School Principal Accused Of Child Endangerment Jumped To Death At Disneyland After Posting Unsettling Message

07.12.2022 - 19:19 / perezhilton.com

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A man who jumped to his death at Disneyland in Anaheim, California late last week was an elementary school principal who had been facing criminal charges of child endangerment and battery after an alleged domestic dispute.

Christopher Christensen jumped to his death from the top of a parking structure at Disneyland, and after his death, authorities identified the 51-year-old as the principal of Courreges Elementary School in Fountain Valley, California.

Per the Los Angeles Daily News, Christensen had been head of the school for the last 11 years. For more than a decade before that, he was a principal at other elementary schools in the Huntington Beach area, as well.

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According to public records, Christensen was due in court on Monday for a pre-trial conference on the aforementioned charges. Both were misdemeanors stemming from an alleged mid-November dispute.

Per the New York Post, Orange County Superior Court records do not detail the exact allegation against Christensen. However, records do indicate he was arrested on November 15. He posted bond two days later and was released from jail. On November 22, he pleaded not guilty to both the child endangerment and battery charges. Immediately prior to his death, Christensen posted an unsettling suicide note on his Facebook page. In it, he called out his wife Marlena and claimed the couple had been in a happy relationship “up until recently.”

(Note: Suicide is NEVER anyone’s fault.)

He wrote:

Christensen — who claimed his wife “truly regrets making that call” because the legal aftermath “completely unraveled” both of their lives — went on to add:

Later in the