Daveigh Chase's Mother Says 2016 Crash Triggered Addiction Before Homelessness and Death
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 20
Daveigh Chase's Mother Says 2016 Crash Triggered Addiction Before Homelessness and Death
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 20
Summary
Cathy Chase said her daughter’s decline began after a 2016 motorcycle crash, when doctors prescribed oxycodone and other painkillers for a back injury.
The mother told the Daily Mail that drug use escalated into partying, repeated law-enforcement run-ins and estrangement; she said she had not seen Daveigh Chase since October 2019.
Los Angeles was where Chase had been living homeless with her boyfriend near the hospital where she died, and she had been admitted earlier this month for malnutrition.
Skid Row was among the places Cathy Chase searched for her daughter after a jail release years ago, saying she still blames herself for missing the pickup and losing contact.
Age 10 was when Chase broke out in "Donnie Darko" before voicing Chihiro in "Spirited Away" and Lilo in Disney’s 2002 hit "Lilo & Stitch."