Back of the head bullet ruled suicide?

There are some families unable to deal with the loss of someone because of suicide. It happens all the time and they must cope with all the unanswerable questions. Then there are other times when the death is ruled suicide but it seems impossible to believe for a reason. Usually a bullet into the back of a head is done to someone and not self-inflicted.

Soldier's widower fears 'stigma'
Tirador doubts suicide ruling for wife, Amy, and seeks a second autopsy
By LEIGH HORNBECK, Staff writer
First published in print: Saturday, March 20, 2010

COLONIE -- Four months after his wife's mysterious death in Iraq, Michael "Mickey" Tirador spoke for the first time about what the Army has said was Staff Sgt. Amy Tirador's suicide.

Tirador is on leave from the Army. He traveled to the Capital Region to meet with forensic scientist Michael Baden in hopes the doctor will perform a second autopsy on Amy Tirador's body, which will have to be exhumed from the national cemetery at Saratoga.

Tirador said Thursday his wife was happy and the couple planned to start a family after Amy finished her deployment.

"I was confident the Army would find my wife's killer," Tirador said, explaining why he has chosen to launch his own investigation into her death. "I do not believe Amy killed herself."

Tirador said he is angry and tired. Amy was "it" for him, he said, the reason he was always excited to come home from work at night.



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