William H. Lash III, former Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance at the United States Department of Commerce (and the Department’s Head of Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Task Forces), has killed himself and his autistic son.
Here is a recent editorial of his in the Moonie Times. Here is an interview he gave to the Libyan press. I have no idea why he killed himself. It appears he beat the shit out of his wife and she fled the house. When the police showed up he committed suicide and killed his son.
My condolences to his wife and family.