From a friend's blog -

It was a really sad day today at North Putnam my high school, walking in I knew something was wrong and I was right. A guy so well known and liked took his life the 24th, some say is was cause he and his dad got into a big fight and he failed a drug test and didn't want to go to this other place and hung himself in his barn. His dad found him about 10:30 p.m. last night. I didn't know til this morning and was in total shock.

I knew Micky since I came here to Indiana in 2nd grade. Always likable, funny, and just was a good guy. So many friends and people who loved him, but I guess he didn't see that. Today was awful. Once everyone knew most of the Sr class started crying. I decided to hold back the tears and comfort others who needed it. I never seen the guys who were close to Mick cry or ever show much emotion, but when I saw them in the hall crying I about broke down in tears because it just tore at my heart. But I gave as much comfort as I could and went on somewhat with school. My second class was harder to deal with seeing his friends crying and hugging each other. People trying to help them was so sad. And I even had to comfort one of my good friends because she grew up with Micky.