Minnesota nurse suspected of urging people via the Internet to ...

William Melchert-Dinkel is suspected of helping to commit suicide over the internet.

[Concerned]

How did the paper get access to this persons confiential medical records?

[i saw it]

its okay cause he's white

[zed]

Ok, this guy is a screaming, flaming, dangerous nutjob that needs to be locked up in a straightjacket and given routine and regular electronic lobotomies!

People like this guy are frightening examples of what we allow to walk our streets!!!

[Bubba]

Another nice white boy!

(where are all those that spout their xenophobic views when anyone with a "foreign" sounding name is in the news? You guys fall asleep??? Whats good for the goose....)

[Cynic]

My supervisor tells many of us at work he would like to kill us. I can't wait to get to work this morning and inform them that if they die before I see them next, Sgt. Paul Schnell is the guy to contact. Apparently, he has the ability to override constitutional law and will have them arrested........

[Only five comments in_]

and there's the race card already...but yeah...what a whack job. I hope they are able to figure out just how many people he helped to push into suicide and prosecute for each and every single one. I can't imagine what his wife is going through right now or his kids either having found this out.

[Fed up with bailing out]

Only five comments in_ wrote:

and there's the race card already...but yeah...what a whack job. I hope they are able to figure out just how many people he helped to push into suicide and prosecute for each and every single one. I can't imagine what his wife is going through right now or his kids either having found this out.

It's more like YOU'RE using the race card. You are, after all, the one to mention it.

[linokid]

Glad this sick puppy isnt my neighbor, dont find em mush sicker. Government, please save his kids.

[St Paul Mom]

why was he still working in the health field?

[grama who cares]

What is wrong with people these days? The internet is so good for so many things and then you have crazy people doing what they can to destroy people. What if someone was depressed. Whould he tell them the same or tell them to get help like he should! Its hard to read this paper everyday.

[Sarah D]

Cynic wrote:

My supervisor tells many of us at work he would like to kill us. I can't wait to get to work this morning and inform them that if they die before I see them next, Sgt. Paul Schnell is the guy to contact. Apparently, he has the ability to override constitutional law and will have them arrested........

According to the article it was a retired British teacher who notified the police of a connection between this guy and suicides. Once they had a name and probable cause, law enforcement can subpoena ISP's and websites. Reputable sites and ISP's that are within the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agencies will then open their records and allow perusal of chat room logs.

This probably was a combined effort of more than one law enforcement agency.

[Robogop]

Kevorkian wrote:

a job awaits him as a death panel czar

Exactly. I'm sure any number of insurance companies would take hire on to decide who gets covered and who doesn't.

[Slim Shady]

wow a new fetish "addicted" to suicide chat rooms.What next

[badgerone]

Maybe he could take his own advice and kill his self.

[THE TRUTH IS]

people talked to him because he listened.

[Mort]

badgerone wrote:

Maybe he could take his own advice and kill his self.

He's too cowardly.

[Observer]

Concerned wrote:

How did the paper get access to this persons confiential medical records?

They are quoting from public records of the Board of Nursing.

[Observer]

Cynic wrote:

My supervisor tells many of us at work he would like to kill us. I can't wait to get to work this morning and inform them that if they die before I see them next, Sgt. Paul Schnell is the guy to contact. Apparently, he has the ability to override constitutional law and will have them arrested........

What "constitutional law" is being overridden here?

[EastStPaulite]

St Paul Mom wrote:

why was he still working in the health field?

Exactly!!! With a record like that who would hire him? Oh just a few nursing homes and a hospital!!! Makes you think...What a sad story. Is their any GOOD news any more? I hope this guy gets the strictest punishment for all of this. Another thing...who would actually let another individual convince you to kill yourself? I don't get it I guess. Did his wife know about this? This guy need serious mental evaluation, hopefully he doesn't pass his bad genes onto his offspring.

[9to5r]

Sick and twisted. Scary thing is, he might not get charged with anything; since he didn't really kill these people. "They were on the edge anyways, with histories of self-destructive behaviors" (just imagining what his defense attorney will say in court...)