A soldier who became ‘freaked out’ by her ‘obsessive’ colleague’s behavior received 3,600 messages from him shortly before her death, an inquest has heard.
In December 2021, Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, died at her base camp in Wiltshire, UK, after becoming ‘scared’ by her ‘psychotic and possessive’ boss.
It’s understood that Bombardier Ryan Mason caused the teenager to feel ‘trapped’ and ‘not safe’ at work, as per Sky News, and that she was worried he had hacked her mobile phone.
Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck was found dead in December 2021 (Family Phone/PA)
The inquest further heard that at one point, Gunner Beck opted to sleep in her car rather than return to her designated quarters due to the proximity to her boss, from whom she had received 3,600 messages via WhatsApp in November alone.
One of the text messages Mason sent to the deceased read: “Love you Jayse. As a friend.”
A second said: “I will always be there along for the ride with you, I have said it before but you’re stuck with me forever now. I love you x As a friend, I love you.”
Gunner Beck responded to one of Mason’s messages on November 25: “This whole falling in love with me, its becoming a bit too much, I have just come out of a relationship and I’m just not wanting to be involved in anything like this.
“It’s weighing me down a little bit, I’ll be totally honest with you. Totally honest here, I just don’t want to hear how you feel about me.”
In another exchange, the woman said the conversation with her colleague was ‘snapping’ her.
The teenager previously claimed her boss was ‘stalking’ her (Family Photo/PA)
“I have replied to you and in the space of a couple of minutes you sent three texts and tried to phone me. Can you understand why I think it’s a bit too much?”
Sky News reports that this ‘intense period’ of messaging – which predominantly took place between October and December 2021 – was later described in an Army report as an ‘almost certain’ causal factor in Gunner Beck’s death.
Gunner Beck’s mother, Leighann McCready, said during the Salisbury-based inquest that Mason ‘was overstepping’, remarking how her child ‘did not feel safe’ as time went on.
She also claimed that her daughter had told the family he was ‘becoming a creep’ and that she believed the ‘obsessive’ man had hacked her phone.
The inquest heard that on December 7, McCready received a tearful phone call from her daughter, claiming she feared something may happen.
“There was a time when she was on the phone to me, and said ‘Mum I think he’s hacked my phone, because he knows exactly where I am standing and he’s meant to be away’,” she recounted.
A draft text message that Gunner Beck also seemingly planned to send Mason was read out.
“I honestly feel trapped in this whole situation, I have tried to act as normal as possible because we are working together but nothing normal about this situation,” she typed.
“It’s possessive and psychotic, you have to understand it’s not normal behaviour.
“I am struggling to deal with all of this, it’s taking a huge toll on my own mental health for many personal reasons. I need time out.”
Meanwhile, Bombardier John Wheeler told the inquest he had a close relationship with Gunner Beck.
Gunner Beck received 3,600 messages from her colleague in the month leading up to her death (Family Photo/PA)
He described her as a ‘bubbly person’ who had become ‘more and more down’ in the weeks before her death, the BBC writes.
The Army service inquiry report, published in October 2023, said a previous complaint of assault issued by the teenager was ‘possibly a factor that may have influenced her failure to report other events that happened subsequently.’
It’s said the alleged perpetrator had put his ‘had between her legs’ in a separate incident, while on a team-building stay in Hampshire in July 2021, and that she had received an apology letter from the sergeant, who received a minor sanction.
In the ongoing inquest, it was also stated that Beck had no pre-existing mental health conditions and did not seek welfare support.
The parents of the OpenAI whistleblower who was found dead in his apartment last month have questioned the cause of their son’s death.
Suchir Balaji, 26, worked for OpenAI for four years and contributed towards the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 – an artificial intelligence chatbot that uses AI to have text-based conversations with human users.
Over the summer, Apple announced that the AI service would be integrated into its iOS 18 after signing a deal with OpenAI.
Balaji had his concerns about OpenAI’s brainchild ChatGPT, and accused OpenAI of breaking copyright laws in a tell-all New York Times article.
The 26-year-old was found dead in his San Francisco apartment just a month after the article was published.
The former researcher left OpenAI earlier this year (SUCHIR BALAJI/X)
The medical examiner’s office determined that Balaji’s death was as a result of suicide, and also ruled out foul play.
But his parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, have since hired an expert to conduct an independent autopsy as they do not believe their son died by suicide.
“I was the last person to talk to him. He was happy, more – not depressed or anything. And it was his birthday week,” said Balaji, as per ABC 7 News.
Poornima, Balaji’s mother, added: “He made plans to see us in January. That was the last phone conversation he had with anyone. He went into his apartment and never came out. How can anyone believe that there was no suicide note left?
“And there was nobody else on the scene, that doesn’t mean they can just come to conclusion. And we have seen the blood shots in the bathroom, signs of fight in the bathroom.”
Poornima previously spoke to Business Insider and said that her late son ‘felt AI is a harm to humanity’.
Balaji helped create ChatGPT (Getty Stock Photo)
“We want to leave the question open,” she said of her son’s passing.
“It doesn’t look like a normal situation.”
The mother became concerned for her son’s welfare after the release of his New York Times interview.
“I literally blasted him,” the grieving mother shared.
“You should not go alone. Why did you give your picture? Why did you give your name? Why don’t you stay anonymous? What’s the need for you to give your picture?”
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A woman found dead in her freezer reportedly called the cops before her death with concerns about her ex-roommate, who has now been accused of killing her.
Monique Gilbertson, 68, was found inside the freezer in her home in Las Vegas after police responded to a wellness check request by someone in her community, 8 News Now reported.
The concerned member of the community, who was from a leasing office, told a 911 dispatcher: “She called you guys about two weeks ago.” The person who raised the alarm recalls seeing Gilbertson every day, but this changed suddenly.
They added: “She had a roommate issue, and she called because in her roommate’s stuff, she had found a gun, but I don’t know how far she got with that phone call. She said that she couldn’t get a hold of you guys, she was going to, like, throw it in the trash.”
The roommate, Daniel Roush, 37, met Gilbertson at a store. She invited him to move in with her, according to arrest documents.
Initially, the pair got along, but Gilbertson became ‘upset about how filthy Roush was’.
Gilbertson kicked Roush out of the house around October 22 and changed the locks.
The concerned member of the community who called for the wellness check informed police that Gilbertson used to call the property management office several times a day.
However, these calls stopped around October 22.
Daniel Roush has been arrested (CBS 8)
Police conducted a wellness check on November 6, and found Roush and a woman inside the house.
Roush asked officers if they had a warrant to look at the freezer. He allegedly told police he found Gilbertson slumped over in a chair in the dining room, and then decided to ‘put her in the icebox’ because he didn’t know what else to do.
He also allegedly said that he believed Gilbertson had overdosed on cocaine or fentanyl she had purchased from him. But the community member who requested the welfare check said they did not believe Gilbertson used drugs, or even drank alcohol.
Documents about the case do not indicate how Gilbertson may have died. They state she was found in the freezer, and that there was little blood at the scene.
A local woman, who was interviewed by Fox 5, called Gilbertson ‘a real big-hearted person’ who ‘didn’t really have any family, lonely and vulnerable’.
Roush has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of Gilbertson.
The mother of a deceased OpenAI whistleblower has spoken out following her son’s reported suicide.
Suchir Balaji, 26, worked for OpenAI for four years and helped launched ChatGPT in 2022 – an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that uses AI to have text-based conversations with human users.
Over the summer, Apple announced that the AI service would be integrated into its iOS 18 after the tech powerhouse signed a deal with OpenAI.
The former researcher left OpenAI in August (SUCHIR BALAJI/X)
While many people have raved about OpenAI’s brainchild ChatGPT and have used it for themselves, Balaji had his concerns about it and ultimately did a tell-all interview with the New York Times about it.
In the article was published in October, Balaji accused OpenAI of breaking copyright laws.
Just over a month after the article went out, the 26-year-old was found dead in his San Francisco apartment.
The medical examiner’s office determined that Balaji’s death was as a result of suicide, and that no foul play had taken place – but his mother, Poornima Ramarao, thinks there might me more at play.
Speaking to Business Insider, she said that her late son ‘felt AI is a harm to humanity’.
“We want to leave the question open,” Ramarao added of her son’s ultimately death.
“It doesn’t look like a normal situation.”
She ordered a private autopsy on her son, which she said yielded atypical results, but would not give any more details.
She is now urging the police to reopen the case and conduct a ‘proper investigation’.
Ramarao further explained that Balaji had long shown that he was a knack for technology and hailed him ‘a prodigy’.
Balaji worked for OpenAI for almost four years (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
She became concerned for her son’s welfare after the release of his New York Times interview.
“I literally blasted him,” the grieving mother shared.
“You should not go alone. Why did you give your picture? Why did you give your name? Why don’t you stay anonymous? What’s the need for you to give your picture?”
Going on to say that she’d urged her son to get a group of people behind him rather that whistleblowing on his own, Ramarao shared that apparently Balaji was in the process of doing so.
“I think he was too naive and too innocent to understand this dirty corporate world,” she continued.
The late tech whizz hoped that AI like ChatGPT would help humanity (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
OpenAI has released a statement in the wake of his comments made to the New York Times in October.
“We first became aware of his concerns when The New York Times published his comments and we have no record of any further interaction with him,” a spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider.
“We respect his, and others’, right to share views freely. Our hearts go out to Suchir’s loved ones, and we extend our deepest condolences to all who are mourning his loss.”
They added that the company is ‘devastated to learn of this tragic news and have been in touch with Suchir’s family to offer our full support during this difficult time’.
The family of a young woman who died from cancer has warned others to be ‘more vigilant’ when it comes to spotting a little-known health symptom.
The National Cancer Institute states that cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide, with almost 20 million new cases being diagnosed in 2022 alone.
Some of the most common cancers worldwide include breast, lung and colonial, while other forms such as merkel cell carcinoma – a type of skin cancer – and gallbladder cancer are considered rare.
Another form of uncommon cancer is that of the mouth. Mouth Cancer Foundation states that oral cancer affects 650,000 people per year, with an increasing number of women being diagnosed with the disease.
Moreover, the Foundation claims that one person died from mouth cancer every three hours.
One woman who was told she was suffering from mouth cancer in February 2003 was Clare Jones.
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Clare was diagnosed with mouth cancer after finding an ulcer (Pat and Colin Jones)
When she was just 19, the Loughborough University student allegedly noticed a white ulcer situated between her tongue and gum.
After nine months of appointments with both doctors and dentists, Clare was diagnosed with mouth cancer—a moment her mother Pat, 71, has recalled as ‘world-stopping’.
“It was terrible, our world stopped,” Pat told The Sun. “She was so brave and never complained once. But no clear cause was given for the cancer.”
Following the teenager’s diagnosis, she initially underwent two surgeries. The first was to remove part of her tongue, and the second was to remove half of it.
The secondary surgery lasted for ten hours and included reconstruction with skin, blood and nerves from her arm, as per the publication.
In June 2005, Clare graduated from school with a degree in Information Management and Business Studies, earning her a job within the NHS Trust.
However, within 12 months, the woman had been diagnosed with secondary bone cancer.
Despite undergoing another operation and finishing rounds of radio and chemotherapy treatments, an MRI scan in 2007 found that there had been no change in the size of her cancer, which had spread to her brain.
Four years after her first diagnosis of mouth cancer, Claire died surrounded by her family at the age of 23.
Pat has since described her daughter as ‘amazing’, before stating her family ‘hadn’t heard’ of mouth cancers before Clare’s diagnosis.
“We’re pleased to see more dentists are looking for signs of mouth cancer at routine check-ups than we noticed when Clare was diagnosed,” she continued.
“All health professionals should be more vigilant, especially in young adults.
“Also, if in doubt, get checked out.”
Clare’s mom Pat has called for health professionals to be more ‘more vigilant’ (Mouth Cancer Foundation)
What are the symptoms of mouth cancer?
Macmillan Cancer Support states that the ulcer Clare developed is one of the most common symptoms of oral cancer.
Areas that may be affected include the inside of the cheeks, the roof of the mouth, lips, gums, and the tongue.
If the sore doesn’t heal in three weeks, you are advised to seek out medical advice from your GP.
Other symptoms of oral cancer include a lump thickening in the mouth or on the lip, bleeding from the mouth, bad breath, and a lump in the neck.
