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Originally Posted by: UltimateMage57

Hey did you hear about this? Wasn't this guy the guild leader of [GFO]?

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Portsmouth Man found Dead in Apparent Suicide; Police Suspect Foul Play

Portsmouth, Virginia native Shaun Jacobs was found dead in his apartment Friday in what was an apparent suicide by a gunshot to the head.
Jacobs’ body was found in the basement of the East End apartment the 26 year old man shared with his mother, who was at work the night of the suicide, by a friend who had come to visit to ask him about a video game, police say.
“I thought I’d come by, and, y’know, ask him what server he was going to play on after the expansion,” said Christian Miller, Jacobs’ friend and classmate in the local community college. “I opened up the screen door and went into the basement, and that’s when I saw him. I thought he was just asleep at the computer, but when I got closer, I knew. That’s when I saw he was dead.”
Jacobs, who was recently unemployed following a work injury, was an avid player of the online video game World of Warcraft, his mother says. The game was running on the screen and his character was logged in when Miller found him dead.
“I don’t think it had anything to do with the game,” said Miller. “He wasn’t as serious as some people get about those kinds of things. I mean, he didn’t get out much, sure, but it was more like he was…busy all the time, or something. He hadn’t even played much recently because his internet was down for a while.”
According to Verizon, the Jacobs’ internet service had been temporarily disconnected after a large amount of bandwidth use had been detected on Jacobs’ IP address.
However, police have reason to believe that foul play might have had a part in Jacobs’ death.
“At this time, we are unable to disclose any official information about the investigation,” said Portsmouth Police Lieutenant Gregory Fawn. “However, we have reason to believe Mr. Jacobs’ death was not a suicide.”
Memorial services are scheduled for Tuesday in what is to be a private family service.

Hampton Roads News Service

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