Pedestrian death appears to be suicide, police say
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June 24, 2009 - 02:30 PM
Last Updated: June 24, 2009 - 03:34 PM

MOUNT VERNON — Police believe the man whose body was found on Interstate 5 early this morning committed suicide, Mount Vernon Police Lt. Chris Cammock said this afternoon.

Cammock said police located the family of the 23-year-old Mount Vernon man. The family told police the man had a history of being despondent.

A witness also saw the man standing near the viaduct railing shortly before the death. A Skagit County sheriff’s deputy had seen the man walking on the 2nd Street viaduct over I-5 earlier.

The body was found north of the Kincaid Street exit just after midnight by a driver traveling northbound on the interstate. The man appeared to have been struck by a vehicle.

An autopsy will be conducted.





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This is so tragic...I hope a full invesigation is underway to make sure that the assumed suicide really was in fact a suicide.  My heart goes out…

Posted June 30, 2009 - 09:18 AM by glitterfairie


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