Another Legislator Suicide

Brandon Anotone Hixon (October 26, 1981 – January 9, 2018) was a Republican Idaho State Representative from December 1, 2012 to October 19, 2017 representing District 10 in the A seat.

On October 18, 2017, the Caldwell, Idaho, police department confirmed that Hixon was the subject of a criminal investigation. On October 19, 2017, he submitted his letter of resignation via email to House Speaker Scott Bedke and Governor Butch Otter, effective immediately. On October 26, 2017, the Caldwell Police Department turned the criminal investigation over to the Idaho Attorney General's Office. On October 31, 2017 it was reported that Hixon was under investigation for "sexual abuse allegations" from a police report dated October 25, 2017.

Hixon, former Republican state lawmaker from Boise, Idaho who was facing a sexual abuse investigation shot and killed himself, authorities said on Tuesday, January 9, 2018.

Brandon Hixon was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in his Caldwell home early Tuesday, January 9, 2018, Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris said. A family member discovered his body. Some say because he did in fact have those sexual relations.He was 36 years old.

Officials have released no details about the criminal investigation into Hixon, 36, except that it was related to possible sexual abuse. Records obtained by The Associated Press show that he was previously the focus of a separate police investigation in 2014 after being accused of inappropriate touching.

At the time, Hixon denied the accusations and told police he was worried they would harm his political career. It’s unknown if the new investigation, ongoing since Oct. 5, was connected to the earlier case.

Hixon and his wife, Danielle, had five children, ages 6 to 17. They divorced in 2016.

Hixon was elected in 2012, becoming one of the youngest lawmakers to win a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives. He didn’t stand out during his time in the Statehouse until he abruptly resigned in October after the sexual abuse investigation emerged.

After stepping down, Hixon was arrested twice for drunken driving and was charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest last month.

Hixon’s death comes after two recent others have died by suicide, after recent sexual misconduct investigations.

On December 20, 2017, James Csaszar jumped from the heights of the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, a sleek ultramodern skyscraper reaching 82-stories into Chicago's downtown skyline. Until November 2017, Csaszar had worked as a Catholic priest at the Church of the Resurrection in New Albany, Ohio. (See more, here.)

On December 13, 2017, Kentucky lawmaker Dan Johnson shot and killed himself last year after a report was published detailing allegations that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in his basement in 2012. He had denied the accusations. After he shot himself on a bridge in Mount Washington, southeast of Louisville, Kentucky. Johnson was an American evangelical pastor and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. (See more, here.)

Brandon Antonoe Hixon:

Brandon
The name Brandon is an English name with the meaning of the name Brandon being derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English for "hill covered with broom." Broom is a prolific weed. Also Brandon can mean, "From the beacon hill."


Antonoe
In English the meaning of the source name Antonis is "highly praiseworthy." It derives from a Roman clan name. In the 17th century, the spelling Anthony was associated with the Greek anthos meaning "flower."


Hixon
English surname Hixon means "son of Hick". Hick was a pet name for Richard. The Germanic first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English "ric" (ruler, leader, king, powerful) and "hard" (strong, brave, hardy), and it therefore means "strong in rule".

Another Suicide After Sexual Misconduct Allegation

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017, a religious figure died by suicide by jumping from the Aura building in Chicago, after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced. 

This follows in the wake of Kentucky state legislator Dan Johnson dying by suicide, on December 13, 2017, after he shot himself on a bridge in Mount Washington, southeast of Louisville, Kentucky. Johnson was an American evangelical pastor and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, who was accused of having molested a member of his church in 2012, when she was 17 years old.

On Wednesday morning, Father James Csaszar jumped from the heights of the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, a sleek ultramodern skyscraper reaching 82-stories into the downtown skyline. The location is just north of Millennium Park.

Csaszar Name Meaning. Hungarian (Császár): from császár "emperor," probably a nickname given to a self-important person or a status name for a servant of the emperor. Old Hungarian names meaning "king," "prince," "noble," "magistrate," etc. were given to serfs, not to nobles or dignitaries.

The 82-story Aqua residential tower and hotel in the 200 block of North Columbus Drive.
Rev. James Csaszar, pastor of Church of the Resurrection in the Columbus suburb of New Albany, Ohio. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune; Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus)

The Aqua was designed by Studio Gang Architects, led by firm principal and founder, Jeanne Gang, and it was the firm's first skyscraper project. The project was the largest ever awarded to an American firm headed by a woman.

To capture views of nearby landmarks for Aqua's residents, Gang stretched its balconies outward by as much as 12 ft. The result is a building composed of irregularly shaped concrete floor slabs which lend the facade an undulating, sculptural quality. Gang cites the striated limestone outcroppings that are a common topographic feature of the Great Lakes region as inspiration for these slabs.

The Aqua is an architectural wonder, and one of the classic buildings produced by InFocusTech (link here); pictured above. 

The Aqua opened in 2009, and is 819 feet tall with 81 or 82 floors, depending on various sources. The building may be developing as a suicide magnet. Early Monday, August 4, 2014, Zachary Lammers, 27, fell from the 56th floor of the building, at 221 N. Columbus Dr., to the pool deck below.

(The Aqua building, an 18th story 556-unit twin-tower at 488 Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California, has also a history of suicide. William Blair Lamothe, 49, of Long Beach jumped to his death from the 18th floor penthouse, while being given a tour, on Saturday, January 2, 2010.)

On December 21, 2017, the Cook County medical examiner's office announced Csaszar's death from the Aqua was a suicide.

According to the Chicago Tribune:

Three hundred miles away, the ugly news jolted suburban Columbus, Ohio. Until November, Csaszar had worked as a Catholic priest at the Church of the Resurrection in New Albany, Ohio. Then, after misconduct allegations surfaced about the priest, the 44-year-old was placed on administrative leave.
An investigation into Csaszar will continue despite his death, Ohio law enforcement said.

The Diocese's decided to suspend Csaszar due to "questionable text and telephone 

communications with a minor," the church stated in a news release. The Diocese went further to note the charges were also related to a "potential misuse of church funds" while Csaszar was serving at St. Rose of Lima Parish in New Lexington, Ohio, roughly 55 miles southeast of Columbus.

Columbus's 10TV reported New Lexington Police sent an email to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification with the subject line: "inappropriate relationship between Priest and 16yom." 

How widespread are suicides as a result of the waves of sexual assault and misconduct revelations sweeping the world? The two recent deaths in the USA may be the tip of the iceberg. Have others occurred? Certainly the UK is waking up to this connection.

Thanks to Andrew for the initial link.