What Happened? The Bethany Storro case.

A beautiful 28-year-old was thrown acid in her face as she was celebrating her new job at night.  This is the woman that suffered partial hearing loss since her childhood and just days earlier had her sister being married.

The whole nation was shocked and community rallied to support.  And she showed great strength by appearing on Good Morning America, her head covered in gauze and her parents on her sides.  In her own words “I can’t let what she did to me…wreck my life”. 

As media and psychologists speculate the motivation behind the attack (substance abuse, gang activities, and the like) that occurred on September 30 and law enforcement working hard to find the black woman with a ponytail that committed the crime, news broke that it was a hoax and the acid attack was self-inflicted.  And I’m sure if you do a search on “Bethany Storro” today, that’s all you get.

I’d leave the decision of possible prosecution to the appropriate Prosecuting Attorney's Office and the condemnation to the outraged people around the world.  What keeps me thinking is WHAT REALLY HAPPED?

It’s as if one gets sick, physically, when he/she lets his/her body goes through physical abuse, such as not enough rest, too much work, not eating right, etc..  So, what has happened internally that has caused someone to commit such painful attack on herself?  I don’t know if you caught what the father was saying on the news conference: “we are a closely-knit” family.  It’s the same pair of parents that are in shock right now that their daughter are in such mental condition to hurt herself.

I’m by no means trying to be wise or smart or pretend to know the cause of this “self-attack”.  My gut tells me that something deep inside is ill.  I just keep asking myself: what really happened…

I’d love that you shed some light on this incident.