A 19-year-old New Hampshire Suicide. Now He’s Being Charged.

[upgraydd]

NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) — A 19-year-old New Hampshire man accused of causing or aiding in his roommate’s suicide brought a gun, notebook and pen to the scene of his death and instructed his friend on holding the gun at the correct angle to his head, police said in court documents.

Police said Michael Buskey, 19, was found dead of a gunshot wound in the woods near his Plymouth apartment May 8. His death was determined to be a suicide.

Parker Hogan was arraigned Tuesday, WMUR-TV reported. His lawyer entered not guilty pleas on the charge and on charges of falsifying physical evidence.

Police said that Hogan told them Buskey had a court date and didn’t want to go to jail. He told them he helped plan Buskey’s suicide. They say the two went into the woods near the apartment, where they practiced ways for Buskey to shoot himself.

Hogan left the woods, waited until he heard a gunshot and returned to make sure Buskey was dead, officials said. He removed a phone from Buskey’s pocket that had been playing a song on repeat. He brought back the gun and a note Buskey had written to family members. He called police and Buskey’s father the next morning.

Police said Hogan posted bail. He’s scheduled to appear in court in July.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/201...e-charged.html

[timberlandrb35]

[eyeful_hound]

Originally Posted by timberlandrb35

Agreed, and

a.) How'd you think it was going to work out: You delivering in person a suicide note to your friends family?

b.) How'd you think it was going to work out: You explaining to the police, your assisted suicide mission?

[Kanda444]

sounds like a decent friend. of course, most think you shouldnt have the right to kill yourself...but, come the fuck on, the kid was going to kill himself anyway. would you prefer he did it alone and potentially fuck up, ruining his life even further....or was it better for him to have a real friend in those last moments?

[Weiland]

Originally Posted by Kanda444

sounds like a decent friend. of course, most think you shouldnt have the right to kill yourself...but, come the fuck on, the kid was going to kill himself anyway. would you prefer he did it alone and potentially fuck up, ruining his life even further....or was it better for him to have a real friend in those last moments?

Kinda agree with this.

[Moloko]

The kid clearly isn't too bright and didn't think through the consequences, but it seems his heart was in the right place. Maybe he just didn't want his friend to suffer. If that's the case then I hope the court goes easy on him.

[Oswald2001]

All the morality views aside...

The inescapable fact is that...sometimes...you can reach the point where...It can just be Time To Go.

[HeyJealousy]

What is it with New England and "assisted suicides"?
Didn't a girl in Massachusetts somehow convince her boyfriend to do the same?
Why isn't this kinda shit happening in, say, Pennsylvania or Iowa?

[kkw1811]

The jury is going to have 1 one hell of a time on this case

[Meridian]

A 19 year old never needs to commit suicide no matter how much he thinks he does. It can be a messed up time in their lives, they might think there’s no other way, but that’s mental illness for you. A true friend would have told the kid’s parents and let them get him the right help. And he could have been helped. This so called friend made sure he never accessed that.