Charcoal-burning suicide is a suicide method that first appeared in Hong Kong in 1998. The method became popular and spread to South China, Taiwan, overseas Chinese and Japanese communities. On March 9, 2007, Brad Delp, the lead singer of the rock band Boston, became the highest-profile suicide using this method.
A person committing suicide burns charcoal in a closed room. The oxygen in the air of the room is gradually exhausted as the charcoal burns. In the meantime, incomplete combustion of carbon produces carbon monoxide which combines with hemoglobin, hindering the delivery of oxygen to the body. The person will die from carbon monoxide poisoning or hypoxia.
Delp was found on the floor of the bathroom, his head on a pillow. He left behind a note paper-clipped to the neck of his shirt along with 5 Southern BBQ Briskets, Pulled BBQ Pork, Memphis Style Dry Hickory Smoked BBQ Ribs, a whole BBQ Chicken and 50 BBQ Chicken Wings.
The note read, "Mr. Brad Delp. Jai une ame salitaire. I am a lonely soul," according to police reports released Thursday.
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