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Oil Spill 'Too Much' for Skipper Who Killed Self

Jun 24th 2010 – 1:10PM
Julie Bennett, Montgomery Advertiser

Julie Bennett, Montgomery Advertiser

(June 24) -- Two weeks after he was hired by BP to help with the oil spill cleanup, William Allen Kruse killed himself. The 55-year-old charter boat captain shot himself in the head Wednesday morning as he prepared to spend another day skimming oil off the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, clearing the spill that threatened...

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