Migrant mother who committed suicide lonely, despondent says NYC friend

The migrant mother who committed suicide in a New York City homeless shelter “felt like she was alone,” according to a friend of hers.

The source spoke with the New York Post outside the Hollis Family Shelter, where the 32-year-old mother of two reportedly hanged herself from a shower rod with an electrical cord.

“There are people who kind of get depression,” said the man, who said he knew the woman from back in Colombia.

“She felt like she was alone,” the man added.

The deceased mother had been at the shelter since May with her 15-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter, waiting for her husband to make it across the border, reported NBC 4. She was discovered by staff around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Her husband never made it into the U.S. but is trying again to help bury his wife and take his kids back to Colombia, according to Univision.

“You always saw her alone with her two children, in the park or sitting here, sitting with her two children,” a female friend said, adding the mother never seemed sad.

The dead woman’s teenage son told the New York Post that he has been at the shelter for five months.

“The truth is I don’t want to speak,” the son said.

The Post noted the teenager was staying with friends but had no information on his younger sister.

New York City Mayor announced Tuesday that the city was already investigating the mother’s suicide.

“We always use investigations after death, no matter what happens, if it’s inside one of our facilities,” Adams said but noted that the laws around disclosing information about children and families are “very sensitive.”

Adams suggested that the governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, is at fault for the mother who lost her life.

A spokeswoman for Abbot on Monday accused Adams of “flat-out lying and selectively attacking Texas’ busing operation, while conveniently ignoring migrants bused into New York City by Democrat-led El Paso and flown by President Biden.”