Coroner’s officials have identified the man who jumped off of the Via Princessa bridge in Canyon Country Sunday morning and ruled the death a suicide.
Phillip Michael Griffin, a 23-year-old Caucasian male from Canyon Country, was identified by Coroner’s officials, said Lt. Kelly Yagerlener with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office.
Griffin was reported missing on Thursday, August 20, 2015, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Detective Louis Aguilera.
Griffin was last seen leaving his residence in Canyon Country on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.
He recently visited the Buddhist Temple in North Hollywood and is also reported to have been seen near the “River” in Canyon Country, according to the missing person report.
At approximately 10:30 a.m., Griffin was observed hanging over the side of the bridge by a passenger of a passing car, said Aguilera.
The passenger had the intent to talk to Griffin to help him, however Griffin jumped without saying a word, Aguilera said.
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene at approximately 10:33 a.m., said Lt. Tom Bryski with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
Suicide Prevention
Recent statistics indicate the North Los Angeles County region has the highest rate of calls for attempted and completed suicides in Los Angeles County, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department data.
For anyone seeking information about mental health resources available in the Santa Clarita Valley, below is a list and a link to more information:
There are 24-hour numbers available. In the event of an emergency, 911 should always be the first call. Those looking to speak with someone can call 1-800-273-8255, for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; 1-800-854-7771, for The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health; and 1-800-784-2433, for The Treatment Advocacy Center. You can contact the SCV Child & Family Center at 661-259-9439. The phone number for the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project is 661-257-9688.
– Heather Harbin contributed to this story.
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173 Comments
Damnnnn…..?
Miguel Ramirez this is what happened
Pray for those who have been left behind. RIP Mr. Griffin
Joe Peach Brad Peach
What a sad story! And so young
one report says it was death the other one says multiple injuries.
Unfortunately he didn’t pass away right away. He passed while ems were working to save him on scene.
Jorge Moran Joey Kivi saddening bro. They identified the body.
Haley
Ugh!! This is heartbreaking news!!! My sympathy goes out to the family!!!
Erika Marie Garcia
Prayers for him and his family
So very sad. Sounds like he was a young man who suffered with mental illness. Sorry to the family.
Heartbreaking! My prayers go out to the family. ????
That’s right next to my old house
So sad :(
Phil I will truely miss you. You were a good friend good influence and you helped enlighten me on my perspective in life. I love you and miss you my friend
Heartbreaking that this young man thought this was his only option.
I truely miss my,friend Phil he helped me out alot
I’m sorry for your loss. Good friend are rare.
IM SORRY 4 UR LOSS. WE JUST MOVED FROM THERE. WISH UR FRIEND COULD HAVE TALKED 2 U ABOUT HOW HE WAS FEELING.
Thank you
Sorry for your loss
Thanks
Heartbreaking…
Prayers for his family
Ray Smith
Heartbreaking for the family
Jenny is this the guy that you got the food for and got ahold of his mom?
No it’s not the same person
Prayers to his family & loved ones
Anthony Pavini
Oh, so sad. I hadn’t heard about this. A few years ago, a woman jumped from this bridge too.
this makes me so sad.
This is terrible for the family and friends…. May he rest in peace now
Splat
Ur an insensitive ass!
RIP Phill
True story, it could be anyone you know, those close to you, then you’ll receive the pain you dispersed
Danny Lyons really with the arrogance that comment is unwanted…. Guy loses life and you try to make a joke?? You saw how bad i ripped into teddy about what he said that day when the tree fell on out mail carrier killing her…. That is not right and extremely immature….
Yup that’s Me splat
When your kid dies one day Danny you’ll know the feeling, until then id watch my ass if I were you
Danny Lyons its a good thing your profile is set to private my friend. Be the arrogant ass you are and hide behind that facebook security. Grown ass man acting like a chump right here. Gotta love the scv
I can say the same for you, Jonathan Frederick of Santa Clarita
Permanent solution to temporary problems! So sad!
Wow, what a trip! I drove by the scene yesterday right after it happened wondering what was going on. Now I know, really sad!
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Heartbreaking. Prayers for his loved ones.
Oh no :(
Andrew Roche when I was driving to your house yesterday I saw the caution tape and had to merge around that cop car..
Oh no. When the story was posted of him missing, someone posted on that that he was found alive and well. Then I saw this story, and I hoped it wasn’t him. So sad.
RIP. :/
So sorry for the family loss. May he rest in peace
Jessi Lee
So sad. Prayers to him and his family and friends.
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Praying for his family and friends.. Heartbreaking ?
So sad! RIP
May he rest in peace. Prayers for his family and friends to have the strength to go through this very difficult time.
Prayers for his family
So sad
Rest at Peace now
Joseph Pierce
My prayers to his family. I’m so sorry for your loss.
R.I.P my dude
As someone who has been through depression, it’s not a “mental illness” or “temporary solution”. Depression is physically debilitating and it feels like anything can trigger you. Sometimes it’s not something therapy or pills can solve overnight. My heart breaks when I see comments like this coming from people who have not personally been through it and my heart goes out to the family and friends of this young man. I’m sure everyone has tried their hardest previous to the incident.
Very well said. I agree with you completely
Thank you
I agree too! Very sad !
Very nicely said!
Thank you! Yes!
Well said. Mental illness is almost worse than cancer-because there is no cure. The person fights everyday just to hope to make it to another day. No way for a person to live
My mom is bipolar and she has a lot of good days and a lot of bad days. It is hard on our family esp my dad. He has to deal with it the most. And now we think she had the beginning signs of dementia and she is only 70. I pray that my siblings and I do not have to deal with this or our kids.
I’m so sorry to hear that :(
It’s similar to that saying “don’t knock it until you’ve tried it” only it’s “you can’t judge until you’ve been to that dark space in your mind”. Nobody knows what demons a person has. It may be just a matter of perspective ruining a person’s own life or it may be a chemical imbalance but either way anyone who has truly been there knows better than to say hateful and judgemental things. It’s an everyday struggle and even on neutral days those demons can be at your back door nagging and begging you to come out and “play”.
You hit the spot you’re absolutely right that’s why we should always be careful with what we say to people it could be the straw that bakes the camels back
Was so hoping they had found him ok, poor family my prayers are with you!
Cynthia Fischer, Bill Fischerwas right
Damn rest easy
Beatriz Vega
I have been reading posts from yesterday and today from all my young SCV friends! I didn’t know him but their posts are making me cry! Sad tragic! RIP young man! May you find comfort and happiness in your next life!
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What a tragedy – such a handsome young man. Depression is debilitating. It is something no one can ever understand. It makes it worse when family is cruel to you (Not saying this is what happened to him) and it just makes you feel so alone in the world. People don’t care the way they used to – they never care until it is too late and like my mom always tells me, by then it is too late. My mom has always told me, “If you can’t be good to me when I am alive, don’t bother when I am dead”. There is so much truth to this. I don’t know what this young man went through in life. Maybe he had an incredible family – I hope he did. I hope that everyone around him was good to him and loved him the best they could. My condolences to his family and to everyone who loved him and knew him. What a sad day for everyone, even to those who did not know him. I hope he had a better family support than I do. I am lucky to have found FB friends on these sites, I am grateful for my daughter, I am thankful for my co-workers, and I am thankful FIRST to GOD who has ALWAYS been by my side and has never abandoned me. Family has been the most cruel – and sadly this puts people into deep depression. Before I even read this article, just this morning a co-worker told me that she cries because of the way her mom treats her. It just shouldn’t be this way. A mother, a sister, a brother, an aunt, an uncle, and any other extended family member should love with all their heart, especially when one is depressed or suffering with mental illness. People live for money, for FB, they live for what they can get in life. We see people on these sites pleading for a bed for their children, or for food, and someone will come on here and say, “I have one for $40.00” There used to be a time in this life when people would do whatever it took to help another human soul, at no cost. If you have an extra bed, GIVE it away. If you have extra food, pass it along. If you see someone crying, stop to talk to them. If you see a family member in pain over not so kind treatment “THEY” feel they are getting from family, just let them know that YOU love them without getting on the phone to gossip about them. If you see a mother in need of a diaper on this page, drive over a few to her without judgment. If she sells them then she can live with the consequences of it. But we really need to get back to caring about humans again with NO PRICE TAG attached. If you know someone who is depressed, use your last $5.00 to take them to Starbucks to have a talk. People need people. Make a difference in this life and help others out. What a sad story – not an outcome I expected, especially after reading the posts about him the other night
So sad!!! Prayers sent!! Xoxoxox
Marita Zamora
Fernando Velazquez
Depression is devastating for both the person who has it and those around them. Living life in hopelessness with out understanding is living no life at all. My heart breaks for this young person and that he thought that this was his only solution. If you have thoughts of suicide reach out to someone.
Maria Rosales Matthew Rosales
So very sad.
Jazmine Depew
So sad, we crossed the bridge ten minutes after he did it. My heart goes out to his family.
Very sad. May he rest in peace.
Totally drove by and saw him standing there looking but he was on the street side, wish I would have known, but he just seemed like a guy admiring the view of the wash on a walk
You couldn’t of know . :(
May his soul rest from his torment. He is no longer in pain. I wish to send my condolences to his family and friends.
Suicide doesn’t solve your problems it just passes them on to someone else
So sad.
How sad! My heart goes out to his family.
Theresa McGrath Cowdray
When someone commits suicide it just transfers their hurt to the people who love them.
Brittany Covello
Man I was hoping so much it wasn’t him. F@$#
Sharon Navarro
Such a sad story. He had his whole life ahead of him. My son is 23 and I just can’t even imagine this. Prayers for his family. May he now find peace
permanent solution too a temporary problem rip bud
So sad.
I’m so sad, I pray for his family and all others who are hurting right now
So tragic! Condolences to his family and friends. May he RIP!
Oh!no”,,,,,,,,, why? ???? This bridge, 2nd dead, very Sad the ppl know were to go one last time. I was looking down t other day n it’s very high w/ train tracks on the under. Very Sad” :'( so young guy, :'( prayers for them n t Family’s. :'(
So sad.
So SAD!!!
Too many young people losing their lives in SCV lately ?
Danny Luna Garica Look baby
Jubilee Garcia
My prayers are with his family.
We saw the aftermath: first responders, etc. But had no idea what was going on until we asked one of the bystanders. Poor soul. He must have been very troubled. Prayers for him and his family.
Awful ?
Yes, Peggy McDermott Boersma Just awful. I feel also for that person that tried to save him and then had to watch him jump.
So sad I work with aunt they were so Worried this is just Devastating Patty Morales
My condolences to family.
Very sad he was too young
RIP Phil
What a sad situation:(rip young man
I’m sorry J
So sad. Prayers to his family.
:((
I didn’t know him, but this makes me so sad….
Omg so sad poor guy may he R.I.P
Very well put Della Alesana. I suffer from Depression and anxiety so I get it and it hurts to see read this
RIP so sad
May he rest in peace. My deepest thoughts and prayers to his family.
Wish I could have done something to help. It’s sad because he’s not the only one feeling like that at this exact moment. Rest in paradise.
Poor troubled soul. May he rest in peace now and prayers go out to his family that have a long road to understanding & grief.
So sad!!! My heart goes out to the family and friends. Prayers ?
Jennifer Teeter
So sad
Koryne Dominguez Kimberly Gonzalez
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Wtf huh Koryne Dominguez
Lady at the spa knew the family ?
Aww sucks …. Low key so many people dying in santa clarita ?
Awful, just awful. Bless him and all concerned.
Alejandro Gonzalez
Jeff Johnson
Rest in peace brother…
Depression is real;
Maybe now the SCV cops will FINALLY take suicidal people as seriously as they’re actually required to….
Ariane Labrzycki did you see this? I know you had posted that you saw this in person
Yes, I read this article earlier today. :( probably one of the saddest things I’ve seen.
Frank Sanchez
RIP young man xo Praying for family and friends, sorry for your loss . I have 3 people in my life who have done this xo
Kasey
I saw this so sad!!
My deepest sympathies to the family & friends of this young man.
So sad I was hoping they would find him just so many tragedies here this month in Canyon Country
We live in a very tough world and I’m so sorry he felt the need/want to take his life….I am sending prayers to his family during this difficult time.
Itss Leo
Brandi Soliz
R.I.p. philip. As a mom this has got to be the worst. My condolences to the family and friends. As for you danny I pray I dont ever cross paths with you. I WILL not hesitate to PUSH you off any bridge. Yea I said that. Peace
Daniel A Rivas look babe by where u always run ??
So sad RIP
So sad
Life is tough we have to keep our heads up. Better days better days
Dang that sucks they should put barbed wire fence.
Sad. ??
Prayers to his family. Rip Phil
Rest in peace phill you where a great kid. I just wish this didnt happen you will be miss by many
Jose Miranda
And earlier posts indicated he had been found after reported missing – was that true?
So he jumped on the 3rd anniversary of his own disappearance?
What? You’re reading a 3-year-old story (in 2018). He was reported missing August 20, 2015, and jumped August 23, 2015.