I was apparently the first person on the phone with Princeton police (calling from Canada), while my friend posted the original thread you speak of. It seems he had already begun to hang himself by this time. I somehow wish I could have called a minute or two earlier. And further, wish he had been able to talk to someone about this before it ended the way it did. RIP my friend.

I sincerely hope you'll pardon the cliche, but you did everything you could.

Thanks for doing that much. A lot of people would be frozen in shock upon receiving something like that.