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Michigan mother says failures in care and social media contributed to daughter’s death

The Michigan mother recounts her daughter London’s struggle with harmful algorithms, mental health challenges, and what she calls inadequate emergency care.

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Dave Bondy
Dec 05, 2025
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LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan mother is warning families about the dangers of social media algorithms and what she describes as failures within the state’s mental health and medical systems after the death of her 12 year old daughter last year.

Charay Gadd said her daughter, London, died on August 1, 2024, after a series of mental health struggles that beg…

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