Overview
- Wilcock, who died Monday in Boulder County, was identified by the coroner as a suicide, and detectives are running a joint investigation with the sheriff’s office.
- Deputies responded to a 10:44 a.m. 911 call reporting an unknown problem, contacted a man at 11:02 a.m. holding a firearm, and he used the weapon on himself within minutes, according to officials.
- The sheriff’s office said no one else was found at the property and there is no known threat to the public, with the coroner to finalize the official cause and manner of death.
- Two days before the incident, Wilcock livestreamed gratitude for being alive and cautioned that scientists were going missing, and he had recently posted about dealing with “very intense” personal issues.
- Public figures, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, shared news of his death as social media churned unverified claims, while parallel federal reviews into recent scientist deaths and disappearances have heightened interest in the case.