Coroner rules US scientist killed himself


(FILES) This photo taken on May 14, 2013 shows Rick Todd (R) and his wife Mary (2nd R), his son Chet (2nd L), daughter-in-law Corynne (L) and former girlfriend of the late Shane Todd, Shirley Sarmiento (C), leaving the Subordinate courts during a break in Singapore. A Singapore state coroner ruled on July 8 that Todd, found hanged in the city-state in 2012, committed suicide and was not murdered, as his family claims. AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN / FILES

A SINGAPORE state coroner ruled that a US scientist found hanged in the city-state in 2012 committed suicide during a bout of depression and was not murdered as his family claims.

The body of 31-year-old electronics engineer Shane Todd was discovered by his girlfriend in his flat in June 2012, sparking a controversy that reached the highest levels of the Singapore and US governments after his parents refused to accept suicide findings by the Singapore police.

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