EXCLUSIVE: Details of Mia Farrow’s Brother’s Suicide- Inside the Police Report
Jul. 7 2009, Published 4:28 a.m. ET
The police report regarding the suicide of actress Mia Farrow’s brother Patrick, 67, has been released, revealing the chilling details of his sudden and sad end. RadarOnline.com has the details of the scene found on June 15 when investigators arrived at Farrow’s art gallery.
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According to the report he was found in the bedroom of the residence part of his art gallery which was converted from a church. “Patrick Farrow shot himself in the head with a Ruger .357 magnum revolver,” the papers said. “The decedent was found laying on his back, with his feet on the floor, his hands by his side. Underneath the victim was a green towel.”
Before he took his life, he enjoyed a dinner with his wife Susan and friend James Sheren. After drinking a good amount of vodka- “his drink of choice”- his wife helped him get to bed.
Later, while Susan was on the phone with the couple’s daughter Brittney, she heard a crash. After going to investigate, she found that her husband had fell in the tub, pulling the shower curtain with him. After giving him a pillow and a blanket, she left him in the tub to sleep. After cleaning up tin the kitchen, she returned to the bedroom to find that Farrow had shot himself.
“The officer immediately was drawn to a male subject lying on his back, wearing only a shirt and t-shirt and one left sock...the feet of the male were over the edge of the bed on the floor,” the report added. The gun was also found eight feet away from the body- out of reaching distance- on the couple’s dresser. There was also a book on top though the original bag the gun was housed in was found at Farrow’s feet.