Update, October 14: Former child star Matthew Mindler died by suicide by using sodium nitrate that he ordered from Amazon.com, his mother said today.
Mindler bought the product for $15. The Lancaster County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that he died from suicide by sodium nitrate toxicity. Sodium nitrate is used to preserve foods and kills by causing low blood pressure and limiting the flow of oxygen to the body.
Monica Mindler said she discovered the Amazon connection while looking at her son’s internet search history after his death. The actor looked up information on buying sodium nitrate and how it was used to end life painlessly. He ordered enough to kill four people, she said.
Monica Mindler said she wanted to warn other families who might be unaware of the dangers of the substance.
Amazon has not yet commented.
Updated with cause of death: Former child star Matthew Mindler,...
Mindler bought the product for $15. The Lancaster County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that he died from suicide by sodium nitrate toxicity. Sodium nitrate is used to preserve foods and kills by causing low blood pressure and limiting the flow of oxygen to the body.
Monica Mindler said she discovered the Amazon connection while looking at her son’s internet search history after his death. The actor looked up information on buying sodium nitrate and how it was used to end life painlessly. He ordered enough to kill four people, she said.
Monica Mindler said she wanted to warn other families who might be unaware of the dangers of the substance.
Amazon has not yet commented.
Updated with cause of death: Former child star Matthew Mindler,...
- 10/15/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Matthew Mindler's death by suicide by caused by complications of sodium nitrate toxicity, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's report, which E! News obtained on Thursday, Oct. 14. Sodium nitrate is an oxidizing agent often used to preserve food. TMZ reported that the actor acquired the substance online and quoted his mother, Monica Mindler, as saying her son had recently researched the compound on the internet as it pertains to painless suicide. _________________ Matthew Mindler's untimely death has been ruled a suicide. On Aug. 30, two days after the former child actor's remains were recovered near his Pennsylvania college...
- 10/14/2021
- E! Online
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