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| − | '''Autumn Radtke''' | + | '''Autumn Radtke''' was CEO of [[First Meta]], a [[Bitcoin]] exchange. |
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| + | Radtke reportedly moved from [[California]] to [[Singapore]] in January 2012 to take up the post as head of [[First Meta]].<ref name=NYDN>https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/bitcoin-ceo-researched-suicide-life-coroner-article-1.1941010</ref> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
| − | Autumn Radtke was found dead, having fallen from her apartment in [[Singapore]]. Local media reported it is a [[suicide]]. The ''[[Huffington Post]]'' termed it a "Suspected Suicide".<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/05/autumn-radtke-dead_n_4904324.html</ref> The ''[[New York Post]]'' referred to it as a "questionable financial-sector death".<ref>http://nypost.com/2014/03/05/bitcoin-firm-ceo-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide/</ref> | + | Autumn Radtke was found dead, having fallen from her 16th storey apartment in [[Singapore]]. Local media reported it is a [[suicide]]. The ''[[Huffington Post]]'' and the ''[[Daily Mail]]''<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2573863/Bitcoin-exchange-CEO-dead-home-suspected-suicide-age-28.html</ref> termed it a "Suspected Suicide".<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/05/autumn-radtke-dead_n_4904324.html</ref> The ''[[New York Post]]'' referred to it as a "questionable financial-sector death".<ref>http://nypost.com/2014/03/05/bitcoin-firm-ceo-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide/</ref> Some were more sceptical.<ref>https://www.inquisitr.com/1160604/did-autumn-radtke-bitcoin-businesswoman-really-commit-suicide/</ref> |
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| + | ===Suicide ruling=== | ||
| + | The coroner ruled that the death was a suicide, noting that she had expressed suicidal thoughts separately to two of her friends in the days before her death and visited suicide-related websites.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140916095648/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/first-meta-ceo-was/1363056.html</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:34, 18 December 2019
 Autumn Radtke  (businesswoman) | |
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| Died | 28 February 2014 Singapore |
Cause of death | fall |
| Victim of | premature death |
A tech-valley CEO of a bitcoin exchange who died a violent death, aged 28. It was ruled a suicide. | |
Autumn Radtke was CEO of First Meta, a Bitcoin exchange.
Activities
Radtke reportedly moved from California to Singapore in January 2012 to take up the post as head of First Meta.[1]
Death
Autumn Radtke was found dead, having fallen from her 16th storey apartment in Singapore. Local media reported it is a suicide. The Huffington Post and the Daily Mail[2] termed it a "Suspected Suicide".[3] The New York Post referred to it as a "questionable financial-sector death".[4] Some were more sceptical.[5]
Suicide ruling
The coroner ruled that the death was a suicide, noting that she had expressed suicidal thoughts separately to two of her friends in the days before her death and visited suicide-related websites.[6]
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References
- ↑ https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/bitcoin-ceo-researched-suicide-life-coroner-article-1.1941010
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2573863/Bitcoin-exchange-CEO-dead-home-suspected-suicide-age-28.html
- ↑ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/05/autumn-radtke-dead_n_4904324.html
- ↑ http://nypost.com/2014/03/05/bitcoin-firm-ceo-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide/
- ↑ https://www.inquisitr.com/1160604/did-autumn-radtke-bitcoin-businesswoman-really-commit-suicide/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140916095648/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/first-meta-ceo-was/1363056.html
