• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I dunno, it’s good it wasn’t in the headline? It’d have been clickbait - the article makes it clear this is suspected suicide but that the police / FBI are keeping open minds because of the obvious connotations.

    Suicide by hanging is unfortunately a common method taken by young men. The lack of any other signs makes foul play unlikely - without going into too much detail, unless he was drugged there would be signs of a struggle or injuries related to being restrained if it had been foul play. It sounds like there weren’t obvious signs of either and the toxicology results are awaited.

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      2 days ago

      the article makes it clear this is suspected suicide but that the police / FBI are keeping open minds because of the obvious connotations.

      Just so you know, the cops have said quite specifically they don’t think it was anything but suicide.

      Its also a heavily racist area and no one should trust cops in the first place, making for a bad combo. Thats why the family will want an autopsy from someone independent of the police.

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      I’d like to know where on the property this tree is. Was this in some quiet corner where he’s unlikely to be interrupted, or out in front of the building where the public is going to see it?