Bock's cute. I meant to post that response to you - not sure how I posted it to myself...
Since your name is iguana....I was being a tease about ignoring your rhetorical ;)
Yes, it is possible that he just wanted to kill himself and took this opportunity.
But, normally, when someone is planning an event, they normally complete it. One of those, "not leaving unfinished business' types of scenarios. Or, if he was in the middle of a trip, that doesn't lend the M.O. that he was depressed and planning on killing himself.
I wouldn't be as quick to label this a suicide.
They were quick to label Geetha Angara, the chemist in NJ that was found dead at the bottom of a water tank a few days ago. Now they have evidence that is was a homicide.