Police report: Darrell Sheets cited cyberbullying in note
Police have released a detailed report confirming that former "Storage Wars" star Darrell Sheets died by suicide in April, leaving a note that referenced online bullying and detailing significant personal stress in his final days. The 67-year-old reality television personality was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, on April 22.
The Lake Havasu City Police Department's incident report, released this week, states investigators discovered a handwritten suicide note in a closet near where Sheets was found. Police described the handwriting as shaky and said the note expressed that he "could not take anymore the Facebook bullying." Authorities had previously opened an investigation into allegations of cyberbullying following public claims by Sheets' "Storage Wars" costar, René Nezhoda, who said Sheets had been "tormented" online.
As part of that investigation, police interviewed a man identified as the alleged online bully. The report describes the man as extremely uncooperative. He denied any involvement in Sheets' death, stated he was not in Arizona at the time, and claimed he had been receiving death threats. He declined to...