This also reminds me of Luke Arduini, who took his own life by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge on January 1st 2014. Yahoo even hired a private investigator to find him. He also left (in hindsight unsettling) tweets shortly before his death.

In case someone is interested in the background story:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7048249

https://twitter.com/luk

https://the-pastry-box-project.net/charlie-robbins/2014-sept...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536683/Yahoo-hires-...