Overview
- Molly Watts wrote on Instagram that Ransone ran to her screams in their Chinatown building in 2006, scared off an attacker, and chased him to a location that helped police identify a repeat sexual offender.
- Her post expresses regret that she never thanked him and shares a GoFundMe to support his wife, Jamie McPhee, and their two children.
- The Los Angeles County medical examiner previously ruled that Ransone, 46, died by suicide in December.
- Ransone had recounted the rescue himself on the Jim and Sam Show in 2016, describing hearing a scream and running to help.
- Coverage notes his earlier public statements about being sexually abused as a child and struggling with addiction, which mourners are invoking to remember his life and challenges.