Singer Sinead O’Connor has been reported missing and police believe she is suicidal.
O’Connor went out on a bicycle ride on Sunday morning in Chicago and never returned leading someone to call authorities to report her missing. The police department released a statement saying they are attempting to check the well-being of the singer.
The “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer went on the ride in the suburb of Wilmette.
Her outfit was described as a black parka, black leather pants and a sweatshirt with “Ireland” on the backside. She was last seen on a Raleigh motorized bike with a pink basket, TMZ reported.
Disturbing note posted on Sinead O’Connor’s Facebook account
The alert also classified the Irish artist as “missing suicidal,” according to TMZ.
Singer Josh Groban tweeted about O'Connor's well-being after learning that she was missing.
"Hoping for Sinead O'Connor's safe return," he wrote. "The demons she battles are no joke."
In November, O’Connor posted a harrowing message to Facebook.
"There is only so much any woman can be expected to bear," she wrote. "What was done to me this week was appalling cruelty."
"The last two nights finished me off. I have taken an overdose. There is no other way to get respect. I am not at home, I'm at a hotel, somewhere in Ireland, under another name."
Hours after the post, she was discovered and received medical attention.
The post was one of many detailing her struggles, especially pertaining the custody battle with Donal Lunny over their 11-year-old son, Shane.
Sinead O’Connor threatens suicide again on Facebook
She spent the next few weeks in the hospital and continued to post to Facebook that her family wouldn’t be there for her and hardly visited.
O’Connor previously attempted suicide on her 33rd birthday in 1999 and shared with Oprah Winfrey in 2007 that was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
She attempted to take her life again in 2012 and then sought help.
Her most recent Facebook post was on Sunday morning — just a few hours before she was reported missing — where she called for her 28-year-old son Jake to go to court and take custody of her son, Shane, involved in the custody battle.
“Expect to be in trouble,” she wrote. “And do not abandon your brother or any other of my babies again. What you have done to your brother and your mother is LITERALLY criminal.”
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#1: no gnu taxes To: Willie Green (#0)
no gnu taxes posted on 2016-05-16 15:35:45 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hondo68 To: Willie Green (#0)
What a way to go!
BSA Auto Wheel bicycle & BSA SMLE Lee Enfield
http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/world-war-one/1913-first-pattern-wall-autowheel-fitted-to-ww1-bsa-bicycle-with-military-fittings/
Hondo68 posted on 2016-05-16 16:18:29 Reply Private Reply
#3: Logsplitter To: Willie Green (#0)
Logsplitter posted on 2016-05-16 16:32:29 Reply Private Reply
#4: ConservingFreedom To: Willie Green (#0)
ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-05-16 16:49:56 Reply Private Reply
#5: Stoner To: hondo68 (#2)
Stoner posted on 2016-05-16 17:40:19 Reply Private Reply
#6: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#0)
I have a lot of sympathy for her. She has been a mental basket case her whole life,and that's not something I would wish on anyone.
I'm just wondering how whacked out her child's father is that he has to take her to court and let a judge determine who should have custody. Does he actually howl at the moon and chase cars?
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-16 19:19:31 Reply Private Reply
#7: sneakypete To: hondo68 (#2)
Mostly due to the stock design.
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-16 19:20:58 Reply Private Reply
#8: sneakypete To: Logsplitter (#3)
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-16 19:21:35 Reply Private Reply
#9: sneakypete To: ConservingFreedom (#4)
That's good news. I hope she can manage to find some sort of treatment that will give her some peace.
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-16 19:23:13 Reply Private Reply
#10: SOSO To: Willie Green (#0)
She has been a waste of space for quite some time now (too harsh, I know - hope God forgivers me, better yet the Pope forgiving her). Hard to feel for her as it appears that many of her demons have been self-made.
SOSO posted on 2016-05-16 19:31:38 Reply Private Reply
#11: Justified To: Logsplitter (#3)
Justified posted on 2016-05-16 19:39:07 Reply Private Reply
#12: Hondo68 To: sneakypete (#7)
Yes '40's vintage, a rubber buttpad is nice.
Also a 2A1 7.62 NATO Ishapore, India (1965) that's been cut down to a fake Jungle Carbine and still has a naked brass buttplate. As far as I remember the recoil didn't seem as bad for some reason. I was shooting milsurp 7.62 NATO in stripper clips.
Hondo68 posted on 2016-05-16 21:05:30 Reply Private Reply
#13: Hondo68 To: Stoner (#12)
Hondo68 posted on 2016-05-16 21:08:36 Reply Private Reply
#14: Willie Green To: sneakypete, ConservingFreedom (#6)
Thanks for the update... I'm glad that she's safe and sound... These stories have tragic endings all too often, it's a relief to have a happy ending every now and then.
Willie Green posted on 2016-05-16 22:13:51 Reply Private Reply
#15: sneakypete To: hondo68 (#12)
Well,for one thing the 762 Nato is slightly less powerful,and shows a bullet a lot lighter.
For another,the jungle carbine has a rubber butt pad,and the stock is shaped slightly different so it doesn't recoil straight back into your shoulder.
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-16 22:16:33 Reply Private Reply
#16: Hondo68 To: sneakypete, Stoner (#15)
I don't think that the Ishapore has any real Jungle Carbine parts on it, it's a cut down 2A1 with an aftermarket flash suppressor/bayonet lug/F sight added. The metal on that piece is real soft, and the front sight tends to loosen in the V groove.
Stoner - Ishapore 2A1 PING! Above^^^
The really bad thing about it is that the sight radius is about 16" or so with the cut down barrel and the rear sight up forward on the barrel. The fake Jungle Carbine thing is something that Gibbs, or someone else did.
It came with an add on rail/rings which was half broken. It has a lip on the front which hooks into the chamber, and a couple of screws to tighten against the charging bridge in the rear. Over-tighten those screws and the lip in front starts to break and peel off.
I just use the crappy ramp sight. In spite of that, I like the thing!
Hondo68 posted on 2016-05-16 22:56:24 Reply Private Reply
#17: Don To: sneakypete (#7)
Don posted on 2016-05-16 23:50:23 Reply Private Reply
#18: Hondo68 To: Don, *Bang List* (#17)
The 2A and 2A1 were made of different steel specifically to be 7.62 NATO. Also the extractor, ejector screw, and charging bridge slot were designed for that model. They're not converted.
Here's some YouTubes from a guy who stripped his down with acetone and paint stripper and "restored" it to what he wants, which is something it never was, his own Mil Spec...
There are 5 parts to this video, so just keep following.
Hondo68 posted on 2016-05-17 20:30:46 Reply Private Reply
#19: Don To: hondo68 (#18)
Don posted on 2016-05-17 21:03:53 Reply Private Reply
#20: Stoner To: hondo68 (#18)
Stoner posted on 2016-05-18 12:46:13 Reply Private Reply
#21: sneakypete To: hondo68 (#16)
If not,do NOT fire it again until you have it checked and found to be within normal ranges.
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-18 21:28:35 Reply Private Reply
#22: sneakypete To: Don (#17)
I know a lot of them were converted to 7.62 Nato,but had no idea they were painted.
Never actually seen one,though. The only SMLE I have left is a regular issue WW-2 SMLE someone cut the stock on and installed a jungle carbine flash suppressor. I think I got it for 35 bucks,and that's the only reason I bought it.
sneakypete posted on 2016-05-18 21:30:50 Reply Private Reply