The military said he had committed suicide by hanging himself in a hospital wardrobe.

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He died from cyanide poisoning two years later and it was ruled at his inquest that he had committed suicide.

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And when the news came that McQueen had committed suicide, he was devastated.

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His father Ian Wilson told the hearing that he was "meticulous" about weapon safety and that he did not believe his son had committed suicide.

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He said he had told the girl's mother about his feelings for her but he said he "effectively committed suicide" as the mother recorded their phone conversation and then passed it on to the head teacher.

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Reports of Anwar's arrest had been flying all week. (He even committed suicide in a spoof item on Sept. 19.) So when an eyewitness account of the raid on his home landed at 9.39 p.m. (beating major newswires to the punch), it set off a flurry of activity as newgroup buffs scambled for confirmation.

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New York police officer, Philip Chland, 29, committed suicide Tuesday morning after arguing with his girlfriend about things he had seen on her Facebook page.

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The test eliminated her as a suspect in the shooting, he said, but the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office withheld a conclusion that Wilson had committed suicide until the autopsy report was completed.

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The inquiry had been examining allegations of abuse by teacher John Owen, who committed suicide two years ago shortly before he was to stand trial over allegations by former pupils of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, Pontypridd.

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