Defendant is decedent's mother.
She brought her daughter to two different New Mexico mental health clinics because her daughter was having psychiatric problems. At the final facility they sought admission from, they were told to wait while the facility tried to get pre-approval from their insurer. The daughter was not screened or treated before being asked to wait. As the wait grew longer, the administrator suggested that the daughter go outside and have a smoke to calm down. She went out into the facility and jumped to her death from a 5th floor window.