Dr Philip Nitschke’s ‘death pod’ colleague kills himself after release from custody
Dr Florian Willet (PhD) was a 'changed man' after 70 days of pre-trial detention.
The man who oversaw the first use of Dr Philip Nitschke’s Sarco ‘death pod’ has died by suicide six months after his arrest and release by Swiss police.
Dr Nitschke said his friend Dr Florian Willet (PhD) had an acute psychiatric episode after spending 10 weeks in custody in connection to the death of a 64-year-old US woman.
Dr Willet, 47, was the only person present when the woman died inside the nitrogen-releasing Sarco in a remote forest in northern Switzerland in September 2024.
He was held in pre-trial detention while police investigated whether he had ‘incited, aided and abetted suicide’.
