The medical examiner’s office also made a statement, saying that in cases where a family disagrees with a cause of death, they are given an opportunity to present any new information. “There’s not someone in our community that’s out killing people, and we’re not investigating it. “We just wanted to get out our information to put their minds at ease,” Ward said. It’s next to Sean’s picture,” she said.īeyond the statement released on Facebook, no more details about the case will be released to the public, said sheriff’s office spokeswoman Shelley Ward. “On the first day when I went into the Pentagon, I went into the chocolate shop, and bought one.

He wanted to know if he could go into the Pentagon and get some of the milk chocolate candies with the iconic building stamped on top. Sean jumped up screaming with excitement and said he couldn’t wait to tell his friends that his mother worked for the Pentagon. Once she got the call, she told her family the news at dinner. Air Force, and she recently had accepted a new position at the Pentagon. Ramona Rivas is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. “Every time (the catch-up sessions) got finished, he’d turn and look at us. “And that was the same thing Wednesday night before he passed. He would just follow her around and talk to her about whatever they talked about,” Jared Rivas said.

“Every night, no matter what, he would come up and follow Ramona around. Soon after, Sean had his normal catch-up session with his mom before bed.

He was like, ‘Mom, this is great, mwah! It’s so good,’” Jared said remembering Sean doing a comical chef’s kiss in response to the cookie, eliciting laughter from the rest of the family. “The night before he passed, Ramona bought some cookies, and a couple of them were carrot cake. His family questions how the examiner and police were drawn to the conclusion of suicide, especially with Sean’s behavior the night before. It does note that the police investigation “raised the possibility of bullying at school,” but his family said that except for one incident in December, they’re unaware of any other bullying and said Sean didn’t seem to be overly upset by it. In the medical examiner’s report, it is noted that no “known history of depression or suicidality” was found. Jared Rivas, meanwhile, was in Williamsburg with their second-youngest son for an appointment.ĭuring Sean’s last moments, he completed his homework, started taking out the trash, made a snack and even had a quick phone call with his mother - about an hour before his body was discovered. Sean was excited to watch his little brother, Ramona said.

Before his death, Sean was babysitting his 2-year-old brother at the house while Ramona Rivas took her mother to a doctor’s appointment.

Sean & Toby by Xondra Day