Reply #23: Suicide can be very controlling act, with deliberate misdirection

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I heard of one case where a man was found shot dead in his garage. There was no weapon. Detectives had no suspect and nothing much in the way of clues, except for an oddly located fresh nick in the wood of the garage wall. Eventually, they found the fellow had tied a heavy weight on one end of a rope, dropped the weight between the interior and exterior garage walls, and tied the other end of the weight to the gun that he used to shoot himself -- so when he let go of the gun, the weight dropped, the gun smacked the wall, and then disappeared with the weight

Maybe the lady decided to do herself in, belted a couple of drinks to boost her courage, and then drove into the water while telling her daughter and husband she was somewhere different from where she really was

Sad story, whether it's murder, suicide, or misadventure :shrug: