106 Y.O. Woman & 30 Y.O. Caregiver Die In Suicide Pact

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A 106-year-old woman and 30-year-old man who police and social workers described as inseparable died together in an apparent suicide agreement, officials said Monday.

The bodies of Helen Godet and her caretaker of nine years, David Lund, were found Friday in the home they shared in the Bayview district near Monster Park.

They left notes dated Dec. 27 indicating that Lund had strangled the widow when she decided she couldn't take her own life, then swallowed a fatal dose of antifreeze, police said.

"She was supposed to drink the poison, but she could not do it,'' said Inspector Dennis Maffei of the homicide detail. "She did sign a suicide note -- it said that she wanted to kill herself. . . . It was just time.''

Most suicide pacts involve elderly couples in which at least one of the partners is in poor health, police said. "This was indeed different,'' Maffei said.

The relationship itself was an unlikely one, but those who knew the two said it was close and genuine.


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The 106 year old was gambling with the casino's money anyway.