SUICIDE - Suicides almost always reflect the personalities of those who commit them. While someone who has lived a life of recklessness might choose to end it by jumping to his death, an habitually cautious individual will make his way to eternity by an alternative route. Investigating the death of Peter Heller, I reasoned that, as a dentist, he had the means of a painless demise at his disposal making it unlikely that he would jump from the roof his hotel. As we have observed, however, American detectives, exhibiting a lack of initiative common to their British counterparts, will unquestioningly accept any scenario, however improbable, rather than confront the necessity of a full investigation.

 

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