Olympic Skier Jeret Billings Dies in Apparent Suicide

Jeret Billings Jeret "Fast" Billings, the freestyle skier who won a silver medal in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games, has died, The Salt Lake Tribune reviews. The 29-year-old shot themself within the mind inside a canyon east of Salt Lake City, authorities told the newspaper. Peterson's body is discovered outdoors his vehicle from an interstate Monday evening after he created a suicide note and known as law enforcement to inform them his location, based on police. Remember other celebs we lost this year "He known as 911 and stated he would kill themself," Lt. Justin Hoyal, a spokesperson for that Unified Police Department, told The Salt Lake Tribune. Peterson's dying came just 72 hours after he was arrested in Idaho on the DWI charge. It had been well-known that Billings fought depression, gambling and alcoholism. He was told to go home in the 2006 Turin Olympics due to a drunken street fight having a friend. Catch on present day latest news When he won the silver medal for aerials this year, it had been seen as an victory over his past devils. Additionally to that particular medal, Billings had also won gold two times, within the 1999 U.S. Junior National Titles as well as in the 2006 U.S. National Titles. He'd not planned on competing in next year's ski season coupled with been going after a company degree at Westminster College.