Bruce Ivins was a government scientist, accused of the notorious anthrax attacks that followed the tragic events of 9/11. The attacks killed five people and sickened more than a dozen.

The anthrax was sent through mail, in envelopes, and killed two Washington postal workers, a New York hospital worker, a supermarket tabloid photo editor in Florida, and a 94-year-old woman in Connecticut. Ivins committed suicide this summer, on July 29, overdosing on Tylenol.

There is not known how the Tylenol entered his body, but the substance affected his liver in a fatal way. His wife refused to put him on a transplant list, claiming that he wouldn’t have wanted that.

Ivins admitted that he tried to commit suicide in the short period he regained consciousness when taken to the hospital. Paul Kemp, Ivins’ attorney, claims that the former government scientist committed suicide out because of the stress of the police investigation and not because of guilt.

The Frederick Police Department closed the case involving Ivins in November, but critics claim that another man might have something to do with the attacks as well. Steven Hatfill, another Fort Detrick scientist, was also declared a “person of interest” by Attorney General John Ashcroft.

All in all, the case is now closed and even if there are still some spaces which can be filled with conspiracy-oriented material, let’s not forget that people died and they deserve their peace.

It is believed that Ivins was at his second suicide attempt, but this is not confirmed. His wife declared that before he died, Ivins was behaving in a weird manner, being “rude and nasty.”