• redsand
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    That specific kind of suicide is unheard of in ones own home and even more for a woman. It’s one of the worst eays to go and is the kind of thing one does to make a statement. If she self immolated it would have been in front of him or somewhere public. Uvalde didn’t even investigate.

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      So I found a study.

      https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1234584/full#ref18

      First off you are right. Self-immolation is much rarer than I thought. This study only had n=51 over 13 years. I have nothing on location of the event.

      Also women commit self-immolation slightly more often than men post COVID, but that might be skewed because of women in Asian countries.

      As for a coverup, self-immolation is a hellava way to not draw attention to yourself. I think doing it in public only slightly less extreme than doing it at home. Less risk of being stopped halfway through?

      It is unfortunate Uvalde PD is handling this. Being a congressman from Texas could definitely allow you to influence a murder investigation in Texas by Texas police.