I thought the most interesting part was the autopsy and report validated a lot of the claims about SN here. Although they couldn't go into how much pain the process produced of course.
That's exactly what I was thinking. This lines up with everything else I've read on SN and other medical case studies.
One thing that was interesting here was the "foamy liquid" that was found in the lungs. Wonder what caused that. Also, "the autopsy showed edema and hemorrhagic petechiae of the laryngeal, glottal, and tracheal submucosa and green-brownish foamy liquid in the tracheal lumen." Sounds like the SN does a real number on your throat as it goes down. That'd explain why it burns like acid reflux and feels like "bleach" to some people.
I was disturbed (but not surprised) that he said SaSu encouraged this person to ctb by giving instructions and basically telling her to do it.
THIS. They always play that particular card with this website. They are right that detailed info is found here, but I've seen absolutely
zero encouragement to CTB over the 2 years I've been on the site. Pro-lifers always play the "oh the
vulnerable person was
manipulated and
coerced to commit suicide" card, and if it isn't that, it's "they were
unsound of mind." Disgusting. They can't comprehend that people who kill themselves do so freely and rationally, and not all are impulsive or pushed to do so.
Also, anyone who CTBs should try to remove all traces of this site and the sources from which they acquired their CTB materials/resources. Obviously the cat is out of the bag now, has been for a long time, but it's a decent courtesy.