Citation

Spencer M. Crisis Interv. 1970; 2(Suppl 2): 10-23.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1970, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service)

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Abstract

The phone in the home at 325 Delaware Rd., Kenmore, rang at 8:57 AM Tuesday, February 3. Dr. Harry N. Taylor, the Erie County medical examiner on duty that day, answered it. It was the county Morgue. A man had jumped or fallen from the top floor of the building at Main and Swan Sts. and the police wanted Dr. Taylor immediately. Under state law, the body could not be moved until he had made an on-the-scene examination.

Dr. Taylor was in his car and on the way before a second call came at 9:10. The morgue attendant, unable to reach him asked the police to do so directly on the police radio. There was a second death to be investigated in a parked car at 456 Fuhrmann Blvd. Before Dr. Taylor, fighting a blinding snowstorm and rush hour traffic, had reached his destination, there was a third call. A man was dead in a car at Main and Fairfield Streets. ..

Keywords: Suicide .

Language: en