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Why did Richard commit suicide?
Why did Richard suicide?
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Elin
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Jill W
Why did Richard suicide?
Richard was broken during his time in jail..... tortured, beaten, and coerced into signing a confession, just to make it all end. When he was finally acquitted, he was an emotional mess, so traumitized that he took his own life.
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