Posted on 06/23/2010 2:23:57 PM PDT by traumer
William Allen Kruse, 55, a charter boat captain recently hired by BP as a vessel of opportunity out of Gulf Shores, Ala., died Wednesday morning before 7:30 a.m. of a gunshot to the head, likely self-inflicted, authorities said.
"He had been quite despondent about the oil crisis," said Stan Vinson, coroner for Baldwin County, which includes Gulf Shores.
Kruse, who lived with his family in nearby Foley, Ala., reported to work Wednesday morning as usual at the Gulf Shores Marina on Fort Morgan Road in Gulf Shores, Vinson said. He met up with his two deckhands at his boat, The Rookie. One of the deckhands later told Vinson that Kruse seemed his usual self, sending them to fetch ice while he pulled the boat around to the gas pumps.
As the deckhands walked off to get ice, they heard what sounded like a firecracker, Vinson said. They turned around but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. So they proceeded to gather the ice and wait for Kruse at the pumps. "He never showed," Vinson said.
After waiting a while, the deckhands returned to the boat, which was moored where they had left it, Vinson said. They went aboard and found Kruse at the captain's bridge above the wheelhouse, Vinson said. He had been shot in the head. A Glock handgun was later recovered from the scene, and investigators do not suspect foul play, Vinson said.
Vinson said Kruse was in good health, did not suffer from any mental illness and was not taking psychotropic medications.
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That is very sad.
There are many here on FR who live in the South. May God keep them all and give His Strength to withstand what is going on in the Gulf and its ripple effects.
Gulfcide
Another permanent solution to a temporary problem. The media drives people into a frenzy, and then act surpised when people are in a frenzy.
SnakeDoc
May God bestow forgiveness and embrace him with His loving arms. Rest in peace, troubled soul.
This just stinks! Prayers for him and his family and friends.
Obama lied, people died.
Are they sure it is suicide?
That’s tough to read.
R.I.P.
Wonder what Obama thinks of his dithering now?
Oh nevermind...
Poor man. Very sad.
The oil leak was probably about the last thing he needed. One can only take so much abuse.
Very sad. Suicide is, as somebody said, a “permanent solution to a temporary problem.” Don’t do it, folks.
Prayers up for him and his family.
Barry Hussein Soetero Obama’s FAULT!!!
Hardly. Freewill, suicide is a individual choice.
Since BP hired him, were they paying him or what? If there wasn’t any tourist business, then why was he still employed by BP and why did the deckhands still have jobs? What was the need for fuel if there was no business? The story has as many holes as the sea floor around the spill.
Obviously a fragile mind to commit suicide over this. Very sad.
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