39adamstrand:In the early morning hours of 9 May 2010, Erica Blasberg sent a text message to her cad

39adamstrand:

In the early morning hours of 9 May 2010, Erica Blasberg sent a text message to her caddy that she would not be playing in a golf tournament scheduled for the next day.  Her caddy sent a message asking Blasberg if she was okay, but did not get a reply.

The 25-year-old Blasberg was with 42-year-old Dr. Thomas Hess at an exclusive golf resort outside Las Vegas. The couple was seen in the bar at the hotel before Hess took Blasberg to her home in nearby Henderson.

Phone records show that Hess tried to contact Blasberg numerous times the next day (Sunday, Mother’s Day), eight times that morning and nine times that afternoon before going to her home in Henderson and finding her body.

Blasberg was in bed with a dust mask over her mouth and a plastic bag over her head, secured by rubber bands.

Hess removed the suicide note and pills.  He did not know that Blasberg had been seeing a doctor for depression, or that Blasberg had been stockpiling medication.

In 2014, Hess went on trial for wrongful death, medical malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty, and was cleared of any wrongdoing in Blasberg’s death.

Blasberg’s suicide note was read at the opening of the trial on 7 May 2014, which read, “I’m sad and don’t want to be doing this right now. Sorry for all the people I’ve hurt doing this, but please understand how miserable and sad I am, and that I feel no way of escaping it.”