A 17-year-old high school softball star with a college scholarship and an apparently bright future took her own life after a dispute with her boyfriend.
The 17-year-old senior at Amelia High School was found by police at a storage shed on private property in the Morefield Meadows subdivision—more details about the location have not been released.
“The victim was in a storage building at the property in the Morefield Meadows subdivision. The victim was conscious and able to talk to deputies before being transported, by ambulance, to Chippenham Hospital.”
Dead of a Broken Heart
Hannah Green’s stepmother Tina Green told WTVR she could not imagine anything that would make Hannah take her own life. Tina Green said that based on her last conversation with Hannah, nothing indicated why “she would have done this to herself.”Hannah’s father was equally bewildered. he said that as far as he knew, Hannah was happy and looking forward to playing softball at Longwood University after graduating from high school.
Hannah’s biological mother Jennifer Riggan had some different information.
“It was young love, it was her first love, her high school boyfriend,” Riggan explained. “This was a struggle within herself and the loss of her first love.”
A Great Life and What Could Have Been a Future
Hannah Green was not a moody, disaffected teen of the sort people might suspect as a suicide risk.Rather, she was happy, popular, athletic and active.
Hannah was a star second baseman with the Amelia High School team, and also played volleyball. She had plans to attend nearby Longwood University in the fall.
“I know there was some kind of scholarship involved, because Hannah not only played softball for Amelia, but she also played for the recreation league, for the travel league—it was just a big passion for her.”
“It’s [terrible] to lose Hannah as gifted and talented as she was,” Shore said. “She could just like light up a room. She never had a frown. If you walked into a room, you could always spot Hannah’s smile from a mile away.”
“All around, she was an amazing child,” Jennifer Riggan agreed. “She was absolutely gorgeous inside and out.”
Attendees at the vigil included the entire softball team and its coach, Robin Gary, as well as faculty from Amelia High School and softball players from surrounding schools.
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