, they said, their daughter was released and returned home.