When math teacher Katherine Nugent's 15-year-old daughter Isabel took her own life, the first chilling sign was the haunting sound of her alarm clock blaring on repeat. 'I don't know why it didn't strike me as weird that it was just ringing and ringing and ringing,' Nugent told USA Today of the horrifying morning.
![[Isabel (pictured as a toddler) was well-liked by her friends at school in Washington DC, and she was known for her skills as a talented artist, soccer player, swimmer and poet, her mom said. She also had an IQ of 160 - a score which placed her in the 'genius' category]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/16/93199041-14198119-image-a-2_1734366403211.jpg)
'The light was on in the bathroom, and I thought she was getting ready for school. And then I said, "Isabel," and she didn't answer. 'And so I thought, "She must have her headphones on." And so I pushed the door, and it wouldn't push open. And then it pushed open, and she was dead on the floor.'.
![[Nugent, who is based in Maryland, recalled the horrifying day Isabel died in October 2023 in an effort to raise awareness about the suicide forums she believed her daughter was scrolling online before she died]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/16/93199309-14198119-image-m-4_1734366417806.jpg)
Nugent, who is based in Maryland, recalled the horrifying day Isabel died in October 2023 in an effort to raise awareness about online suicide forums she believed her daughter had been scrolling during her final days. The heartbroken mother also told the Scrolling 2 Death podcast in July that she found 'detailed instructions' in Isabel's bedroom about how to create a deadly concoction, which she suspects her daughter found online.
![[Nugent said she fears her daughter's death may have been connected to her internet use. She recalled how Isabel use to trawl through stories about other people with similar struggles]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/16/93199091-14198119-image-m-7_1734366719729.jpg)
Isabel was well-liked by her friends at school in Washington DC, and she was known for her skills as a talented artist, soccer player, swimmer and poet. She also had an IQ of 160 - a score which placed her in the 'genius' category. She had made plans to host a slumber party with friends and take part in an arts fundraiser for her high school, so her death came as a shock to her mother.
![[Isabel had battled depression and chronic pain before as a result of fibromyalgia, but Nugent said she seemed to be happy in the days before she died. She seemed to be improving through therapy and medication. (Pictured: Isabel with her older sister)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/16/93199175-14198119-image-a-5_1734366712226.jpg)
