Unfortunate that it doesn't count people who met through non-dating online sources. Closing in on my 1 year anniversary after meeting my husband while nerding it up on MMOs 10 years ago. :)
Rather similar to what happened to a grade school friend of mine. I believe he was 7 when he got into an argument with his mother over his Nintendo (he wanted to sell it, she wanted to save it for his younger brother) and got sent to his room. He was found by his brother later that evening, hanging with a shoelace around his neck from the top bunk in their room. His death was ruled an accident with the story being that he wanted to play a joke on his mother to make her feel guilty, but ended up slipping on the lower bunk's bedding and hitting a nerve in his neck that rendered him unconscious. As he was alone, however... who knows?
I think suicide in children may not be so wildly uncommon, but it isn't recognized because it does often get termed an accident. It may be "accidental" in that they don't understand the ramifications of dying, but surely the children intend to do whatever it is that kills them?
This is relatively old tech; bees have been used to sniff out various things for almost 40 years. Their bomb-sniffing application was pioneered by a team of geeks in Montana over a decade ago. I don't know whether the article I've linked to in my name qualifies as "respected," but the science is definitely there for bee-sniffers.
I know that in one of the Montana team's first trials, they were initially disappointed by the bees' response to a certain area of a test minefield where they knew there were no munition chemicals planted. However, subsequent inspection of the area turned up materials from WW2-era bomb tests. Really, they're incredibly accurate!
I think suicide in children may not be so wildly uncommon, but it isn't recognized because it does often get termed an accident. It may be "accidental" in that they don't understand the ramifications of dying, but surely the children intend to do whatever it is that kills them?
I know that in one of the Montana team's first trials, they were initially disappointed by the bees' response to a certain area of a test minefield where they knew there were no munition chemicals planted. However, subsequent inspection of the area turned up materials from WW2-era bomb tests. Really, they're incredibly accurate!