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Ravenel Bridge Double Suicide Confirmed

SAD STORY OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY … The mystery has been solved … The two shooting victims whose bodies were discovered Thursday evening on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. bridge were participants in a double suicide – one officials referred to as a “complicated and somewhat unusual tragedy.” In fact…

SAD STORY OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY …

The mystery has been solved …

The two shooting victims whose bodies were discovered Thursday evening on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. bridge were participants in a double suicide – one officials referred to as a “complicated and somewhat unusual tragedy.”

In fact one of the individuals who took her own life, 24-year-old Lindsey Bedenk of Colorado, left a suicide note on Facebook just hours before setting off for the iconic structure.

Here’s her note …

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Sad …

The other individual who took his life on the bridge was 30-year-old William Charles Best, Jr. – a native of the South Carolina Lowcountry.  According to authorities, the two met each other during mental health counseling.

Police said Bedenk and Best died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds – both apparently opened their mouths, inserted the gun barrel and pulled the trigger.

News of the deaths was exclusively reported by WCSC-TV 5 (CBS – Charleston, S.C.) reporter Meaghan Wallace – who had accurate information on the tragedy hours before other news outlets (and stuck by her reporting during several hours of chaotic uncertainty following the incident).

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34 comments

Too Many Sociopaths April 1, 2016 at 4:18 pm

:-(

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CorruptionInColumbia April 1, 2016 at 4:20 pm

Sad! I hope things are better for them both on the other side. RIP.

I wonder if she spent much time watching this video beforehand.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=akhmS1D2Ce4

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9" April 1, 2016 at 4:44 pm Reply
mamatiger92 April 1, 2016 at 4:41 pm

How awful. Prayers for the loved ones of these 2 unfortunate souls.

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stumpknocker April 1, 2016 at 6:20 pm

suicide other than escaping a horrible death is just about as selfish an act one can commit, fuck um.

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9" April 1, 2016 at 6:56 pm Reply
stumpknocker April 1, 2016 at 8:55 pm

really? everyone who loved them are scared for life, the assholes

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Nat April 1, 2016 at 7:40 pm

I have no understanding of what kind of mental pain would drive one to think dead is better. Just hope it never happens to any of my loved ones. Crushing for the parents of these two.

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Dr. Kervorkian April 2, 2016 at 2:13 am

How the fuck would you know?. It’s so easy to sit back and judge others when you don’t know a damn thing about their journey and the depth of despair, pain, suffering and sense of hopelessness they must have felt. You are nothing more than a small minded jerk who hides behind a keyboard and spew stupid, hateful shit to make yourself feel bigger and important. Newsflash, bastard, you aren’t.

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cuckoo cuckoo April 1, 2016 at 7:14 pm

jesus mary n’ joseph

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good riddance April 1, 2016 at 7:18 pm

The fact they demanded an audience pretty much sums up these self absorbed narciissistic douchebags that have become the millenials

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Nat April 1, 2016 at 7:45 pm

You sound like a really nice person.

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cuckoo cuckoo April 1, 2016 at 7:55 pm

jim jones was a nice person sir. i’m the fuckin messiah

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Ross April 2, 2016 at 6:13 pm

Yo asshole they choose to die there not for an audience. An audience always comes to get the body and there is nothing to be ashamed of in death.

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good riddance April 1, 2016 at 7:21 pm

meaghan wallace was that the drunk belligerent bitch who berated the poor cop

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Mike April 1, 2016 at 7:27 pm

I hope you rot in hell. You deserve it.

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mikethesucker April 1, 2016 at 7:52 pm

maybe when i’m parched down there you’ll gimme some of that koolade youre drinkin

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thinouttheherd April 1, 2016 at 7:57 pm

They should have charged admission

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Bible Thumper April 1, 2016 at 8:28 pm

I know how ugly the Internet can be when people can speak anonymously with impunity. I see it in the comments here. I just wonder what kind hell this world would be if people could act with the same impunity in their homes, schools and workplaces. We are already beginning to see it in politics.

Society has three methods of containing this evil. There is the law, social stigma, and personal ethical self regulation. The only one that the internet has is personal ethical self regulation. I can see that a significant percentage of the commenters here are hadicapped in that department.

We don’t judge these two individuals, especially based on the only act that we know them by. I believe that we really don’t understand mental illness and some can’t understand, others can understand why they took their lives, but we can all be understanding.

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stumpknocker April 1, 2016 at 9:31 pm

i understand, it was all about me me me, hell they shut down the cooper river bridge and put up facebook posts, when they killed themselves, they kill a little bit of everyone’s souls that loved them, selfish assholes.

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Bible Thumper April 1, 2016 at 10:55 pm

At least it reminds us that each of us have a soul.

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mamatiger92 April 4, 2016 at 8:47 am

What a cold world we live in.

I truly hope that you, nor anyone that you care about, ever have to suffer from debilitating depression.

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Flip April 4, 2016 at 9:12 am

Amen. Really telling how much she loved those around her and how she still felt her life was beautiful, but it wasn’t enough for her to keep fighting. Just goes to show how powerful depression can be. When your mind is your own worst enemy there is no escape from it.

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Nat April 1, 2016 at 9:41 pm

Check the Cruz Anonymous thread. I found something. It is all a bunch of BS.

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Thumper is Satan April 2, 2016 at 7:53 am

Have you been reading your comments lately? Calling people racists that don’t think like you?
You are correct however.An anonymous troll like you wouldn’t have the guts to look me in the eye and call me a racist and question my integrity.

I guess that is why you hide behind your keyboard and allege Will of being a liar and defaming his business and family.

Go to hell ya hypocritical pussy.

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Bible Thumper April 2, 2016 at 11:21 am

My, my, Aren’t we courageous, though I don’t recall defaming Will’s family.

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Flip April 4, 2016 at 9:13 am

BT comments with a Disqus login so while anonymous at least he isn’t a name-changing clown like you are, Pogo.

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scooter mac April 1, 2016 at 9:59 pm

thats 2 less bernie/hillry votes

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stumpknocker April 1, 2016 at 10:32 pm

dick

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Dr. Kervorkian April 2, 2016 at 2:04 am

No, he is a fucking, stupid asshole!

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jack the dripper April 2, 2016 at 12:53 pm

Thats deep

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Ross April 2, 2016 at 6:11 pm

She died free. She wanted to be in charge of her life and be someone. She was always someone to me no matter what she did.

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poo boy April 2, 2016 at 11:23 pm

dont we all . take that tampon out of your mangina . pussy

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Capt Wylie Davis April 4, 2016 at 1:10 am

Sorry, I’ve had several friends commit suicide. It’s a selfish act which puts loved one’s through undeserving pain. F$%k ’em both.

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