S16: Kuper Island E4: What happened to Richard?

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 9:05 a.m.

b'Richard Thomas was smart, kind and well-loved. He was having no problems in school and he wanted to go further in education. Then inexplicably, days before his graduation, he\\u2019s found dead in the Kuper Island school gym. His death was ruled a suicide \\u2014 with no further questions as to why. We piece together a portrait of the teenager through his own writings, and find an old coroner\\u2019s report that raises more questions than answers about how Thomas died.\\n\\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/kuper-island-transcripts-listen-1.6622551'