Booth autopsy

[J. Beckert]

(08-18-2013 07:47 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Desperate people take desperate actions.

That's true Gene and he was indeed desperate. There was no way he was coming out of that barn to take a Yankee hay wagon ride to Washington and be paraded through the streets like a captured animal. I think the suicide theory has more weight than the "suicide by cop" (I hope they have a good shot in a barn full of furniture and farm equipment) theory. Suicide is always a permanent solution to a temporary problem, but some folks are so disconnected they'll do whatever is necessary to finish the job. I've seen some suicides where folks appeared to have changed their minds midstream and some where they could have avoided it, but went to horrific lengths to see it through. I think that's the case with Booth.