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Merrill Apparently Shot Himself On the Bay
Washington Post ^ | 6-21-06 | Eric Rich

Posted on 06/21/2006 5:06:02 AM PDT by Renfield

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To: carmenbmw
Mom started acting and speaking irrationally during a stint in an ICU. Drs said it was ICU psychosis due to isolation. My sister, also an RN, thought it may have been a stroke. After getting her out of that hospital and away from those Drs, we found out my sister was right. Mom was subsequently diagnosed with onset Alzheimer's.
41 posted on 06/21/2006 6:00:39 AM PDT by Roccus (Cynical romantic or romantic cynic.....you decide.)
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To: angkor

>>>>Don't some of these antidepressant drugs have the documented side effect of causing suicidal thoughts?

Absolutely.

However, I can't find anything in the package inserts of the antidepressents describing heaviness by anchor.


42 posted on 06/21/2006 6:01:18 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: metmom

I agree. Suicide does not smell right.

A shotgun blast to the head should be sufficient.

why tie an anchor to your legs.

the x-files were more probable than this.


43 posted on 06/21/2006 6:06:34 AM PDT by staytrue (Moonbat conservatives-those who would rather have the democrats win.)
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To: brytlea

If you stand on the edge of the boat and shoot yourself, it would be pretty easy unless the anchor was really heavy. It would be even easier if the boat was small, like an FJ or something.


44 posted on 06/21/2006 6:07:08 AM PDT by AirForceBrat23
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To: brytlea

My kittie had a terrible accident, and after that, anytime I THOUGHT about eating meat I threw up.
THat is pretty depressing too, lol


45 posted on 06/21/2006 6:08:05 AM PDT by carmenbmw (My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

A man received a message from Md. State police about his missing wife. It had good news and bad news. Bad news they found his wife, she was drowned and when they found her she had a half bushel of crabs attached to her.

Good news, they were putting her back over next day.


46 posted on 06/21/2006 6:10:11 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: metmom

Inquiring minds. The anchor part makes no sense.


47 posted on 06/21/2006 6:10:36 AM PDT by don-o
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To: Renfield

wait, did he shoot himself in the head with a shotgun before or after the threw himself overboard with the anchor wrapped around his body?

What kind of arm length would this man have to be able to shoot himself in the head with a shotgun?

This is not a suicide. Can't be.


48 posted on 06/21/2006 6:10:41 AM PDT by Naomi4
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To: Renfield; Freee-dame

I remember hearing that the engine was running when the empty boat was found. It is hard for me to understand how even a suicidally depressed person would leave his beloved yacht to be an unattended obstacle to everyone else on the Bay that day. Unless he left the boat aimed at a beach, knowing that it would be out of harm's way. But he was found farther away than the search area so it does not seem like he fell overboard (with an anchor around his ankle) near a beachy shore.

Maybe the blast of the shotgun blew him backward, and his feet entangled the anchor line accidentally.


49 posted on 06/21/2006 6:11:14 AM PDT by maica (Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle --Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Roccus

I hope that your Mom is better! :-)
I am aware of the ICU impairment thing, I wonder if it has to do sometimes with sleep impairment being a contributing factor. (?????)
The post op depression can be a different or complicating issue.
Geez, do I need to just go write a medical book? Sorry for being so boring....


50 posted on 06/21/2006 6:12:44 AM PDT by carmenbmw (My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
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To: maica
Or maybe he got caught poaching someone's crab pot.
Sort of a Chesapeake bay version of "Shoot, shovel and shut-up."
51 posted on 06/21/2006 6:14:16 AM PDT by Roccus (Cynical romantic or romantic cynic.....you decide.)
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To: Naomi4

He put the shotgun in his mouth, I bet.


52 posted on 06/21/2006 6:16:10 AM PDT by carmenbmw (My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
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To: TruthSetsUFree
My husband now 71 had a stent put in his heart a year ago and is on Paxil, a blood thinning medication. He is also diabetic and takes lots of other meds. He doesn't have much energy and gets depressed but not to the point of suicide (I hope). Old age, illness and medication can certainly have bad emotional effects.
53 posted on 06/21/2006 6:16:42 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: carmenbmw

This was back in the early 90's. Mom's been gone since '01. (But I still talk to her...she just doesn't answer.)


54 posted on 06/21/2006 6:18:12 AM PDT by Roccus (Cynical romantic or romantic cynic.....you decide.)
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To: Renfield

The article says the boat was empty. No mention of finding the shotgun he was supposed to have used to shoot himself.


55 posted on 06/21/2006 6:18:42 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: brytlea

You shoot yourself underwater.


56 posted on 06/21/2006 6:19:57 AM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: angkor

"Don't some of these antidepressant drugs have the documented side effect of causing suicidal thoughts?"


All anti-depressants should have that warning, about suicide. Drug companies have gotten away with hiding how depressing anti-depressants are for some people.

If this family has money, maybe they can fight the drug company, would be good to see as so many not so monied famiies just try to cope with the terrible grief that comes with suicide from anti-depressants.


57 posted on 06/21/2006 6:20:20 AM PDT by sweetiepiezer
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To: carmenbmw

Oh, it sounds like my sister in law. She saw an accident with a cattle truck, and it made her give up beef (I think she still eats fish). Well, be sure to get your iron and B vitamins! ;)
susie


58 posted on 06/21/2006 6:23:07 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: johnny7

Aha!
susie


59 posted on 06/21/2006 6:23:31 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: Roccus

I am so sorry for the loss of your Mother.
She is still watching out over you, I am sure.
So YOU had better behave!


60 posted on 06/21/2006 6:25:11 AM PDT by carmenbmw (My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
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