Kenny McKinley Death Causes

In the 24 hours immediately following the unexpected death of Broncos receiver Kenny McKinley, friends and teammates struggled to find the answers why the person who is usually with a smile opt for suicide.
The sheriff's office and Arapahoe County coroner determined that McKinley died Monday afternoon after being shot self-inflicted head wound.
McKinley, 23, did not leave a note before he died, and several people who knew him, including Josh McDaniels Broncos coach said that there were no outward signs of any inner demons and personal struggles McKinley might have been struggling.
"Obviously, there were things that happen in your life that did not stop," said Derek Cook, which was McKinley

quarterbacks coach for four years at South Cobb High School, close to Atlanta. "Everyone is very sad and shocked. He was making strides in the positive direction. Everyone was proud of him where he was and what he was doing."
Speculation about the cause on Tuesday focused on the mental health of McKinley after his second knee injury late in the season in the space of eight months. McKinley Broncos placed on injured reserve list August 5 and had surgery a week later.
"I felt I was healthy and that he would have the opportunity to step in this year," said Cook. "For the second injury, I never really conveyed how devastating it was for him, but apparently was quite large."
Details on the investigation report released Tuesday by the Office of the Arapahoe County Sheriff confirmed those suspicions. Deputies interviewed several people at the home of McKinley, including two friends who discovered his body, and friends and relatives outside the city, and he learned that McKinley had been "depressed" in the weeks since the second operation .
"He had made statements while playing dominoes soon after the surgery he should only kill themselves. Nobody believed he was serious," thereport stated.
The only drug contained in the police report was 500 mg of naproxen, a counter-inflammatory such as Aleve.
McKinley was last at Dove Valley less than two weeks before his death, and McDaniels said he did not notice any change in the personality of McKinley. McKinley was beloved in the Broncos locker room and had a reputation as a prankster, with a smile almost constant.
"He was the same child," said McDaniels. "The happy smile. You could see all his teeth."
McDaniels said McKinley had participated in the decision to put on injured reserve, thus ending his 2010 season before it began. Although there was a possibility of McKinley could have tried to play through it, both sides
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