Suicide of Quinn S. Felix

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On October 17, 1931 Quinn Salem Felix, the 52nd President of Nexalan, fatally shot himself in the head during a police raid after controversy during his run of president in the 1931 elections.

Background

On October 16, 1931, Ashley S. Taylor, who was running for vice president with Quinn called the emergency line for an ambulance and police saying that she was strangled and beaten by Quinn in her own residence in an act of anger after losing the presidential election to Jacob P. Jackson, Ashley's jaw was broken and her lung was collapsed, she later in the hospital went under Cardiac Arrest and passed away despite efforts by doctors to resuscitate her. Following her death, a special operations team was called to his house to arrest Quinn for the murder of Ashley.

Quinn S. Felix's home in Elmer, where his body was discovered.

Death

At 4:02 a.m, police arrived at Quinns residence where special operation teams began to forcefully break down his front door, according to police, Quinn began to repeatedly shout "I know" before he later said, "I'm gonna make this quick", followed by a gunshot. It took special operations a total of five minutes to break down the door, at 4:07 a.m, Quinn's body was discovered in the living room of his house with a fatal gunshot wound to his head.

Political sign used in Quinn's 1931 election campaign.

Investigation

On August 8, 1992, with DNA forensics, it was confirmed that the wounds of Ashley S. Taylor's body were caused by Quinn S. Felix. If charged, Quinn S. Felix would had recieved life in prison with no parole.

Photo of Ashley S. Taylor taken on 1929.