{"id":97692,"date":"2018-10-03T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T19:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-found-dead-near-durango-dog-park-is-identified\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:54:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T19:54:52","slug":"man-found-dead-near-durango-dog-park-is-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-found-dead-near-durango-dog-park-is-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead near Durango Dog Park is identified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Emergency
Emergency workers responded last week to the Durango Dog Park where a man\u2019s body was found in the general vicinity. The man\u2019s death was ruled a suicide Wednesday.<\/span>Kenna Walsh\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A man found dead last week near the Durango Dog Park has been identified as Dawson W. Radau, 27, of Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

An autopsy was performed Wednesday in Durango.<\/p>\n

La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith ruled Radau\u2019s death<\/a> a suicide, she said.<\/p>\n

His body had been hanging from a tree \u201calmost at the top of the ridgeline\u201d for several weeks, said Durango Police Cmdr. Ray Shupe.<\/p>\n

\n

Suicide resources<\/h4>\n

Help for people having suicidal thoughts or for those who fear a person is considering killing himself can be found from these sources:
\n Axis Health System:<\/strong>
\n 24-hour hotline at 247-5245.
\n National Suicide Prevention Hotline:<\/strong>
\n (800) 273-TALK (8255) or text \u201cTALK\u201d to 741741.
\n RED Nacional de Prevenci\u00f3N Del Suicidio:<\/strong>
\n (888) 628-9454.
\n National Crisis text Hotline:<\/strong>
\n 741741
\n Fort Lewis College Counseling Center:<\/strong>
\n 247-7212.
\n Boys Town Hotline:<\/strong>
\n (800) 448-3000.
\n Safe2Tell Colorado:<\/strong>
\n (877) 542-7233 or online at
\n https:\/\/safe2tell.org<\/a>
\n .
\n Colorado Crisis Support Line:<\/strong>
\n (844) 493-8255 or text \u201cTALK\u201d to 38255 or online at
\n www.coloradocrisisservices.org<\/a>
\n to access a live chat available in 17 languages. The line has mental-health professionals available to talk to adults or youths about any crisis, 24 hours a day.
\n Trevor Project:<\/strong>
\n (866) 488-7386. Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth via online chat, text or phone.
\n Second Wind Fund:<\/strong>
\n (720) 962-0706. This is not a crisis hotline, but the fund is available to youths who face social or financial barriers to crisis counseling. The organization requires a referral by a school counselor or mental-health professional.
\n Survivors Support GrouP:<\/strong>
\n Heartbeat of Durango meets from 6 to 8 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Grief Center, 2243 Main Ave., second floor. Contact Janna for information at 749-1673.
\n American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:<\/strong>
\n Colorado chapter information available at
\n https:\/\/afsp.org\/chapter\/afsp-colorado\/<\/a>
\n For Men:<\/strong>
\n A website for adult men contemplating suicide, who often are unwilling to seek help, is available at
\n www.mantherapy.org<\/a>
\n .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

W. Radau, 27, was from Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[255,51],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-97692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-death-and-dying","tag-police"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97692"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=97692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}