Expert provides tips on how to spot possible suicide

Jeannie Walter has had a rough life.

As a child, she was held for several years by a man who had kidnapped her and frequently beat and raped her.

After an especially unpleasant encounter with the man she took a razor and slashed her arm five times.

"I don't think I wanted to die, I just wanted to escape," she said.

As an adult, two of her children committed suicide.

Now, as president of the Lewistown chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, she said she is dedicating her life to educating people on how to fight suicide.

"Once people commit suicide, they are gone. All w...