Lime sulfur is found in passenger seat of car where Manhattan woman, 35, was found dead
The father of the 35-year-old Manhattan woman found dead in her car from an apparent suicide is struggling to find answers as he describes his daughter as “my whole world.”
Ariel Campbell, a psychotherapist, was found dead in the back seat of her Jeep on Sunday after ingesting dangerous chemicals.
DailyMail.com can reveal that Brandt lime sulfur, often used to kill pests on plants and fruit, was found in your passenger seat and mixed with an unknown substance to form hydrogen sulfide gas, a deadly chemical if ingested
His father, David Campbell, 75, said the death of his mother Elizabeth last year may have been a factor.
“I know she had a lot of difficulty dealing with the loss of her mother and I can only imagine that’s what led her to this,” said Campbell, a former chief executive of Global Minerals and Metals Corp.
Ariel Campbell, 35, was found dead in her car in Manhattan on Sunday of an apparent suicide after ingesting dangerous chemicals.
First responders dressed in hazardous materials arrived in midtown Manhattan on Sunday afternoon after a woman, psychologist Ariel Campbell, was found dead in her car surrounded by dangerous chemicals.
Ariel was first seen unconscious in her black Jeep around 11:23 a.m. Sunday by a dog walker.
Ariel, a licensed clinical psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, did not reveal to her family why she might take her own life.
“She didn’t leave any notes in her apartment or with her, so I don’t know a lot about what happened and what’s behind it,” Campbell said.
“All I can tell you is that Ariel was my only daughter,” she went on to describe the tragic loss.
‘My wife and her mother passed away last year, and the two of them were my whole world. And now that her mother was gone, Ariel was my whole world. And now she’s gone. Both my wife and I could not have loved her more.
‘And to keep from breaking down in tears, that’s all I can really tell you.
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The apparent suicide occurred inside his parked Jeep at East 56th Street and Sutton Place, near the East River, a block from the building where he previously lived with his family.
Ariel had a privileged upbringing. She had attended Dalton Private School and then Cornell University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, according to her LinkedIn profile.
He then earned a doctorate in psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, a division of Yeshiva University of New York.
She said on LinkedIn that she was a “licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy with adults, adolescents and children.”
“Areas of expertise include treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, and trauma,” he wrote, adding that he had “significant experience working with patients of all ages, presenting with eating disorders, emotion dysregulation, interpersonal difficulties, behavioral problems and general difficulties in coping with typical life stressors.
Two NYPD officers and an EMS worker suffered minor injuries at the scene, and one was transported to a local hospital afterward.
The apparent suicide occurred inside his parked Jeep at East 56th Street and Sutton Place, near the East River, a block from the building where he previously lived with his family.
Emergency vehicles line up near the scene in Midtown Manhattan where Campbell was found dead inside a car surrounded by “dangerous chemicals.”
DailyMail.com can reveal that Brandt lime sulphide, often used to kill pests on plants and fruit, was found in his passenger seat and mixed with an unknown substance to form hydrogen sulphide gas, a deadly chemical if swallowed.
Ariel was first seen unconscious in her vehicle at around 11:23 a.m. Sunday by a dog walker.
When two officers arrived on the scene, it was said that they were immediately hit with a strong sulfuric odor and found the woman dead on the scene.
The odor was reported to smell like rotten eggs.
Emergency service members clad in hazmat descended on the scene, sealing off the street as first responders could be seen using Geiger counters to measure radiation levels in the area.
The area remained cordoned off Sunday night after two NYPD officers and an EMS member suffered minor injuries. One of them was taken to a local hospital in the aftermath.
Authorities said a series of liquid chemicals, now confirmed to be lime sulfur, were found inside the car, the combination of which is believed to have killed Ariel.