Imagine The Trauma That Has To Be Associated With That. Every Time You Reconnect With Someone They DIE??? - Tumblr Posts
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... so! me and my buddy friend pal lover @prettyboy-reiid (who you should follow) were talking about krystall's death. and they were like "god we never DID get an answer for what killed her, did we?", and i said "WE HAVEN'T!!!", like a fool.
i hadn't done my research!
and so, after scouring tons of blogs, i finally found an interview with erica messer that tells us (almost) exactly what happened.
i found it hiding in a LOOPER article, titled "Criminal Minds : Evolution Exec Relates Rossi's Grief To Everyone's Post-COVID Lives" .
it says...
"In her interview, Erica Messer confirmed that Krystall Richards' death was the result of a cancer battle exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic."
... if david rossi had a nickel for everybody he cared about that died from cancer, he would have TWO nickels!... which isn't a lot! but it's HEARTBREAKING that is happened twice <3
and if you think that was awful, here's some more fuel to throw on that emotional fire!
"For David Rossi and Krystall Richards, COVID-19 prevented doctors from detecting her cancer early enough to intervene. "You couldn't really go to the doctor unless it was an emergency situation," Erica Messer recalled of the early days of the pandemic. "One of [Richards'] yearly exams got put off and when she finally got to the doctor, they found cancer and it was advanced and it was too little, too late." Her death traumatizes Rossi, who chooses to dissolve into his work rather than take time to heal."
... that is! that is so awful. that is soooooo awful. oh that's the worst. imagine that, mh? imagine the "she's already late stage 3, the best we can do is provide hospice care". imagine the parallels to carolynn. imagine "no one lives forever, david", like it's coming straight out of carolynn's mouth and NOT the woman he was sure he'd have forever with.
now penelope's "ever since krystall's diagnosis..." makes sense, huh? </3