Coroner: Hanging death of jailed GI a suicide

[unhappycamper]

Coroner: Hanging death of jailed GI a suicide
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday May 12, 2008 6:14:50 EDT

ELWOOD, Ind. — A coroner has ruled the hanging death of an Iraq war veteran in the Elwood City Jail a suicide.

Madison County Coroner Ned Dunnichay made the ruling Saturday following an autopsy on 23-year-old Army Spc. Timothy K. Israel.

Officials said Israel used the drawstring from his pants to hang himself in a cell Friday.

The Herald Bulletin of Anderson reports that Israel was arrested earlier Friday on a preliminary domestic battery charge. Friends told the newspaper that he was wrongly accused.

State police are investigating Israel’s death.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/05/ap_soldier_hanging_051108/



uhc comment: Timothy K. Israel's death is one of 1,000 veteran suicides a month.

[blue sky at night]

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