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Rosanne Marie Boyland[1] (sometimes mispelled Roseanne Boyland[2][3]) was a 34-year-old woman from Kennesaw, Georgia who died in the aftermath of January 6th, 2021. [4][5][6]

Background

Rosanne's elder sister Lonna Cave described Boyland as someone who went fishing and metal-detecting and rock-hounding with their father Bret Boyland.[7]

She had the words "beautiful disaster" tattooed on her chest. She has survived cervical cancer unable to bear children and found purpose in helping her two nieces.[8]

Boyland was a radicalized follower of QAnon whose family had begged her not to attend. She had promised Lonna that she was no intention of being violent and that she was only going to stand on the sidelines to show support.[9]

Rosanne had been accompanied to the protest by her friend Justin Winchell.[10] According to Bret, he had never met Justin Winchell and was contacted by him the prior day.[7]

Cause of death

As late as January 12th, the manner of Rosanne's death was unclear.[11]

By January 15th, Rosanne was thought to have been trampled to death by the crowd.[10]

Rosanne was later confirmed to have died of an amphetamine overdose during the riot.[2]

A YouTuber named Villain Report who NYT confirmed was near her body said she collapsed from asphyxiation, describing her as having blue lips with a bleeding nose by the time her body was given to police after resuscitation attempts failed.[10]

Her death was classified as accidental by the D.C. medical examiner's office.[3]

Rescue attempts

NYT summarize: "In the chaos, two men spotted Ms. Boyland on the ground and dragged her away from the door. The men laid Ms. Boyland out on the steps and attempted to resuscitate her. At least two individuals can be seen on video providing CPR. At the top of the steps, another man, wearing a purple jacket, can be seen apparently negotiating with the police so that the rioters can get Ms. Boyland assistance."[10]

Aftermath

Rosanne's mother Cheryl Boyland made calls to emergency rooms and fire departments in DC. When a policeman replied to Cheryl saying he thought they had Roseanne, he asked Cheryl if Rosanne had a tattoo.[7]

Rosanne's younger sister Blaire accused Rosanne of stealing money from her.[7]

Lonna's husband Justin Cave is a highschool classmate of Vanity Fair reporter Ayman Mohyeldin. Mohyeldin disclosed in his January 2022 article that three days after Rosanne's death (on January 9th) that Justin Cave contacted him, saying that Rosanne was radicalized in under six months. Mohyeldin and Cave played soccer together at North Cobb High, the same high school that Rosanne attended.[7]

Justin Cave (a sales rep with past TV experience) went off-script from a prepared statement he was reading on the family's behalf from the lawn of the Boyland house, saying “It’s my own personal belief that the president’s words incited a riot that killed four of his biggest fans last night and I believe that we should invoke the 25th Amendment at this time.” regarding Donald Trump.[7]

References

  1. ^ Drash, Wayne (9 January 2021). "Kennesaw Woman Who Died Amid D.C. Chaos Was Among Trump's 'Biggest Fans'". Georgia Public Broadcasting. Rosanne Marie Boyland of Kennesaw had grown increasingly excited to support the president she loved, and upset over the election she perceived as stolen.
  2. ^ a b Melendez, Pilar (April 7, 2021). "Capitol Rioter Rosanne Boyland Died From Drug Overdose, Not Trampling". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on July 4, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021. The D.C. Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday revealed that Roseanne Boyland, one of five people who died amid the Capitol riot, died from accidental "acute amphetamine intoxication"—instead of being crushed by the MAGA crowd as previously reported. (note: Rosanne's first name is mispelled Roseanne here)
  3. ^ a b Massimo, Nick (April 19, 2021). "Medical examiner: Capitol Police officer Sicknick died of stroke; death ruled 'natural'". WTOP. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021. Roseanne Boyland, 34, died of an amphetamine overdose; the office ruled her death as accidental, which they defined as "when there is no evidence of intent; an unintentional, sudden, and unexpected death." (note: Rosanne's first name is mispelled Roseanne here)
  4. ^ Tan, Rebecca; Thompson, Steve; Olivo, Antonio (January 8, 2021). "Few details so far about deaths of 'medical emergency' victims in rioting at Capitol". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021. D.C. police did not release further details Thursday about the deaths of Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Ga. Boyland's family did not respond to messages seeking comment. Atlanta TV stations on Thursday night quoted Boyland's brother-in-law, Justin Cave, who blamed Trump for inciting a riot that led to the death of Boyland, who he described as "very passionate about her beliefs." A Facebook page belonging to a Rosanne Boyland in Kennesaw features several pro-Trump posts and includes a false assertion that D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) ordered hotels and other businesses to close in advance of Wednesday's rally. "For all Patriots heading to D.C. bring EXTRA food, water, blankets, supplies and have a plan where to sleep," the Jan. 3 post reads. The page also voices anger over the presidential election results.
  5. ^ Mascaro, Lisa; Tucker, Eric; Jalonick, Mary Clare; Taylor, Andrew (January 7, 2021). "4 dead as Trump supporters stormed US Capitol". WESH. Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021. Four other people died as supporters of Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol.
  6. ^ Freiman, Jordan (January 7, 2021). "4 dead after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol". CBS News. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021. Four people died during violent pro-Trump protests at the U.S. Capitol, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday night. One woman was shot inside the Capitol, and three others died after suffering "medical emergencies," police said.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Mohyeldin, Ayman M.; Varathan, Preeti (5 January 2022). "Rosanne Boyland Was Outside the U.S. Capitol Last January 6. How—And Why—Did She Die?". VanityFair.com. It was her dad, Bret Boyland, who on January 6 was watching the insurrection, in real time, on TV, messaging Rosanne to check on her. Bret had exchanged a few texts with her—and with the friend with whom she had traveled to D.C., a guy he had never met named Justin Winchell. "The night they met to drive up," Bret recounted, "he had sent me a message from his phone somewhere around midnight saying, 'This is Justin, this is my number. I'm riding up with Rosanne. In case you have any trouble getting ahold of her through her phone, you got my number too.'" As the day began to unfold, Winchell sent a few photos. One was a selfie with Rosanne. Another showed Rosanne with a flag over her shoulder that read: Don't Tread on Me. But the family began to worry as they saw what was happening on their screens. They began seeing scenes of fighting around the Capitol. Lonna texted Rosanne, "You all good?" She got no response. At 4:57 p.m., Justin Winchell sent a message to Bret, urging him to call back. "He said that she had gotten in the big crowd," Bret recalled, "and she got knocked down…. A bunch of other people fell on top of her. She was trapped under some people and couldn't breathe and lost consciousness, you know, at that point, with people laying on top of her. And he said he had kind of held onto her hand." He said Winchell then told him that a few people tried to perform CPR on Rosanne before she was brought to the police line.
  8. ^ https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/how-trump-catapulted-america-new-era-radicalization-n1285381
  9. ^ Thanawala, Sudhin; Dazio, Stefanie; Martin, Jeff (9 January 2021). "Family: Trump supporter who died followed QAnon conspiracy". Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021. Before she died in Wednesday's siege at the U.S. Capitol, Rosanne Boyland was a recovering drug addict who wanted to become a sobriety counselor. But she also believed, wrongly, that President Donald Trump won the November election, and she'd begun following a dark conspiracy theory that has circulated online, her family said. "It just spiraled," her sister, Lonna Cave, said Friday outside her home in suburban Atlanta. Cave said her sister had no intention of committing violence when she traveled to Washington. The family had begged her not to go. "She promised me, 'I'm going to stand on the sidelines. I'm just going to show my support,' " Cave told The Associated Press.
  10. ^ a b c d Hill, Evan; Ray, Arielle; Kozlowsky, Dahlia (15 January 2021). "How Pro-Trump Rioter Rosanne Boyland Died During the Capitol Attacks - Videos Show How Rioter Was Trampled in Stampede at Capitol - Rosanne Boyland died after losing consciousness in the crush of a pro-Trump mob as it surged against the police". New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Rosanne Boyland, a 34-year-old Trump supporter from Georgia who died during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, appears to have been killed in a crush of fellow rioters during their attempt to fight through a police line, according to videos reviewed by The Times. Though the videos have circulated widely, Ms. Boyland's presence in them had gone unnoticed until now, and the manner of her death had previously been unclear. The videos show her body on the ground just outside a door on the Capitol's west side that was the scene of some of the day's worst violence. Her clothes and backpack strap in the videos match those she was seen wearing in a picture of her taken earlier that day, and two witnesses, one of whom tried to help her, gave similar accounts of her death.
  11. ^ Healy, Jack (11 January 2021). "Who Are the 5 People Who Died in the Capitol Riot? A police officer was beaten, a rioter was shot, and three others died during the rampage". New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Ga., posted fervently in support of President Trump on social media, followed the baseless conspiracy theories of QAnon and latched onto Mr. Trump's false claims that he had won the election, family members told The Associated Press. How she died remained unclear on Monday. Family members and friends said they had heard from a friend who was with her that Ms. Boyland had been trampled inside the Capitol during clashes between rioters and the police. But a sister told the A.P. that she had been told by a police detective that Ms. Boyland had collapsed while standing in the Capitol Rotunda.
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