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...suicide note.
Yeah. Upon receiving it, I'd hope that the sender's email had been hacked.
I was wrong.
At this point I'm not sure what to say...other than you never know what a person is going through at a given moment. I try to default to being nice to anyone I encounter, if possible, sometimes a smile or any act of kindness can go way further than you might realize.
Yeah. Upon receiving it, I'd hope that the sender's email had been hacked.
I was wrong.
At this point I'm not sure what to say...other than you never know what a person is going through at a given moment. I try to default to being nice to anyone I encounter, if possible, sometimes a smile or any act of kindness can go way further than you might realize.
Just try not to let it get too deep. People are unique creatures. Maybe talk to a psychiatrist if your too disturbed about it or its weighing real heavy.
Hardest part about suicide is the burden it puts on everyone around you.
Thanks.
The Shop
Sorry you're going througg this, my other two friends and I talked about it a lot and it helped us but that not be the best thing for other people. Regardless, sorry you're going through this, sorry for the family as well.
But it also said in the first paragraph that, "If you are receiving this email it means that I am dead".
My wife has worked as an RN on a mental health floor for ten years..as she says the frightening part is that anyone at anytime can have a "breakdown".
She sees all the time- completely "normal/stable" people have sudden mental breakdowns..and end up needing corrective medication for the rest of their life.
There's such a shortage of mental health clinicians these days. I thought about going into psych. I wish there was a better way to get help in these situations. I think he average mental health appointment is 6 months out. Tell that to someone in crises.....sad really.
His main problem is/was that professionals that had a duty to help him and/or report abuse, chose not to. He also was a child actor and accuses his parents of using all of his earnings for themselves. In more recent years he was a photojournalist so his version of events are extremely clear from his point of view. He writes that he spent 5 months assembling the manifesto. If even 20% of it is accurate it's quite alarming...and sad for all involved.
He spoke of the changing of the statute of limitations, but not so much in relation the film industry. I'm only on page 84 of 585 of the manifesto.
I hadn't spoken to him in 10 years, we emailed probably 5 years ago, but I have to say, in my limited dealings with him he was a great guy. Gently, humble, personable, did for others...and to think his life would end in a murder-suicide...I just shake my head.
Pit Row
you can search: Las Vegas murder suicide manifesto actor
Yeah, some of how he says things sounds a little sensational, but it's his side and perspective.
May 31st, 2016
Dear Jan and Art,
If you are reading this letter now, congrats, it means that I am dead. You found
my body, which looks like a suicide, but in reality, you both murdered me
systematically, and daily, for over 35 years. This is the end result of what that
looks like. And no one, after reading this letter, will doubt for a second that I was
murdered by you.
See, you've wanted me dead since I was a child, right? Why else would two
parents violently torture and physically abuse their precious, adorable little boy
hundreds and hundreds of times unless they wanted him dead?
Well, pull up a chair, and pour yourself a drink. This is going to be a very LONG
letter. I’ve waited 35 full years to be able to tell it. It’s going to unveil the worst
nightmare in history — and a level of hell, torture, violence, and abuse so
extreme, it will cause trauma to anyone who reads it. (And sadly, this story is all
true -- and it all happened to me.)
In the 1980’s, I was so adorable and loving that Fortune 500 companies lined up
to place me in their print, TV, and radio commercials and ads as a child actor in
Chicago. McDonald's, Wendy's, Colgate, Kellogg’s, Bayer, General Mills, and
more. I was so successful, from the ages of 5-12, that I made the equivalency of
$250,000 in today's money. And then you both stole it all.
But that wasn’t even the bad part. Jan, you would hold me down, and Art would
violently beat me 10, 20, sometimes 30+ times with his belts and wire hangers
often until I bled. You always avoided my pretty face though; that's what made
you money. And Art, you would always punch and beat me in places where the
bruises weren't visible, like in my stomach, even as a little boy, as hard as you
could.
Then two days later, you would do it all over again -- on top of the fresh injuries.
I never had a chance to heal; my body, even as a five-year-old, was destroyed
at your hands. Why would you ever do this to a child -- let alone one as adorable
and sweet as me? I never got an answer to that before I died.
His fiancé died from cancer. I don't know more of the details of that situation as I've haven't gotten that point in the writings yet.
Family move on? Good luck with that. He has almost NOTHING good to say about his sister and 3 brothers (1 adopted). He lets on about how he feels about them with no filter.
He has photos of significant bruising on his buttocks that were taken by an aunt and uncle back in '91. The email is included and shows that they were sent them to him on March 1st 2016. I'm not sure if that Aunt/Uncle is from the mother or fathers side of the family.
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