Do you personally know anyone who's committed suicide?

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44. My brother-in-law. First attempt was unsuccessful. Second one worked.

He was over our house the weekend of his unsuccessful attempt. Gave his brother (my husband) all the tools he'd ever borrowed and a painting that belonged to my husband but my BIL had it in his closet for years. My husband thought that was weird, but his brother joked about it, saying he was cleaning up.

Same Saturday his wife caught him in the garage, sitting in his running car with the windows open. He made an excuse, saying he forgot the garage door was closed.

The following Tuesday, he went to work early and never came home. His coworkers found him hanging from a wooden beam in his office. He had put his wallet and car keys on his desk. My husband and I had to later pick up his car at his workplace. It was spotless except for a picture of his seven year old daughter on the passenger seat.

He didn't leave a note so we could only speculate as to why he killed himself.