CALEDONIA — Jill Ryan learned early Saturday afternoon that
her daughter, missing four days, had been found dead that morning in a
Caledonia quarry.
By late afternoon, Jill Ryan was hushing her sobs as she remembered 22-year-old Rebecca Ryan as a bright young woman who constantly helped others but ultimately couldn’t help herself.
“The things I will always miss are her wanting to make everybody laugh and smile. She would talk to them and give them positives when they were down,” Jill Ryan said. “She was a bright young girl but she was struggling with some things that were going on in her head that most of us can’t imagine.”
Rebecca Ryan suffered from depression, paranoia and schizophrenic tendencies, her mother said. Police are not yet sure how she died, but foul play is not suspected. An autopsy is set for Monday, said Sgt. Brian Wall of the Caledonia Police Department.
Rebecca Ryan, a Racine native, graduated from Horlick High School, where she played basketball during some of her high school years. She planned to continue the sport on Fox Valley Community College’s team, but broke her ankle. Rebecca Ryan still studied criminal justice at the school in Appleton, but didn’t complete her degree. She had to return to her family’s Racine home when her depression became too severe, said Jill Ryan, a 49-year-old insurance agent from Racine.
“We, as a family, tried to reach out for her in love,” Jill Ryan said. “She would not get help.”
Jill Ryan last saw her daughter early Tuesday morning. After four days without any sleep, Rebecca Ryan had walked to Oak Creek and called her mother at about 3:15 a.m., lost and confused, Jill Ryan said.
“I brought her home and said, ‘You need to get sleep.’ I made her lie down in bed. I closed her bedroom door,” Jill Ryan said. “That was the last time I saw her.”
When Jill Ryan got home from work Tuesday, Rebecca Ryan was gone again. Her backpack, which she kept with her at all times, was found near 4½Mile Road and Charles Street and family couldn’t reach her on her cell phone. Rebecca Ryan was reported missing at about 10:45 p.m., according to Jill Ryan and police.
Officers, family and friends searched for her, “going door to door and putting signs up everywhere,” Jill Ryan said.
Rebecca Ryan was eventually found by police Saturday at about 10:09 a.m. She was dead in the Vulcan Materials Co. quarry, 1501 3 Mile Road, Wall said.
“She was a fighter,” Jill Ryan said, “but her mind let her down.”
By late afternoon, Jill Ryan was hushing her sobs as she remembered 22-year-old Rebecca Ryan as a bright young woman who constantly helped others but ultimately couldn’t help herself.
“The things I will always miss are her wanting to make everybody laugh and smile. She would talk to them and give them positives when they were down,” Jill Ryan said. “She was a bright young girl but she was struggling with some things that were going on in her head that most of us can’t imagine.”
Rebecca Ryan suffered from depression, paranoia and schizophrenic tendencies, her mother said. Police are not yet sure how she died, but foul play is not suspected. An autopsy is set for Monday, said Sgt. Brian Wall of the Caledonia Police Department.
Rebecca Ryan, a Racine native, graduated from Horlick High School, where she played basketball during some of her high school years. She planned to continue the sport on Fox Valley Community College’s team, but broke her ankle. Rebecca Ryan still studied criminal justice at the school in Appleton, but didn’t complete her degree. She had to return to her family’s Racine home when her depression became too severe, said Jill Ryan, a 49-year-old insurance agent from Racine.
“We, as a family, tried to reach out for her in love,” Jill Ryan said. “She would not get help.”
Jill Ryan last saw her daughter early Tuesday morning. After four days without any sleep, Rebecca Ryan had walked to Oak Creek and called her mother at about 3:15 a.m., lost and confused, Jill Ryan said.
“I brought her home and said, ‘You need to get sleep.’ I made her lie down in bed. I closed her bedroom door,” Jill Ryan said. “That was the last time I saw her.”
When Jill Ryan got home from work Tuesday, Rebecca Ryan was gone again. Her backpack, which she kept with her at all times, was found near 4½Mile Road and Charles Street and family couldn’t reach her on her cell phone. Rebecca Ryan was reported missing at about 10:45 p.m., according to Jill Ryan and police.
Officers, family and friends searched for her, “going door to door and putting signs up everywhere,” Jill Ryan said.
Rebecca Ryan was eventually found by police Saturday at about 10:09 a.m. She was dead in the Vulcan Materials Co. quarry, 1501 3 Mile Road, Wall said.
“She was a fighter,” Jill Ryan said, “but her mind let her down.”
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