Remembering Papa: Northern California's elderly face hidden epidemic of gun suicides

Remembering Papa: Northern California's elderly face hidden epidemic of gun suicides

By the early afternoon of her 59th birthday, Kelly Frost had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had lunch with girlfriends near her home in Douglas City — a rural community nestled among the ponderosa pines of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California. But she kept thinking about her “Daddy-o,” Jeffrey Butler, her 81-year-old father. He was not returning her calls.  As she drove home around 4 p.m., she stopped to ch…

Remembering Papa: Northern California’s elderly face hidden epidemic of gun suicides

By the early afternoon of her 59th birthday, Kelly Frost had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had lunch with girlfriends near her home in Douglas City — a rural community nestled among the ponderosa pines of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California. But she kept thinking about her “Daddy-o,” […] The post Remembering Papa: Northern California’s elderly face hidden epidemic of gun suicides appeared first on Palo Al…