THE REMAINS of the home at 3424 Parmly Road in Perry Township where Lisa Henry took her own life and that of her son Mike Henry around 9:37 Wednesday morning. With her children in the home, Henry set the house on fire and then slit her wrists and was found in a bathtub. DANIEL KRAUS / The Star Beacon
DISABLED MAN DIES IN FIRE
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The Lake County Coroner's Office will conduct an autopsy today. The state fire marshal is investigating.
Star Beacon Print Edition: 9/14/2006
Perry Township fire captain says victim's mother 'was under a lot of pressure'
By MARGIE TRAX PAGE
Staff Writer
mtrax@starbeacon.com
PERRY TOWNSHIP - - Plastic toys are scattered across the front yard at 3424 Parmly Road, evidence that small children once called this place home.
But rain now soaks through the roof of the smoke and heat-damaged home, the toys abandoned and the children taken away by tragedy.
Reportedly suffering depression, Lisa Henry allegedly set fire to the house Wednesday morning, killing her 25-year-old son Mike Henry, who suffered from cerebral palsy, Lake County Sheriff's Office chief deputy William Crosier said.
Lisa Henry allegedly called her husband at work, set fire to the bedroom and then sat in the bathtub and cut her wrists. She was reportedly despondent over her mother's recent death and told her husband she wanted to go to heaven "to be with her mother and Mike," Crosier said.
Husband John Henry rescued his wife and three young grandchildren from the house. Mike Henry died in his bedroom. Lisa Henry's suicide note was found in the house, Crosier said.
Every day, Lisa Henry took care of her disabled son and watched her grandchildren, several of whom lived in the Henrys' home. She was responsible for Mike Henry's care and education but relied on her mother for emotional support, neighbors said.
"I think (Lisa Henry) was under a lot of pressure," Perry Township Fire Capt. Mike King said. "It's sad, and there is no way to tell how much a person can take or just when a person will snap," he said.
Neighbor Linda McGonnell said Lisa Henry was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
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