The shocking circumstances behind the death of former child star Daveigh Chase, who terrified the world as the chilling ghost "Samara" in the Hollywood horror film Ring, and her tragic family history have been revealed.
According to the Daily Mail's report on the 24th (local time), Chase's biological father, John Schwaller, poured out his heartbreaking feelings in an exclusive interview on the 24th (local time), which would have been his daughter's 36th birthday. Earlier, the Los Angeles County coroner had announced that Chase's cause of death was complications from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and polysubstance drug abuse (drug overdose), a conclusion that shocked many.
In the interview, her father said, "I think about my daughter every day, every moment," but added, "The sad thing is my ex-wife prevented me from accessing my daughter, so the only photos of her that I have were printed from the internet," revealing deep-rooted conflict with his ex-wife. He said he was not even given his daughter's ashes after her cremation and expressed a desperate determination to retrieve half of her remains through legal action if necessary.
The fall and death of the genius child star who once captivated the world is nothing short of a tragedy. Praised for her voice role as the protagonist "Lilo" in the 2002 Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch, and winning the MTV Movie Award for "best villain" for her role as Samara in Ring, she seemed on a promising path, but her career gradually declined after she became an adult.
The tragedy began with a motorcycle accident in 2016. After suffering a spinal injury, she was prescribed a powerful opioid painkiller (oxycodone), which became the gateway to severe drug addiction. As her life collapsed, she became homeless, living in street tents and campers, and was in and out of jail on charges of theft and drug possession.
Her mother, Kashi Chase, who spent years combing high-crime areas and slums of Los Angeles looking for her daughter, is also tormented by guilt. The mother cried, "When my daughter was about to be released from prison in the past, the prison gave the wrong release time, so I couldn't go to pick her up. Because of that one-day difference, my daughter returned to the streets and I could never find her again. I think I'll live my life blaming myself."
Shortly before her death, Chase was reported to have been in such severe malnutrition that she weighed only 65 pounds (about 29 kg), a ghastly state where only bones remained.
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