Dead Teen’s Parents Want Answers

FOUNTAIN – Parents of an El Paso County teen who killed himself after police questioned him in a vandalism casewant to knowwhether the officer involved was too harsh on the boy.

The 16-year-old boy, Aaron A. Edmiston, killed himself Wednesday. Inhis suicide note, the boy apologized for vandalizing two cars with friends earlier in the week. Edmiston’s father, Robert Edmiston, told TheGazette that the suicide came after tough questioning from El Paso County sheriff’s deputy Mike Kossman.

Friends say Edmiston thought his life was over after being questioned. Kossman didn’t comment on the suicide, but a sheriff’s department spokesman said it was unfair to attribute Edmiston’s death to the investigation.