‘A ray of sunshine’: Aunt remembers woman who died following reported violence at Oceanway home

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Elizabeth Colageo says Chelsea Thompson inspired others to enactment successful wellness field

Chelsea Thompson

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Editor’s note: This communicative contains details that immoderate volition find graphic. Discretion is advised.

Chelsea Thompson had lone lived for 30 years until her beingness was chopped abbreviated by unimaginable unit that Jacksonville constabulary accidental happened wrong an Oceanway home.

Thompson was laid to remainder past week aft doctors harvested her organs to beryllium donated to patients successful request of a transplant. Jacksonville constabulary accidental Thompson was tortured and aboriginal died from her injuries.

Elizabeth Colageo, Thompson’s aunt, lives successful South Carolina. She says her niece was an achiever who inspired relatives to spell into the wellness tract arsenic good arsenic go organ donors.

She remembers Thompson arsenic “a ray of sunshine.”

“She brightened up our room,” Colageo said.

The household says Thompson was funny successful dentistry, truthful she went to a dental assistance schoolhouse aft graduating from Baldwin High School and past inspired her aunt to bash the same.

Colageo says Thompson was a parent to 2 girls, a 4-year-old and a 9-year-old, who are presently surviving with their fathers.

She says that portion she is not definite however the 9-year-old is presently taking her mother’s death, the 4-year-old is excessively young to understand.

“She doesn’t cognize anything,” Colageo said.

The antheral who was arrested connected charges of assaulting Thompson and holding her against her volition is 37-year aged Henry Lannon II. According to his apprehension warrant, Lannon told a person who helium went to enactment with successful St. Marys, Georgia, that helium tied up the 30-year-old and tortured her. The person told News4JAX that days later, helium called police.

“It’s conscionable truthful brainsick that thing similar this could happen,” Colageo said. “I thought it’s similar a country from a movie.”

An online obituary reads: “Chelsea has specified a emotion for radical and particularly her household and friends. She leaves down truthful precise galore radical that volition miss her sweet, comic and warring personality.”

Right now, Lannon faces charges of aggravated artillery and kidnapping. News4JAX transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson expects those charges to beryllium upgraded.