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jimmy m
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14 Oct 2020, 8:41 am

Smith was a speech and language pathologist for the Great Falls Public School District in Montana. One man said on social media that his son, who has autism and worked with Smith, absolutely adored her. "Sally single-handedly gave my son a voice when he didn't have one before, she gave him the courage to speak out and be expressive at his very young age," the father wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to finding Smith. "We loved going to see Sally every week. My son would yip and yell and hop and jump and clap just knowing he was on his way to see Sally."

She seems like a person with a lot of heart.

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A Montana mother of four who had been missing for more than two weeks was found dead in a storage facility with her car Sunday afternoon, the Great Falls Police Department said.

Source: Montana mother of four found deceased after missing for two weeks

What bothers me about this story is the phrase "found dead in a storage facility with her car". When I turn this over in my mind I picture a woman who committed suicide by driving her car into a storage facility, closing the door and dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. This is terrible. I know the current pandemic put a lot of stress on people. Many teachers and support staff went to distant learning during the pandemic. But a speech and language pathologist working with autistic children might be unable to make the personal contact that is needed to make this approach successful. I am sorry for her loss.


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