Deputy District Attorney didn't meet "criteria" before suicide

EXCLUSIVE: Deputy district attorney sent angry email before suicide
By MORGAN COOK mcook@nctimes.com
Posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011

"Officers spoke to Trevino at her home and she seemed OK, he said. She didn't meet the criteria required to detain her for mental evaluation, and police did not confiscate any weapons."

San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Christine Trevino sent an email with "My Death" in the subject line to at least 50 people, including District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, two weeks before she shot herself to death Thursday evening in Oceanside, according to documents obtained by North County Times.

The email, which Trevino sent the evening of Oct. 26, prompted measures by the district attorney's office to "keep her safe," an official said.

Trevino's message appeared to accuse Dumanis' administration of taking the side of another employee with whom Trevino had been involved in a dispute, and warned the administration not to try to "cover up" Trevino's death as a mental health issue.

The email's final line said, "YOUR administration is to blame!"

Trevino, 51, killed herself with a handgun during a traffic stop about 6:35 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Vista Way and Jefferson Street, Oceanside police Lt. Leonard Mata said last week.

She shot herself as a Carlsbad police officer was speaking to her through her driver's side window.
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