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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

City Police Assist Suicidal Man Found Drunk, Wearing Diaper

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:35 PM

Seattle Police responded to a Queen Anne apartment building Sunday morning after receiving a call from a man who told police he was concerned his brother planned to kill himself.

According to a police report, the man told officers he'd gone to his brother's apartment and found him "wearing only a shirt and an adult diaper."

When officers arrived at the scene, they heard the diaper-wearing man crying inside his apartment.

[Ed. note: you can stop reading here if you'd like. It only gets sadder.]

One officer climbed a ladder to see into the man's unit, and found the man lying on the floor bleeding from his elbow, with his head under a table. The report says the man's apartment was "very messy with no food, only alcohol in it."

The Officer used a car key to open the window and contacted the man who, according to the report, was barely conscious. The man's diaper, the report says, was "so full it was hanging down to his knees."

Medics arrived on scene and officers apparently had to restrain him when he became "combative" before he was involuntarily committed at Harborview.

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What a crappy way to go that would have been!

I think he needs some time away at a medical facility where someone can clean him up and pamper him for a while.

Posted by Baconcat on April 8, 2009 at 3:45 PM

On first quick reading, the headline made me think that the police are now participating in assisted suicide.

Posted by Tom on April 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM

seattle is full of crazy retards

Posted by let's tolerate thousands of crazy retards! so progressive on April 8, 2009 at 3:49 PM

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

and so, this is news?

Posted by Roy on April 8, 2009 at 3:55 PM

I'm not Pete Wentz enough to think this is sad.

Posted by Haw haw haw on April 8, 2009 at 3:55 PM

I was joking about the Depends. Guess someone took it the wrong way ...

How come SLOG never covered the attack by Canada on the US this week (aka death by F-15)?

Posted by Will in Seattle on April 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM

Go fuck yourself, Will.

Posted by Fnarf on April 8, 2009 at 4:09 PM

@6 As compelling a story as that was, it did not involve an adult diaper. Thus, no coverage in the SLOG.

Posted by Ackham on April 8, 2009 at 4:10 PM

Ah, that explains it Ackham.

Sadly, it was by Cessna and not by Piper Cub, which would have been more fun (think SNL in the old days).

Posted by Will in Seattle on April 8, 2009 at 4:15 PM

This story is distasteful, even by the standards of The Stranger. It's not acceptable to write up a police report of some poor guy's suicidal depression. Just because it happened doesn't make it newsworthy.

Posted by GrammarCop on April 8, 2009 at 4:18 PM

The crying, depressed diaper man, weighed down with his own filth, became combative before being led away.

IS GEORGE BAKAN GOING TO BE OK????

Posted by RORY CALHOUN on April 8, 2009 at 4:21 PM

He just needed to be changed.

Then he would have stopped crying.

Obviously, none of you have children...

Posted by Supernanny on April 8, 2009 at 4:31 PM

I feel like I just time traveled into the future and found out what happens to me in 5 more years.

Posted by josh bomb on April 8, 2009 at 4:36 PM

Doesn't anyone think it's a little bit heartless to spread this story? the man was clearly at a severely low point in his life... most of us experience some kind of severely low point, where we feel crazy and suicidal... give the guy some privacy. he's obviously suffering enough. he doesn't need this story posted all over the internet.

Posted by police of the normality police on April 8, 2009 at 4:44 PM

So that's what happened to Ecce Homo!

Posted by yucca flower on April 8, 2009 at 4:48 PM

@14, I agree completely.

Posted by Fnarf on April 8, 2009 at 5:09 PM

If you were drunk with no food and a diaper full of shit you'd be crying as well.

Posted by Thought I Saw A Bum on April 8, 2009 at 5:13 PM

I don't know why anyone is surprised.
Dan warned you that you would leak, eventually.

Posted by Dan Savage's assistant Biff on April 8, 2009 at 5:31 PM

I have to disagree. I am glad they are reporting this. Usually the media only reports things about mentally ill people when they are killing other people. At least this gives more of a picture of some of the actual ways in which people are devastated by mental illness. People should be made aware that these kind of things happen and that almost all mentally ill people are non-violent and instead suffer a great deal. Perhaps this sort of discussion in the public sphere would lead to more humane treatments and policies regarding the mentally ill.

Posted by kristinbell on April 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM

the responding cops deserve hazard pay. and respirators.

Posted by wilbur@work on April 8, 2009 at 10:31 PM

Good points, all.

We really shouldn't disparage our fine upstanding NASA astronauts.

Posted by Will in Seattle on April 8, 2009 at 10:48 PM

So what maybe he couldnt find anyone to except him, and hes not mentally ill. He prob just got to the point he couldnt stand not finding anyone to help him out with this. If he goes into a mental hospital, they arnt gunna change his diaper, thell just dope him up to the point he will wanna clean himself up. I tryed being a "public" baby but it didnt go down well.

Posted by MeGUEST on July 30, 2010 at 10:27 PM