# Advocacy Groups Halt Applications for 'Suicide Capsule' Amid Investigation! 🚫

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**Created:** [October 7, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/advocacy-groups-halt-applications-for-suicide-capsule-amid-investigation/292985 "2024-10-07T15:31:54Z")\
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**Summary:**

1. **Suspension of Applications**  
Advocacy groups behind the **suicide capsule** , known as **Sarco** , announced on Sunday that they have suspended accepting applications for its use as a criminal investigation unfolds.

2. **Criminal Investigation Details**  
This decision follows the arrest of **Florian Willet** , president of **The Last Resort** , along with several others, after the first recorded use of the Sarco device led to a death in Switzerland.

3. **Incident Overview**  
On **September 23** , a 64-year-old woman from the U.S. Midwest became the first individual to use the Sarco capsule in a forest near Schaffhausen, close to the German border.

4. **Legal Consequences**  
Willet is currently in pretrial detention as authorities continue their investigation, while others initially detained have since been released.

5. **Background on Advocacy Groups**  
**The Last Resort** is based in Switzerland, and **Exit International** , founded in Australia, has been involved in advocacy for assisted dying for over 25 years.

**Read more at:** [AP News](https://apnews.com)