“I thought he was fine”: The words still haunt Elsie Alex-Tanner, 43, a mother of four from Ocala. Her teenage son’s best friend died by suicide in July.
Nobody told Alex-Tanner, the crisis intervention specialist for the nonprofit Marion Senior Services, that he had mentioned suicide before, she said.
Giving away possessions or getting quiet are common traits among those who die by suicide. In this case, the 26-year-old did something different. He sent text messages…