| טופז היה נתון במעצר במשך 3 חודשים | Just tell me I've done well |
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| My act will prove to everyone what is the right thing to do | His final diary entry before his suicide concluded, "And now with my latest writing and utterance, and with what will be near my latest breath, I here repeat and would willingly proclaim my unmitigated hatred to yankee rule — to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, and the perfidious, malignant and vile Yankee race |
Like other individuals suffering with chronic medical illnesses, he chose suicide as a means of controlling the course of his disease and the circumstances of his death.
6| He left two suicide notes of which one was found in his pocket, and the other at his home saying that he could no longer live without Collins | The Use of Suicide Notes as an Aid for Understanding Motive in Completed Suicides Thesis |
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| I couldn't deny they hurt me | In the early hours of 18 May 1980, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house at 77 Barton Street, |
I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool — good luck.
5| He had been consumed with grief following the death of his fiancée from a cocaine overdose in January of that year | Sometimes there is also a message in the case of , explaining the reason s for the murder s , see for example, and |
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| Stair posted extensive online documents and "suicide tapes" suggesting the killings were something he had planned out meticulously over a number of months | His brothers Kerry and Chris also committed suicide |
בבית המשפט לא פיענחו עד הסוף את המילה "בזכותם", אך טענו כי אין ראיות כדי להסיק כי השניים סייעו לטופז בביצוע מעשה ההתאבדות - וסביר יותר שהוא ביקש לגמול להם על שהקלו על זמנו במעצר.
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