Attempted Suicide, Life Saved

On the afternoon of February 25th, rangers received a notice to be on the lookout for a missing woman from the nearby town of Portage. The woman had called her husband from an unidentified parking lot and threatened suicide. To emphasize her threat, she used her cellular phone camera to photograph slash marks on her wrist and sent them to her husband. Rangers began checking parking lots within the park. Within minutes of receiving the call, ranger Bill Tadych spotted the woman as she was driving out of the Mount Baldy parking lot and pulled her over. He found a seven-inch-long steak knife and numerous bottles of prescription medicines – including sleeping pills – inside the car. The woman was taken into protective custody and admitted to a local hospital for a mental health evaluation. It was later determined that she had indeed intended to end her life.