Third Article [paragraph 6] reads: "Ms. Combest had a history of depression and had been under a doctor’s care a few months ago, said her mother, Ruthie Mae Combest"

A member of the Prozac Surviors Suport Group has confirmed that this woman was taking antidepressants as the time of the murder-suicide.

Car drives into Lake Michigantesting

CHICAGO (AP) Police are investigating whether a woman deliberately drove her car into Lake Michigan in a wreck that killed her and two of her children.
The car veered off Lake Shore Drive, went slowly down some steps and paused for a moment before it suddenly accelerated and went into a downtown harbor Monday night, police and witnesses said.
Two police officers went into the murky, 59-degree water to try to rescue the victims. The officers had to be treated for exposure.
Police divers had to break a window to pull out the victims: Shirley Combest, 33, a long-distance operator for Sprint; her daughter, Shaniqua, 8; and her son John, 6. Ms. Combest had a teen-age son who was not in the car.
Ms. Combest had a history of depression and had been under a doctor’s care a few months ago, said her mother, Ruthie Mae Combest. She said her daughter also was grieving over the death of an older sister in a car accident last month.
“She was taking it awful hard,” the mother said.