Overview

• Florian Willet, 47, president of The Last Resort, died by suicide in Germany on May 5, with authorities and the organization confirming his death on May 30.
• Prosecutors have now obtained the autopsy report from Zurich’s forensic institute for the 64-year-old American who first used the Sarco device.
• Swiss regulators regard the 3D-printed Sarco capsule as non-compliant with national assisted-suicide laws.
• Investigations into two lawyers and a Dutch photographer present at the initial Sarco death continue, while Willet’s own case was closed after his death.
• The Sarco capsule enables self-administered nitrogen inflow by button press, causing death by asphyxiation without external intervention.