“Every 16 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies by suicide. Every 17 minutes, someone is left to make sense of it.” — American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The following is the true story of a local family, still healing from the loss of a loved one who committed suicide. Their names have been changed to protect their privacy.
“It was a shock, but not totally a shock to me,” said Mrs. Dove, when she learned her ex-husband had taken his own life. “He was depressed...I didn’t think he could do anything like that.”