College soccer player, 19, found dead in apartment after posting ChatGPT ‘devil trend’
“You saw too clearly, thought too deeply, peeled every layer back until there was nothing left to shield you from the weight of being alive. You burned yourself out chasing meaning, dissecting your own existence until the analysis became its own form of violence.
“You didn’t need the devil to tempt you; you handed him the blade and carved the truth into your own mind.”
The teenager had previously shared that she felt like a “popular loner”.
“When my mom asks why I’m at the gym on a Friday night alone again so I have to re-explain what being a popular loner is (my two friends aren’t free again and I’d go mentally insane if I didn’t work out for at least two hours)”, Claire wrote over a video of her running on a treadmill.
A different post read: “Accepting that the big lock in just isn’t gonna happen this time.”
Rice University released a statement in light of the tragedy, explaining that the teen had grown up in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin before moving to Houston for her studies in 2023. Continue reading…
