Andrew Koenig, the missing “Growing Pains” actor, has been found dead in an apparent suicide. Koenig, 42, had been missing for more than a week when her body was found in Vancouver’s Stanley Park on Thursday.
Shortly after his body was discovered, his father Walter Koenig, in a brief and broken press conference, told the world that his son had been found dead and that he had “killed himself”.
Walter and Judy Koenig, Andrew’s parents, had come to Vancouver to help in the search for their son. While Koenig explored one part of the garden, 10 of his friends explored other areas of the garden. Walter Koenig received a phone from one of those searchers to say he had found Andrea’s body.
Vancouver’s Stanley Park was already searched last week by Vancouver police. They stopped inquiring about the park and went on to pretend that Andrew was “prostrated” somewhere in Vancouver, from the many reported sightings.
Although Walter Koenig was overwhelmed with grief and sorrow, he said few words in a press conference about the sadness. He urged anyone suffering from this disorder to “ask for help” and “tell someone.” He didn’t want to see another family suffer like this.
Andreas Koenig’s behavior before he killed himself, he made himself aware of the text of the text to his death. It seems that he has thought about this for some time, at least for a month. The owner of his land in LA had given up 30 days, and had sold or given away all his property. Andrew’s best friend had offered him a job, which he jumped at and turned down.
Andrew had left the objects on a friend’s doorstep before leaving LA for Vancouver. He made sure that his friends had returned what he had borrowed before he left. That Andrew cleaned his house and had to throw out everything that belonged to him, so that his family would not have to do that, when he had finished what he himself had set out, to make him aware of his death.
“Severely depressed” is how family and friends described Andrew in the last few weeks before he died. The family family learned from friends that they stopped taking medication for depression.
Although the signs were all there for Andrew to consider ending his life, they appeared to be in pieces. and pieces about different friends and family. No one could put the whole picture together until Andrew disappeared and people started reporting his recent behavior. As so often in destruction, the acquaintances are all there, but because one seems to be a friend and another a family member, they are not reconciled until it is too late. One of these behaviors alone would not necessarily be a red flag. Put everything together and it’s a cause for worry and concern.
References: Radaronline