] A suicidal New Jersey man set a new standard for
] self-inflicted brutality when he decapitated himself by
] driving away from a light post with a rope tied around
] his neck.
]
] Wolfgang Persieck, 50, of Union Beach, died when the
] rope, which he had attached to the post, jerked his head
] off as he stepped on the gas Saturday night.
]
] His body was found inside the car, along with several
] suicide notes, behind the Hazlet Multiplex movie theater,
] Monmouth County Prosecutor John Kaye said.
]
] Two teenagers found the car as they walked through an
] isolated area behind the theater on Route 35.
]
] The pair stopped a passing police officer, who discovered
] Persieck's body. Interviews with relatives and the notes
] pointed to a suicide, Kaye said.

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