71. Daytona Beach man, 92, leaps to death from 9th-floor condo
Posted Wed, 2008-12-31 12:25
DAYTONA BEACH -- It was a new year, but life just wasn't the same for 92-year-old Floyd Snyder who leaped to his death Jan. 2, from his 9th-floor condominium balcony, police reported.
Friends and relatives told police Snyder was despondent because his wife, Leonia, who was in failing health, did not recognize him when he went to see her at a nursing home. According to a police report, he called the front desk at the Towers Condominium just before 8 a.m. and said he was going to jump.
Condo employees could not get into his residence until it was too late. A stool was found on the balcony, but no suicide not was left behind.
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