Samantha Nicole Alencaster: A Tragic Hero

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Samantha Nicole Alencaster- Galvan, BAU detective, elementary teacher, dies at 88. Samantha Alencaster died of cancer. She is survived by her husband of 85 years, Matthew, her two children Kisa and Dominic, and five grandchildren. The cancer that killed her, she knew she already had it since she was 30 years old and didn't do anything about it. Her oncologist, Dr. Guffy, told her that she can't just act like it isn't there, that she has to take care of herself. She said to her, "I don't want anyone to know because I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me and to be quite honest with you, that is not how I want to be remembered". She began her first career when she was only 26 years old as a BAU detective. She was known as Detective Galvan simply because it sounded way better than Detective Alencaster. Her job as a detective in the BAU was to track down criminals based on their patterns and on their behavior. Being the youngest member of her team, she was still truly admired by her colleagues. Detective Morgan has said, "Sammie was truly inspirational. She not only wanted to put criminals behind bars, but what were their stories, to get to know them, which I thought was funny but she that type of person who wouldn't judge you, no matter what you've done". …show more content…

Usually when someone resigns a job at that age, they wouldn't want to work again, but Samantha was not that person. She wanted to go into teaching young children. She told her husband that she wanted to help young children with school or even with family problems because she thought that if she could help that generation of students, maybe they can choose a good future for themselves so they don't end up doing bad things in the future, similar to what she saw working in the

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