Updated
Updated · Us Weekly · Jul 8
Darrell Sheets' Suicide Note Blames Facebook Bullying, Police Contact 1 Uncooperative Man
Updated
Updated · Us Weekly · Jul 8

Darrell Sheets' Suicide Note Blames Facebook Bullying, Police Contact 1 Uncooperative Man

2 articles · Updated · Us Weekly · Jul 8

Summary

  • A newly obtained police report says Darrell Sheets wrote before his April 22 death that he “could not take anymore, the Facebook bullying,” with the note found in a bathroom basket atop other documents.
  • Police contacted one person Sheets appeared to identify as a bully; the man was described as “extremely uncooperative,” said he was not near Lake Havasu City or Arizona before the death, and claimed he was receiving death threats.
  • 67-year-old Sheets had publicly accused a “cyberbully stalker” in March, saying hacked posts were damaging his name, people were showing up at his work, and the harassment had lasted 3 years.
  • His death in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was later ruled a suicide, and an autopsy toxicology report came back negative for drugs as police said the cyberbullying claims remained part of an active investigation.

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