Beatrice Willis Commits Suicide
- Title of event
- Beatrice Willis Commits Suicide
- Type of event
- Suicide
- Address of event
- Beatrice Willis Commits Suicide Happened Entirely at 117, Edgecombe Ave
- Report on event
- Beatrice Willis Commits Suicide Sole event referenced by Bea Willis, Harlem Beauty, Ends Life by Gas in Mother's Apartment
- Start date / time
- April 1, 1930
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Morning)
- Description
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Beatrice Willis died after locking herself in her mother's kitchen and turning on all the gas jets. She appeared to be trying to escape the room, as she was found clutching the knob of the kitchen door. Her mother found her and immediately called an ambulance, but they were unable to revive her.