Coroner Links Suicide Rate To Recession

An Indiana coroner has evidence that the suicide rate is rising according to the prolonged economic recession.

 ELKHART, Ind. — An Indiana coroner has evidence that the suicide rate is rising according to the prolonged economic recession.

Coroner John White of Elkhart told MSNBC last week that of the 24 people who committed suicide this year in Northern Indiana, a quarter of them had faced a job loss or financial problems.

According to the Associated Press, Elkhart is the center of a high stress zone in comparison to other counties with a population its size, over 25,000 residents,

The Huffington Post called out an incident in which a woman whose house was about to be foreclosed.

A day after her car was reprossessed, she shot her self in the head.

Said her daughter, “This was a vivacious, very strong woman, and she was taken to her knees because of money.”