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"Martin Manley Life and Death," the name of the website Manley designed to be read by the masses after his successful suicide.
http://www.martinmanleylifeanddeath.com/
"Today is August 15, 2013. Today is my 60th birthday. Today is the last day of my life. Today, I committed suicide. Today, is the first day this site is active, but it will be here for years to come."
You will rarely get any details for why a person committed suicide, but that won't be the case with me! In fact, this may be the most detailed example of a suicide letter in history - something to be entered into the Guinness Book of Records! My hope is that it is.
"In my case, I had everything worked out exactly as I wanted it based upon the calendar. I couldn't take any chances that something would go wrong. Suppose I sent out a couple dozen personalized letters via Fed Ex overnight on August 14th and then I screw up. "False Alarm... Just Kidding!" That doesn't cut it in my orderly world!"
"When push came to shove, there really was only one way to go and that was via a firearm. It's about as certain to work as you can get. Nobody else needs to be involved. It's immediate, it's painless and you can control where you do it."
"One of the problems with shooting oneself is the obvious mess. I thought about that a lot. I didn't want anyone I knew discovering my body and I didn't want to make a mess in the house – something my sister or my landlord would have to deal with. No way."
"I also didn't want anyone discovering my body or witnessing it who wasn't trained for such a thing. I finally decided the best way to do it would be at 5AM on August 15, 2013 at the far southeast end of the parking lot at the Overland Park Police Station. If everything worked out right – and I'm sure it did, I called 911 at 5AM. I told them "I want to report a suicide at the south end of the parking lot of the Overland Park Police Station at 123rd and Metcalf. Bang.""
"Another reason why age 60 is ideal is that my life insurance expires next year and I would not be able to afford to get new insurance without paying a ton. And, it requires two years of waiting - once you get insurance - before you can commit suicide and still have the beneficiaries receive the death benefit."
But anyway, let's all rejoice that we are still alive and don't feel the urge to create a website documenting our soon-to-be suicide.
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