A person who apparently died by suicide at a parking construction at Disneyland Saturday evening was recognized as a 51-year-old principal of a Huntington Seashore elementary faculty who was going through little one endangerment accusations.
Christopher Christensen was a principal at Newland Elementary Faculty. He additionally was a musician who taught and performed all through Southern California.
The obvious suicide was reported round 9 p.m. Saturday, in line with the Orange County Sheriff’s Division, which acquired a name about an individual who fell or jumped from a parking storage on the Anaheim theme park. Police stated Christensen’s demise seems to be a suicide.
Grief counselors had been anticipated to be on the faculty Monday.
“Being in training like Chris… you meet so many individuals,” stated pal Dianna Grey. “There are people who stand out, after which there are people who simply, you’ll always remember whenever you meet them. You wish to be their pal. You wish to work with them, work for them, work with them. He was that individual for me.”
Christensen was arrested Nov. 15 on suspicion of misdemeanor little one endangerment and battery. He was launched the following day. Jail data didn’t present a court docket date, however the Press-Enterprise reported that he was resulting from seem Monday.
A prolonged Facebook post Saturday evening on Christensen’s Fb web page talked about fees stemming from a household dispute. The publish included denials of the allegations towards him.
“Please keep in mind me for all the great I dropped at the world of training,” the publish stated.
Earlier than his arrival at Newland Elementary Faculty, Christensen was principal at Courreges Elementary Faculty (2011-2022) and Fulton Center Faculty (2006-2011) and Moiola Ok-8 Faculty (2003-2006) He additionally served as a center faculty instrumental music trainer within the Lengthy Seashore Unified Faculty District.
Based on a publish on the Newland web site, Christensen is a father of three youngsters, ages 19 to 26.
If you happen to or somebody wants assist, please contact the Nationwide Suicide Prevention hotline at 988, or attain out to the Disaster Textual content Line by texting ‘Dwelling’ to 741741, anytime.
