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writes:I know this is not your usual type of question on here but I would very much like your opinions on this please. Last year I had a good friend killed in a car accident. A few days after the accident the police called to my friends home and asked which was the last member of the family to see him alive after been informed that it was his 14 year old brother they then asked the boy a very strange question. The question was the last time you saw your brother was he his usual self and was be in good form. I would like to know in your opinion was that a routine question or did the police suspect the accident may have been suicide ? I would very much appreciate your opinions on this please. Nicky Reply to this Question
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reader, Dorothy Dix  +, writes (5 June 2011):
Hi there. Perhaps the nature of the car accident might be cause for questioning why it occurred at all.
For instance:-
(1) The visibility ahead was clear - the road was flat and not approaching a blind hill.
(2) If it was on a lonely country road, but there was no sharp, dangerous curve.
(3) The surface of the road was in very good condition - bitumen surface, no pot holes.
(4) It wasn't a rainy night.
(5) There was no other vehicle involved - only his car.
(6) If he ran off the road and hit a tree, for no apparent reason.
(7) Whether he had a moment of inattention - perhaps he was on his mobile phone - either talking or texting, then didn't see a curve coming up and ran off the road then hit the tree.
If he was not upset over anything on that night, like a broken relationship, perhaps it was a moment of inattention where he took his mind off the road ahead for a split second, and that was it.
It only takes a split second.
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reader, anonymous, writes (1 May 2011): I believe that is a routine question--to help rule out suicide or possibly "being under the influence" of something maybe not easily detected postmortem. I don't think the question implies that they DID think it was suicide, I think it helps them rule it out as a cause for investigation.
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reader, BettyBoup  +, writes (1 May 2011):
 I suppose they have to ask these kind of questions to try and deduce what happened as best as they can. I don't necessarily think it means they suspected suicide, rather that they have to cover all possibilities. With all accidents, it's very difficult to know for certain what happend and why the accident occured. The only way detectives and so on come to a conclusion is by examining all of the evidence and by asking all the right questions to all of the witnesses. I don't think you need to wonder about whether it was suicide simply from a question. If it was not concluded as suicide then there was not enough evidence for this. Unfortunatly it may well be impossible to know how and why the accident happened. There will always be questions in your mind. All you can know for sure is that it has happened. Try not to torture yourself by wondering whether or not it was suicide. You can never know the answer. I am very sorry for your loss.
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reader, Avalon +, writes (1 May 2011):
Police have to exhaust all possible causes of a death, be it an obvious accident, or otherwise. It was certainly not an unusual question for them to ask.
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