Name: T 2008-02-24 15:29
Scourge of Scientology dies in apparent suicide
He seemed to abandon the fight in the last year.
By Jonathan Abel and Robert Farley, Times Staff Writers
Published February 19, 2008
CLEARWATER - Shawn Lonsdale, whose one-man crusade against Scientology made him a public enemy of the church, was found dead at his home over the weekend in an apparent suicide. He was 39.
Police discovered Lonsdale's body at 12:20 p.m. Saturday after neighbors reported a foul odor. They found a garden hose stretched from the exhaust pipe of Lonsdale's car into a window of his home at 510 N Lincoln Ave., according to Clearwater police spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts.
Daly-Watts said there were no signs of foul play, and police found what appeared to be a suicide note. It was not immediately available.
The medical examiner's office said the official cause of death is pending toxicology reports.
[theres more to the story on the page: http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/19/Northpinellas/Scourge_of_Scientolog.shtml]
He seemed to abandon the fight in the last year.
By Jonathan Abel and Robert Farley, Times Staff Writers
Published February 19, 2008
CLEARWATER - Shawn Lonsdale, whose one-man crusade against Scientology made him a public enemy of the church, was found dead at his home over the weekend in an apparent suicide. He was 39.
Police discovered Lonsdale's body at 12:20 p.m. Saturday after neighbors reported a foul odor. They found a garden hose stretched from the exhaust pipe of Lonsdale's car into a window of his home at 510 N Lincoln Ave., according to Clearwater police spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts.
Daly-Watts said there were no signs of foul play, and police found what appeared to be a suicide note. It was not immediately available.
The medical examiner's office said the official cause of death is pending toxicology reports.
[theres more to the story on the page: http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/19/Northpinellas/Scourge_of_Scientolog.shtml]