Suicide

The discovery of Elmore's rental car led the Albany County Sheriff's Office to prepare a search Sept. 13.

Wyoming's suicide rate is among the highest in the nation at 20.7 per 100,000 population.

The Laramie Police Department has concluded its portion of the investigation, but the case remains open pending completion of the coroner's report.

"Nobody really wants to deal with it straight on because it's kind of a touchy subject, said Smith, who served two deployments with the Wyoming Army National Guard in Iraq.

The Out of the Darkness Community Walk will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Laramie’s Washington Park.  Registration and check-in begins at 8 a.m. at the Otto Dahl Shelter.  The walk itself will go from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  There is no cost to attend, but the event is a fundraiser for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to fund suicide awareness and prevention...

Wyoming has begun to trim its notoriously high suicide rate, an organizer of the Suicide Prevention Conference at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper this week.

Over the years, it’s fair to say most of us have known people who have killed themselves, and that their deaths have affected our lives.

A University of Wyoming student died by suicide on campus today, a spokesman said. The male student was found dead by asphyxiation in White Hall early this afternoon, Chad Baldwin said. "There's great sadness on the part of the administration and really the entire UW community," Baldwin said...