The suicide of Jon Avila was fairly well-covered by the press in the Northwest. I name him here because his name has appeared in several newspaper articles already. His parents had stayed at RMA for several days after his death and spent considerable time talking with students and staff in an effort to absolve their guilt. No suit was ever filed.
http://www.isaccorp.org/cedu/rockymount ... uicide.pdf[/code]
This wasn't Avila. It happened in 88 or 89. I can't remember which.
We were told it was an attempt, Idaho speculates that there was a possibility it could have been successful.
Due to the fact that the Avila case was made public, I doubt that the attempt was successful, or we would have heard about it.
If it was successful, one possible scenario for the discrepancy would be that this kid was discovered by staff, while John, I believe, was discovered by another student. No matter how brainwashed the kid, they are still going to talk to their peers about it.
This is merely idle speculation. Occam's Razor tells me that it was an attempt only, but the second scenario could be likely, too, just not as much so.
All I know is, he was in voyageurs, one day I saw him, and the next day he was gone... tried a bunch of pills. (Have no idea where he got them or what they were. Red flag.) Rea makes an announcement before raps, but people already know that he was kicked out for trying to kill himself. As such, Rea doesn't bother re-hashing what had happened, and starts off his lecture by saying ""We WILL NOT have crazy people at this school!"
