Reply #28: I went to a funeral recently of a suicide victim [View All]

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and the only thing that was a bit different is the obit didn't mention the cause of death. But then not every obit does.

Maddy, wait for the autopsy. Do you remember me telling about a friend of mine who was killed in a car wreck last Sept? He was a veteran and had worked with Vets for Kerry here in KS so I mentioned his death here on DU. This guy had been in chronic pain since Vietnam and had gotten to the point that he couldn't work anymore. He had a very hard life. The week before he died, he had bought a new (to him, not brand new) car and decided to drive it to his Dr's appt in Topeka. His wife wanted to go with him but he talked her in to staying at home. Well on the way home from the Dr, his car crossed the center line and collided head on with a semi.

As soon as I heard all the details, I was just convinced he had killed himself. So were several other mutual friends.

Then 3 months after he died, the autopsy results came back and he died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Apparently there was a leak in his car somewhere and after the first long highway trip in this car, (he was almost home when the wreck happened) the leak was bad enough to kill him. The local sheriff examined his car and confirmed this as the cause of death. And none of us who knew him believe he would have tampered with the car to cause his death this way. He was the kind of guy who would have shot himself. He lived in the country and had a whole arsenal of guns.

So wait for the autopsy. Just sayin. . .