The deaths of Daisy and Melinda Coleman show how public attention can mask ongoing trauma
The deaths of Daisy and Melinda Coleman show how public attention can mask ongoing trauma F. Diane Barth © Provided by NBC News For many people, it's a dark time right now, so we seem to be drawn to stories of how others are surviving or not. That may be one of the reasons that the painful stories of Melinda and Daisy Coleman — a mother and daughter who died by suicide within four months of each other — hold such sway. Daisy was the subject of a documentary detailing her experiences with an alleged sexual assault when she was 14 by an older boy from a prominent family â€...