Sat May 25 12:38:25 SAST 2013
Sat May 25 12:38:25 SAST 2013

He really didn't want to get married

Nov 23, 2011 | Daily Mail | 97 comments

Bridegroom (28) commits suicide just hours after wedding to his school sweetheart - Left a note and wedding ring at hotel for his 26-year-old bride

BRIDAL JOY TURNS TO SORROW: Fernando Brazier with his new wife/widow Trudian Hay

A father of two took his own life by throwing himself into a river just hours after marrying his long-term love.

Fernando Brazier, 28, left a note at the front desk of the hotel, where he had spent the first night with his new wife, telling her where his body could be found.

The note also said: 'I can't take it anymore... take care of the kids'.

He was then seen leaving the Radisson Hotel in New Rochelle, New York around 9am on Sunday and climbing into a taxi.

He was discovered at the bottom of the Harlem River near Roberto Clemente State Park around 3pm, according to police sources.

Her family described the young mother, a college graduate, as 'distraught'.

Brazier's sister Shawna Weeks told the New York Post: 'He said [in the note] he couldn't take it anymore, and to take care of the kids.

'He left his ring in the envelope.'

The couple had been together since they were teenagers and had two daughters aged five and two years.

Brazier was reportedly suffering from depression for several months and had counselling with his fiancee.

His sister said: 'He would tell me that Trudy was a good person [but] he didn't want to marry her; he was feeling like he was pressured.'

Brazier worked as a night security guard and was studying to be a nurse.

Daily Mail

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Sat May 25 12:38:26 SAST 2013 ::
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Nov 23, 2011

MRPRESIDENT11

There are more suicidal activities expected from that side as long as the ladies busy decorate their bumbs with cement and tyre materials.
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Nov 23, 2011

ZuluPrincess711

shame bandla ... so sorry Trudy ... poor guy, he was harbouring so much heaviness ... all in the name of being a man ... loSisi wakhe angazosidina la ... why didn't she say these things while the brother was alive? ... sefuna ukuthi uTrudy obulale umyeni wakhe? ... nx! usile maan!
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Nov 23, 2011

Sandile84

Shame man, doing anything to impress people will make you unhappy.
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Nov 23, 2011

nevus

bathong Tshepo ke leng re jola and mamaka o ntseneletse gore re nyala leng,hai nna ke kgathetse ke go dula ko gae re pitlagane,phela re na le four months re jola and ha o bue niks,nx Tshepo wa batho shame.
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Nov 23, 2011

cold

ANGEKE NGISHADE EMPILWENI YAMI,NGIZODILA NABAFAZI BABANTU ABA STRESSED,NALABO ABALAHLILE ANGIFUNI STRESS IN MY LIFE
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Nov 23, 2011

Mosquer

Mathata. But why a be a dula le ena a sa nyake go mo nyala?
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Nov 23, 2011

Sganja

Eish women of today,they are very dangerous.they care about status...
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Nov 23, 2011

DeeQ

Setlaela sa monna. Who forced u to get married.
Now the poor kids will grow up without their dad because he was a coward of a man. mxm.
Shortcut to hell i tell you.
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Nov 23, 2011

SifisoHadebe

The suicide route is somewhat cowardly,
R.I.P. to the groom and marriage that ended sourly.
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Nov 23, 2011

Mxcm!!

@Trudian Hay
Congratulations sweetheart, you finally got rid of the dead beat, dead weight who never wanted to marry you!

I have no sympathy whatsoever for idiotic adults who don't have the balls to face life and opt for the easier exit! Enjoy purgutory Fernando!
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