Who is Marlena Christensen? Chris Christensen says wife ruined career in CHILLING note before Disneyland suicide

Who is Marlena Christensen? Chris Christensen says wife ruined career in CHILLING note before Disneyland suicide
Chris Christensen said in the suicide note that he never hurt his wife, Marlena Christensen, or daughters during their argument (Facebook/Chris Christensen)

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ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: An elementary school principal blamed his wife for endangering his career by dialing 911 before he jumped to his death from a Disneyland multi-story parking lot two days before he was due in court on child endangerment charges. Chris Christensen, 51, the principal of William T Newland Elementary School in Huntington Beach, left a suicide note and took his own life in front of Anaheim parkgoers, including children who had gathered to watch the annual Candlelight Ceremony.

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He blamed his wife, Marlena, for "letting her anger get the best of her", in a final post on Facebook. Chris was the son of longtime Disney theme park musical director Jim Christensen. He was charged with misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and battery and was expected to appear in court Monday, December 5. "I think it is safe to say that Marlena truly regrets making that call, because the events of that night have completely unraveled both of our lives", he wrote in a lengthy Facebook note. "I need you all to know that a gentle, kind, loving and sincerely good man has been destroyed by one unfortunate night."