This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/1432.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello Lena. Thanks for the encouragement...Mom said there was a ladder outside the upstairs window in the light of the next day. Plus, it is pretty difficult to slit your throat by yourself, I have been told...at least the way his was. The family was very embarassed that it was publicized that he committed suicide. He was a police person and we think someone was trying to settle a score with him. Debbie