By Kenneth Lipp
A retired sailor walked nine miles from his home to the facility where he was being treated and committed a fiery suicide.
NORTHFIELD, New Jersey — The last evidence of the life of Charles Richard Ingram III is a circle of scorched earth next to a Veterans Affairs clinic.
Ingram, a seven-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, arrived at the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic around 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 19. He had been there before for treatment, but this would be his last visit.
The 51-year-old walked nine miles from his home in Egg Harbor, past an American Legion park
and a memorial dedicated to military veterans, before finally stopping a
few yards short of the clinic parking lot curb. Once there, he doused
himself in gasoline and set himself on fire.
A motorist called 911, according to Capt. Paul Newman of the Northfield
Police Department, and firefighters arrived three minutes later. A
bystander was already at Ingram’s side, trying to extinguish the fire
with blankets. Twenty minutes later, Ingram was airlifted to Temple University Burn Center in Philadelphia, where he died that evening.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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