By Kimberly Curth Weekend Anchor / Reporter
Published: Tue, May 06, 2008 - 5:04 pm
Last Updated: Tue, May 06, 2008 - 5:27 pm
Last Updated: Tue, May 06, 2008 - 5:27 pm
Kimberly Curth
We talked with Holmes' grandmother, Pastor Juliette Marshall, "there was no sign of anything wrong. He was just the same Jajuan that we see," said Marshall.
We asked Marshall what she thinks happened that day, " I wished I knew. I wished I knew what pushed him," said Marshall.
But, Jajuan grabbed headlines long before his suicide at Davidson. In February, he was charged with three armed robberies. News 5 also learned he had been suspended from school the day before his suicide, "I heard about it when Jajuan called me and said Grandmama, I'm in jail and I said for what and he said, they said, got me for robbery, I said robbery? You? He said Grandmama, it ain't what you think, that's all he said," said Marshall.
Marshall says that's not the Jajuan she knew, "I just don't know the Jajuan that everyone depicted. I just don't know him, that's not my Jajuan, that's not the Jajuan that lived in my home, that's not the Jajuan that was a member of this parish," said Marshall. She says the grandson she knew was a good kid, who was involved with the church, an honor student, he was even an aspiring marine.
So what went wrong? "Whatever happened, it was more than he could deal with and that's what bothers me. I wished I knew what happened to my Jajuan, cause, what I am hearing is not, I can't accept it," said Marshall.
Now, her grandson is gone. She just wishes she could have talked to him before it was too late,"if he had called me that day, the night before, whichever, I believe everything that's in me, Jajuan would be here today," said Marshall.
We asked her what the community can do to make sure this doesn't happen again," we got to stop being so quick to judge every kid," said Marshall, "My cry is to the community, let us all come together."
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I think that at times we just put to much on our youths. They are taking college courses in High School; WHY?? We just expect WAY to much from them and expect them to grow up to fast!!! Young people are to stressed out and always in a rush that they don’t have time to relax and enjoy their teenage year anymore. Way to much presser on them!! I don’t think that you can always put the blame back on the parents. It needs to be placed on the entire society!! It is a shame that our world has come to this. My son just graduated last night and I would be so lost if I didn’t see the day that he was able to walk across that stage. I feel so sorry for those parents and his loved ones.