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Questions over Scientology's 19 calls in 48 hours before 110,000-volt suicide

Title: Questions over Scientology's 19 calls in 48 hours before 110,000-volt suicide
Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Publisher: Brisbane Times
Author: Christine Kellett
Main source: brisbanetimes.com.au

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The 110,000-volt electric charge that killed Edward McBride was so strong it caused an explosion capable of causing flash burns up to 10 metres away. Witnesses who saw it at the Energex substation in Everton, in Brisbane's north, two years ago likened it to fireworks that glowed red long after the Brisbane soldier's life had ended. There could be no doubt the 30-year-old Special Forces commando and trained electrician wanted to die, of that fact State Coroner John Lock could be ... [Read the rest at brisbanetimes.com.au]