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A high school senior who was the sole survivor of a family suicide that took place in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province in April committed suicide last Wednesday. The 18-year-old, identified by his family name of Lee, was found groaning in the hallway of a high school in Gongju around 3:15 p.m. on June 15. Paramedics were called and the teenager, who had drunk herbicide, was immediately transported to Soonchunhyang Hospital in Cheonan. He died on Saturday morning, however.
Police are currently investigating the cause of the suicide, but speculate that Lee killed himself in despair because he could not overcome the grief of losing his family and not being able to go to school. On April 12, Lee¡¯s parents and younger sister set fire to the car they were in parked near the high school that Lee attended, committing family suicide. It was reported that Lee¡¯s father chose to die with his family, as he grew more and more pessimistic over his son¡¯s failure to adjust to school life.
(You Tae-jong, youh@chosun.com )
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