The Singapore Coroner's Court has found that the death of an American Bitcoin exchange CEO is a suicide. On Monday, a coroner's investigation ruled out foul play in the death of 28-year old Autumn Marie Radtke.
The death of the Bitcoin exchange CEO on February 26 was a suicide related to work and personal issues as per the report of the coroner's court in Singapore. The report released on Monday said that Autumn Marie Radtke was resolute to end her life and had made intensive efforts toward facilitating the outcome including by researching suicide methods on the Internet.
The death of the young American boss of a Singapore-based start-up dealing in bitcoins has sparked keen media attention because it transpired not long after the high-profile downfall of the Mt. Gox exchange in Tokyo. It was believed that the Bitcoin exchange CEO had struggled with the company's dreary financial circumstances and personal finances before she committed suicide in February this year.
Autumn Marie Radtke, 28-year old lady from Wisconsin was chosen its CEO in December and had moved from California to Singapore. She grew up in Waukesha County and attended Muskego High School. She left Wisconsin while still in her teens, building a successful career at early-stage tech firms, where she became known for her cordiality, personality and business knowledge. She seemed to have a solid interest in bitcoin. She spoke at Singapore's currency conference, and was close to bitcoin forerunner Brock Pierce. She became CEO of First Meta in early 2012; as per the company's website, she is still enlisted as CEO.
Bitcoin exchange CEO's death emanated on the nether of swelling controversy surrounding the sector. As per the coroner's court report, Autumn Radtke had disclosed in close friends and co-workers since the second half of last year that she was strained over First Meta's fiscal issues and had voiced suicidal thoughts to some of them. Her boyfriend Daniel Pohlod said that she had been talking to the board director about selling off the company as early as last December, but desired to guard the clients' security and not outpace a bad name.
In mid-February, she had told him that the company was running out of cash and was pursuing tenants to take over her home lease for cost-cutting. Bitcoin exchange CEO's Brother Dustin Pfaff, thought that Mt. Gox's tumble may have caused her to be guilty as she had been recommending people for bitcoin investment.
The evidence picked from the Bitcoin exchange CEO's personal laptop also revealed that she had been researching suicidal methods on February 24, two days before her death. She was found dead with limb injuries and a deformed skull on February 26 on the second floor beyond a bosh collection center at an apartment block at Cantonment Close, near her Everton Park home.
Inquiries suggest that the Bitcoin exchange CEO had climbed up a bulwark on the 16th floor and jumped to her death. Investigators found cocaine-stained plastic strip in her pants' back pocket, but according to the State Coroner, it was not decisive if she consumed it before her death. State Coroner Janet Wang found that the victim committed suicide and was firm and had made resolute efforts to end her life. Twelve hours prior to her death, security camera footage showed her making three solo trips to the block.
The details of the coroner's findings on Bitcoin exchange CEO's death were reported on Singapore state broadcaster Channel NewsAsia's website.
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