Two hours east of Reno is Winnemucca, a town of about 7, 800 in Humboldt County. Humboldt and the surrounding counties of Pershing and Lander are some of the most sparsely populated areas in Nevada. Here, suicide rates are higher, and community leaders know that. They've worked years at strategies to prevent suicides. In 2017, the counties saw only one or two suicides. The strategies seemed to be working. Then, in a one month span in the fall of 2018, they saw 13. Why?
Two hours east of Reno is Winnemucca, a town of about 7, 800 in Humboldt County. Humboldt and the surrounding counties of Pershing and Lander are some of the most sparsely populated areas in Nevada. Here, suicide rates are higher, and community leaders know that. They've worked years at strategies to prevent suicides. In 2017, the counties saw only one or two suicides. The strategies seemed to be working. Then, in a one month span in the fall of 2018, they saw 13. Why?
Chelsea Roberts holds a photo of her daughter Georgia Durmeier on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 in Driggs, Idaho.
A year ago a family was traveling in rural Nye County when they were hit head-on by a driver, high on meth and fentanyl. Three people died, and two survived.
Cops had stopped the driver an hour before, and let him go.
Working alongside the Review-Journal's investigative reporter Art Kane, we traveled to Idaho and interviewed the families directly impacted by the officers' decisions that day. After months of requests, we received body cam footage that showed what happened at that traffic stop.
Fatal decisions
