The distraught father of a teenage daughter contacted The Tennessee Star on Thursday and expressed his concern about the treatment his daughter has been receiving at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

The Star received the email after it published the notes taken by a Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) investigator who reviewed at least 75 pages of documents the department obtained from VUMC following a June 1, 2023 search warrant.

Additionally, The Star published police documents and reviewed MNPD materials which confirm Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale was a 22-year mental health patient at VUMC, and was prescribed at least five medications, including three anti-anxiety medications and an antidepressant, prior to her attack.

“I am writing to you as a result of your investigation regarding Audrey Hale and the reprehensible ‘care’ she received at Vanderbilt [Psychiatric Hospital], ” the father told The Star.