American woman's death in suicide capsule leads to arrests in Switzerland
Warning: This story contains sensitive content The death of an American woman in an assisted suicide capsule has led to criminal proceedings being launched against several people in Switzerland.
Warning: This story contains sensitive content
The death of an American woman in an assisted suicide capsule has led to criminal proceedings being launched against several people in Switzerland.
The 64-year-old woman from the Midwest died Monday, in the “Sarco” device on Monday evening, according to The Last Resort, the company which developed and manages the machine.
She died under the canopy of trees at a private forest retreat in the Canton of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, it said in a statement, adding that she “had been suffering for many years from a number of serious problems associated with severe immune compromise.”
The company did not name the woman who died, nor did Schaffhausen Police, which said in a statement Tuesday that prosecutors had opened criminal proceedings against “several people for incitement and aiding and abetting suicide.”
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