My best Friend was doing a PHD in a Biochemistry related field at University College London back in 2003. He was an outgoing person, had a hot girlfriend and lots of friends. He had a what seemed like a great life and an even better future.

One night we went out together (which we did a lot) and had a great night. We went our separate ways about 4am and I we arranged to meet at 5pm the next day.

At 2pm the next afternoon I got a call from his flat mate saying that he had committed suicide. He had access to all kinds of chemicals and substances at the as part of his studies and he had been taking little bits for months and months and making a potent cocktail of poison. He drank the poison and died instantly.

There was no note, no explanation and no reason anyone knew. I was the last person (friend) to see him alive.

I'm hoping you get to this person and that this is just a cry for help. If they really wanted to be dead perhaps they would have done what my good friend did - and do it without any chance of help.

Does this seem trollish, or perhaps creepy to anyone else? This is a new account posting a suicide note and asking for help for a "friend of a friend."

This seems like posting to Hacker News to ask for advice because your house is on fire. Oh, and by the way, if anyone happens to be in the neighborhood, could you bring a bucket of water?

Call the police, call a suicide hotline. Get help from real professionals.

Good job getting in contact with the police. Anytime anyone makes such statements (credible or not), it's the right thing to do.

I hope he is found and gets the help he needs.

This guy? http://twitter.com/#!/billzeller

Has anyone tried using Twitter?

This is sad. Perhaps an appeal for the guy by name would have been enough.