Apparent Suicide Intersects with Love Lane

Yesterday at around 4:40 p.m., reports came in that a male was found dead, from an apparent stabbing, in a brownstone on Hicks Street, at the corner of Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights. Today the NY Sun says that the "42-year-old man [Graham Barnett] was found dead with multiple stab wounds to his torso"--he was reportedly found in the bathtub and the police recovered knives from the scene. It is suspected that Barnett, who had lived in the neighborhood for 30 years and was married with two twin daughters, committed suicide.

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By Jen Carlson in News on August 6, 2008 12:13 PM

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broccoli

A man was clearly suffering, and left behind a wife and two young children. This is a sad, extremely tragic situation for the Barnetts as well as their friends and neighbors. At this moment, we should all mourn Graham’s passing and wish the best to his family.

NannyState

It's a little too "Kurosawa" for that particular neighborhood. Upper West Side? Much more believable.

Future Taliban

Never really heard that one before, "Stabbed himself to death". I mean I can understand a single good fatal stab or cut a la sepuku but MULTIPLE times?. Sounds kinda unnecessarily painful. This suicidal option must surely rate right alongside with "boiled himself to death" in popularity.