She recalled how Isabel use to trawl through stories about other people with similar struggles] 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.
Haunting sound that alerted mother to her genius 15-year-old daughter's suicide 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.
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.
'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.
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.