In a brand new assertion, Catalina Mancera, girlfriend of late Dallas Cowboys star Marshawn Kneeland, says the lack of the second-year defensive finish has left her feeling “damaged.”
“My candy child, phrases may by no means specific how damaged I really feel, you're my the whole lot,” Mancera, 22, wrote through Facebook on Monday, November 10, alongside a photograph of the couple. “I'll love you without end my stunning angel.”
Two days later, information broke that Mancera is pregnant with the couple's first child.
Kneeland, who was 24, died of obvious suicide within the early morning hours of Thursday, November 6. Authorities discovered his physique following a quick police chase on the Dallas Parkway. Kneeland initially fled as state troopers tried to tug him over for a site visitors violation. They discovered his automobile deserted hours later.
“I'm grieving arduous proper now,” Mancera informed the Daily Mail on Monday. “It is going to be a very long time earlier than I'll really feel prepared to speak at any size.”
“We're nonetheless within the early phases of the whole lot,” she defined. “We're engaged on the funeral preparations. I don't know the place it's going to be but.”
Marshawn Kneeland and Catalina Mancera Courtesy of Catalina Mancera/Fb
Mancera notified police the evening earlier than Kneeland's demise that she was fearful about his well-being and he had a historical past of psychological sickness. He reportedly despatched a message to his household's group chat that evening, seemingly saying goodbye. Kneeland's official reason behind demise has not been launched.
“Marshawn shared a really particular relationship with Catalina, whom he had been with since his sophomore 12 months of faculty,” Marshawn's cousin Nicole Kneeland-Woods informed the Each day Mail. “They supported one another via many phases of life. Catalina is a crucial a part of our household and she or he's hurting deeply too.”
Within the early morning hours of Thursday, November 6, Dallas Cowboys government vice chairman Stephen Jones heard his telephone ring. Stephen, the oldest son of Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones, answered, solely to be informed that Cowboys defensive finish Marshawn Kneeland was lifeless. The decision got here “not lengthy after the incident,” in response to ESPN. Kneeland's physique […]
“Marshawn was a robust, loving one who cared deeply about his household and everybody round him,” she added.
The Cowboys are coming off their bye week and haven't performed since Kneeland's demise. They may return to the sector on Monday, November 17, on the highway in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott broke his silence on the tragedy the day after Kneeland's demise.
“I damage. Heavy, heavy coronary heart at the moment. I damage for Marshawn, I damage for his household,” he stated, in response to CBS Sports activities Texas. “I damage for his girlfriend, I damage for each single one in every of my teammates.”
Prescott continued: “This can be a ache you don't want upon anyone. You want none of us needed to undergo this. You want Marshawn didn't should undergo what he went via.”
Crew proprietor Jerry Jones made his first assertion since Kneeland's demise on Tuesday, November 11.
“I believe all of us have unfettered emotions concerning the individuals we love, individuals we work with, and that is only a time whenever you acknowledge that there's no solutions,” Jones, 83, informed Dallas' 105.3 The Fan. “It makes you need to stay life to the fullest. It makes you need to search for the easiest in what we've got for one another. And ultimately make sense out of those occasions when it comes to what they'll imply from serving to these which can be right here on earth proper now.”
“All of these issues are very pure, come to thoughts, however his demise is such a nationwide consciousness factor that it takes on a few of that mild after we take into consideration how we go ahead,” he added.
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