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" The similarities between those who jump into wells, those who are thrown in, and those who lose their footing and fall are very great. The differences are slight.… If the victim was thrown in or fell in accidentally, the hands will be open and the eyes slightly open, and about the person he may have money or other valuables. But, if he was committing suicide, then his eyes will be shut and his hands clenched. There will be no valuables on the body. Generally, when someone deliberately jumps into a well, they will enter feet first. If the body is found to have gone in head first, it is probable that the victim was being chased or was thrown in by others. "
― Mikita Brottman , An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere
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" Movies, media, lifestyle magazines, and real estate advertisements all encourage the primitive feeling that, since beautiful people seem especially blessed, their lives should also be happy and lucky. I sometimes think that, since I consider myself an average-looking person, I should not have a life that others find enviable and alluring. Rationally, I know this is not true; obviously, I have as much right to happiness as anyone else. But, like most ordinary-looking people, I have always overvalued physical beauty in others. When I realize that someone who looks the way I do can have lived such a fortunate life, while someone as handsome as Rey Rivera could die so horribly and at at such a young age, it feels as though the planets are out of line. "
― Mikita Brottman , An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere
