Suicide… the other “epidemic” nobody wants to talk about…
[Sometimes it’s best to cast complicated issues to the wind, so that the intellectuals can grab them, giving them the thought and attention they deserve…]
OSTERVILLE – Last evening police and rescue responded to what was originally reported as a “hanging” in the backyard of a home in a thickly settled residential area.
Police gave resuscitation instructions over the phone and despite all rescue efforts an individual expired as the result of an apparent suicide.
An on-call detective was quickly summoned to the scene.
An investigation followed which after several hours led to the body being taken by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiners Office, an agency that investigates and performs autopsies in relation to untimely and unexplained deaths.
Sources at the scene, however, report that the incident did not appear to be suspicious at this time in terms of fowl play, etc…
HN observed family members were on scene and in a state of understandable grief and shock. It’s a situation that HN has seen many times on previous occasions. It is a scene that one never gets use to, and in those terms this case was no different.
[HN will not be releasing further information regarding this incident, unless the investigation takes a turn in a different direction… which does not, at this time, appear to be the case…]
NOTE: HN witnesses daily grief and hardship like no other publication. By following calls for the service of our police and rescue workers, insights are gathered regarding the state of the ever increasing number of families on the fringe and verge of desperation.
There has been much talk about the untimely deaths caused by heroin and other addictions. But an underlying condition exists that no one seems to be talking about; depression and hopelessness, which (in my opinion) are the mere symptoms of much deeper rooted issues…
It’s time to think about the much larger issues that seem to be driving our current unprecedented levels of hopelessness and despair.
Government and leadership needs to be concerned about promoting and attracting healthy thriving young families to our community. But, in reality, how can that actually be accomplished?
What will it take to make Hyannis, and the surrounding township of Barnstable, the great little city by the sea that it can and needs to be?
6/3/2015
Robert Bastille,
P.S. – Today’s HyTown Vignette is brought to you by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in b minor… the Kýrie eléison, which basically translates to mean “Lord, have mercy…” Music that has been known to inspire deeper thought… [Press play…]
