Exclusive Brethren Suicide - Rex Campbell Curtis

The authorities believed that Rex had died some time during the previous Sunday evening on July 15th, 2001 and had remained where he took his life until discovered two days later. At the time, the media were dissuaded from reporting the incident in detail out of respect for his grieving family in New Zealand.

The Exclusive Brethren reaction was to spread the rumor that Rex had "wanted to be near the Brethren, so he chose to die near them".

Rex Campbell Curtis was born in 1946 and died aged 55. One of his daughters wrote lovingly in a web obituary a few years later:

"He lived in Perth, however, he was born in New Zealand. Most of his family are still in the Exclusive Brethren in New Zealand. His wife, Corellie, and two daughters miss him very much, but we know that one day we will see him in Heaven, happy and well."

(Research Note: We believe we have located the suicide note and will share the last words of Rex when we have them available.)