Homemade Fentanyl Suicide Machine Used in Experiment to Prove Existence of the Multiverse: A Case Report.

Abstract: Deaths by homemade suicide machines naturally capture public attention given the sensationalism of the subject matter and the complexity of the mechanisms involved. In this case, a self-made apparatus designed to administer a fatal dose of fentanyl, leading to an intentional acute toxicity, was used. As detailed in his 19-page manifesto discovered posthumously, the decedent engineered this device with the express purpose of testing the Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics. This interpretation posits that for every time one outcome is observed, there are "parallel universes" in which a different outcome becomes reality; these "parallel universes" are collectively called the "multiverse." By programming his homemade device to kill the versions of himself in the "parallel universes" where he did not achieve a desired outcome-that is, having the winning numbers of a Powerball lottery drawing-the decedent sought to experience a reality where he did win the lottery, which would somehow through his convoluted logic thereby prove the existence of the "multiverse."Initially, the bizarre details of the scene led investigators to consider possibilities like intentional electrocution or even homicide executed by remote means. Thorough death scene and background investigation was critical to determine that it was an elaborate act of suicide.