The initial “That seems odd…” feeling about the David Carradien death really hasn’t worn off. I just can’t shake it, not sure why. Apparently the mystery is only getting deeper and now the FBI is getting involved in the situation:
Mark Geragos, a Los Angeles attorney who represented Carradine’s brother, Keith Carradine, said on Saturday the family has contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation and filed a formal request to have the FBI contact authorities in Thailand for further information.
“They’ve done it because of the conflicting reports and the nature of those reports that have given the family great pause,” Geragos told Reuters.
In regards to the being bound:
With coroners awaiting results of toxicology tests, Thai media pointed to suicide or accidental autoerotic asphyxiation as possible causes of death. Some reports have said a cord was wrapped around Carradine’s genitals and others that his hands were bound behind his back. None could be confirmed.
Actually, there appears to be no proof that there was anyone else in the room with him:
“It is unclear whether he committed suicide or not, or he died of suffocation or heart failure,” he said.
Police continue to say there was no evidence that anyone else was in the room at the time of the actor’s death.
One question I had originally asked focused on a history of suicidal thoughts – specifically, did he have any? Back in 2004 he made a comment that could raise questions in the minds of individuals:
“Look, there was a period in my life when I had a single action Colt 45, loaded, in my desk drawer. And every night I’d take it out and think about blowing my head off, and then decide not to and go on with my life. Put it back in the drawer and open up the laptop and continue writing my autobiography or whatever. But it was just to see.”
To me, this does NOT mean he was suicidal. He thought about it, but simply thinking about something does not make on guilty of something. At one point in life I’m sure everyone has had what others would call “odd or questionable” thoughts.
His friends and family also deny he had suicidal tendencies:
A longtime friend of actor David Carradine says it “doesn’t make sense” that the star killed himself.
Actor Michael Madsen said on The Early Show Friday depression “wasn’t really a part of Carradine’s makeup.
“I spoke to his wife this morning,” Madsen added, “and she really wants everybody to know that David was not suicidal. Certainly, I would have known about something like that. Depression wasn’t really a part of his personality. Whatever causes people to have that emotion, he seems to have — seemed to have gotten over it.”
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