Mother and two young children run over crossing the street

YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS EXTREMELY FOGGY LAST NIGHT. PEOPLE GO THE WRONG WAY ALL THE TIME BY ACCIDENT. MARCY WAS VERY ATHLETIC AND HEALTHY…NOT A DRINKER AT ALL. SHE LOVED HER NEICE AND NEPHEW…..THEY WERE NOT HER KIDS YOU IDIOT. SHE PROBABLY PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN SHE REALIZED SHE WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY. HER CAR PROBABLY GOT STUCK AND SHE NEEDED HELP….DID YOUR CELL PHONE BATTERY EVER DIE???? YOU ARE A MORON! GET THE WHOLE STORY BEFORE POSTING SOMETHING ON A SITE LIKE THIS. DONT JUST WAIT 2 HOURS AFTER THEY DIED SO HER OWN GROWN CHILDREN CAN READ THIS.

Purposely or not, Marcelle had recklessly put two children’s lives in danger, including her own. Whatever possessed this woman to use such poor judgment may never be known, but it’s quite obvious that dragging two children across a highway -or anyone else for that matter- in the middle of the night with heavy fog (if any) is NOT a good idea. AT ALL.

I hope Copper and Sam are right, but there is something going around that there was something majorly wrong with the adult last night. Certainly no one in their right mind would put children in harm’s way like that.

For those of you who didn’t know Marci, what the hell are you doing commentating and throwing in your two cents about the accident? Marci was my cousin. She was a real person, a great person…a person with a huge heart who loved the family she left behind and the niece and nephew that were in the fatal accident with her. You have nothing better to do than to speculate about someone you don’t even know. You should be ashamed of yourselves. If you knew Marci, you would know that she would never knowingly put anyone’s life in harm’s way - accidents happen - she was not a reckless person. Did you ever stop to think that instead of “dragging” two children across the highway, perhaps she was trying to get them to safety? Get a life and do something more purposeful with your time.

I agree with Marci’s Cousin, and I am also her first cousin, and the two children are my second cousins. When looking up her name online, I was devastated to see what ignorant comments were left by random people speculating on this horrible accident. Whoever “Marci’s Other Cousin” is - you are lying because everybody in the family knows how amazing she is. Especially amazing with children. You should be ashamed of yourself… how can you even go to bed tonight after passing such judgment about somebody, pretending to be their cousin, and then posting a comment on a website just to ruin her name?? What goes around comes around, and we’ll see what people will be saying about you when you’re gone. You are despicable. She was actually going all the way to New Hampshire to pick up her twin sister’s children to bring them all to a big sleepover with their cousins and friends to watch one of their cousins on TV.

To Marci’s other cousin - may Karma come your way and give you what you deserve. Did you get something from what you posted? You’re a sick person.

To MinorTopics, the author of this article - I have to imagine that you are a compassionate person because of the work that you do. You should have taken at least a little bit of time before you decided to link this wonderful woman with alcohol while she transported these children and you reduced this incident to her to leading these kids ‘to an agonizing death’. I think we should try to find out this author’s real name and post what we think about her where her friends and family can read it. In her mind, I am sure that she was making an impassioned statement about good parenting. What she did was to hurt and insult not only this great person but a large group of family and friends who know that Marci was more of a human being than this woman could ever wish to be.

To the Thibault Family - I am so very sorry. I will dearly miss this woman who was truly one of the kindest people I have ever met. Nobody loved their family more than she did. I watched Ricky play last night and it brought tears to my eyes. Watching the Blackhawks and the Wildcats play without Marci cheering them on will never be the same.

I am a friend of Marci’s daughter & I’ve known them since I was little. Marci is a very responsible person & a great mother & aunt. She was probably trying to get help from someone on the side of the road. The people who dont know her dont reply to this because you know nothing about her.

My sister Marci was an angel on earth and now she’s an angel in heaven. Marci’s other cousin is a fraud, Marci was no headline getter, she was actually rather shy and worked tirelessly for her family and anonymously for several charities in her lifetime. We’ll see if other cousin has the nerve to share that opinion with the family, somehow I doubt it. Maybe we’ll find him or her hiding behind a computer…shame on you!

marci thibault,
She was probably one of the sweetest, giving, and funny women i have ever met. SHe was full of life and her smile could be seen for miles. i have known Marci over the years and at dance we have all grown to love her. She is an amazing mother whom has taught her children all that they will need to know about life. What has occurred is tragic and some things can never be explained. Marci never missed a football game, pasta dinner, or dance compteition. She was a spirited human being and one that we will all miss. Her family, as you can assume is a shock of state at this moment and do realize that anyone that posts a comment on this website can be read by anyone.. anyone including her teenage kids whom have been changed by this devastating event. This website is rediculous and this article should not even exist.

Marci.. we love you and we know that you will be watching us from the audience this year.

EDA

I am still in shock………I had heard about this tragic accident that happened Friday night! Everyones been talking about it, I just kept thinking how aweful.
I was watching the news tonight and it was then when I realized I knew this person. Although I haven’t seen Marci in over 13 years, I was sick to my stomach and deeply saddened. I screamed up to my husband to put the news on. We were both stunned. All we could say was “Oh my god”, she was one of the sweetest people we have ever met. Our memories of her are exactly what you are reading, just a beautiful person as I’m sure the children were just as much!!!
For anyone who needs to pass judgement, get over it! No one will ever know what happened that night nor should you try to figure it out and make unecessary comments.
This was a very TRAGIC ACCIDENT!!!!

God bless the whole family, our prayers go out to all of you.

This Marci person may be all the nice things people are saying. But she’s (was) an idiot. You don’t cross a highway with 2 children…period. No excuses…no stories.

Plus, I work with someone very close to this person and allegedly, she was on anti-depressants. Very sad.

To all of the people who wrote negitive things about Marci. Go f*** yourselves. Marci will always be a great person, I had the privelage of knowing her and her family. With all the scumbags we have living in our state and country you cowards attack her. I also grew up in Bellingham so if you want to talk about her some more look me up, I’m not hard to find you spineless assholes.

I went to high school in Bellingham MA with the Coady girls. They were all very bright and active in sports, etc. Very well known.

I read lots of mean things online written about people by individuals who don’t know them. While it is easy to make these statements about people you do not know at all, it is offensive to their loved ones and friends.

This tragic accident does seem surprising. However no one knows what happened in those final moments so instead of criticizing a woman who lost her life (and those of her twin’s children), maybe give her the benefit of the doubt that she was doing her best. Maybe one of the children ran across the road unexpectedly and she went after him or her, or maybe she thought she needed to get away from the highway for the safety of the kids.

Please think before writing rude things about people you do not know.
Catherine

Unfortunately the truth has been announced. This is an extremely tragic, unbelievable event. How can anyone make sense of it? Mental illness is scary and can obviously lead to unpredictable behavior. I don’t know how anyone could go on after experiencing this. But you have to.

Well to all of those friends, cousins, and family members that have stated that “Marci would never do this”, well look at today’s breaking news–she murdered those children and herself,on PURPOSE! Marci’s “other cousin” was SPOT ON!

Well, sadly I guess Marci’s Other Cousin was correct, at least about the suicidal part. How very sad for the whole family. Mental illness can be devastating.

Do you people have nothing better to do than sit online and judge someone else and their life? I also grew up in Bellingham and graduated with Marci’s sister. We are all devasted by what has happened and the news that has come out today. This family is amazing and although it seems that Marci did a terrible, tragic thing she is still loved and missed by so many.

Yes it is horrible, noone will make sense of this, but remember—these posts are out there for the world to see, for her husband, children, parents, sisters–to see and read. They have suffered so much. Think before you type nasty, hurtful things.

Good for you Brian Phelan for telling everyone where to go!

Just wanted to point out that the official report is that she removed all of her clothes and all of the two childrens clothes before picking them up and carrying them into traffic.
It seems like it could have been purely bad judgement were it not for that fact. Why would she remove hers and the childrens clothing if she were simply disoriented from fog??

Marci was the victim of a strange mental illness. She was in no way acting on her on accord. The mental spell took over, and she was in her own world. There is no way that Mandy could ever have known that this would happen, and frankly Marci did not know it could happen either. This does not make “Marci’s Other Cousin” right in any way at all - because Marci was NOT herself, she certainly did not want to make any headlines, and she was not in control of her mind at that moment. It is just a huge tragedy that happened to a loving family… and guess what, it could happen to anybody. There was no obvious signs that she would relapse with this mental illness visible to herself or her family and friends - it was just a rare, shocking tragedy. Marci deserves to be remembered for the 38 amazing years of her life as a daughter, sister, mother, friend…. and cousin. Have a heart.

So…I’d like to thank Marci for scaring parents all over the world. Now my 4 and 6 year old can never go anywhere without me or my wife. This is a murder suicide…plain and simple. How anyone could do this is unimaginable. I guess this is why they built hell…for Marci and anyone who would harm small children.

To Parent: This goes to show how stupid some of you are with your words. How are your 4 and 6 year old scared because of this? Oh, that right you must have been the stupid a** parent that expossed them to such a horrible thing. They shouldn’t even be seeing/hearing about that at 4 years old. Not anyones fault that you help scare you’re own kids. This was a horrible horrible thing, but there is NO WAY Marci did this intentionally. If she had a mental illness, it must have taken over. She loved children and everyone else around her. She would never do this intentionally knowing the pain it could have caused the children and the people driving those cars. Read up on what some mental illnesses can do and control you prior to making judgements. This obviously was not the normal “depression” everyone has now and again. She was and AWESOME person and this shows loud and clear, even being supported by so many people after something so tragic.

To Cousin Jamie
Try reading my post you illiterate moron. I never said my kids were scared. I was posting (sarcastically) that Marci has now scared PARENTS all over the world in to thinking hard about letting their kids go. ANYWAYS, Marci is a murderer and will rot in hell for killing these children in cold blood….

My heart goes out to the victims and their families. Especially the parents of the children. I cannot ever imagine what they are going through and how they can go on. I will say however that this has made me believe that once a “mental” illness has been diagnosed it never goes away. I don’t care how loving and wonderful she was! Take your own life. Don’t bring the kids to death with you! Maybe she stopped taking her medication and she was hearing voices telling her to do it. Who knows. This has made me to believe my kids will never be alone with anyone who has ever had a “mental” illness. If we can ever diagnose what that means! Sorry if the family takes this personal but this is what this blog is for. Don’t read it if you don’t want to hear it!

I am completely devasted by this tragedy, and I don’t know any of the people. We are all a family of man, and this just doesn’t make sense.
Something must have happened to make her snap.
I don’t believe anyone would do such a thing without something precipitating the event. How insane and dilusional must someone be. They are sick, but it doesn’t make sense by what I have seen from those who know her.
Is this blog even current. I am so sad, and need to understand so I can move on. I live 5 miles from where these poor souls died.
I also feel SICK for the people who hit them. Can you imagine?

Another thought,why would her family freinds be so secretive about This mental illness knowing how important this was to this story…Im sure to protect marcy, I can understand that.I will never judge her or her immed. family, but I do judje these extended family members who at first couldnt imagine her doing such a thing but now you’r all experts on this rare mental illness. Do you understand that this whole town is hurting for that famliy, we are not against them. I guess the scariest thing is that if this could happen to her, it could happen to anyone.

Let this issue and all the families rest

Seriously, most of these people posting these terrible things didnt even know Marci. Marci was an amazing women who could put a smile on anyones face. Everyone needs to stop thinking about the negative things, the accident happened and theres nothing you can do to change that. None of you people know what happened and problably will never find out, so you need to accept what happened. Remember Marci for the beautiful and amazing women she was.

To LH I wish I could meet you so I could kill you slowly you piece of shit

This is a tragedy for all the families and friends involved. I would like you to know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Please do not judge Marci. Only God has the right to judge. I am sure she loved those children and her family. Nobody knows what was going on in her head or heart. We have no right to judge her. Instead of judging and making hurtful comments that could cause the family more pain and suffering (Don’t you think her husband, children, the children’s parents, ect. are suffering enough?), how about we pray for them instead? Would anybody like to join me in praying the rosary for Marci, her family, the children, the children’s parents, the whole family, and everyone involved? I am sure they would appreciate the prayers.

I will pray a rosary every day for Marci, the children, the family, and their friends. When I have surgery on Feb. 12th, I will offer it up for Marci, the children, their family, and friends.

May God Bless this family.

Maria
prayrosary4life@aol.com

so sorry for the terrible times the families and friends are going through. we all have psychological issues that can result in difficulties. i have mentioned on other websites that the case should be reviewed to be sure that marci was properly diagnosed and treated. psychiatric services have deteriorated. hospital stays are very short and outpatient treatment is very limited. staff members are very stressed and not always able to take time to sit with patients to do psychological work. this comes too late but future changes would prevent more tragedies.