Most suicide notes are written so that family and friends can fairly easily find them. Why take the time to write the note, then carry it off with you into hiding, where your remains will not be found? Why drive so far from home, then park where you know your car will be found....but your remains will not? Why not leave a suicide note in your car?
A spontaneous decision to end it all doesn't really fit.....who would drive so far to make a spontaneous decision ?Something spontaneous sounds like, "Let me pull my car over and go into the woods right there and shoot myself...no note, no nothing...just get this over with."
It seems to me that if Steven committed suicide, it was planned and well thought out.
My pregnant friend (one that I worked with when we both were in the early days of marriage) committed suicide in a doctor's office rest room. Her suicide note was found in her purse. She had been acting a bit distressed in the weeks leading up to the incident. That day, she went to the doctor's office and said she thought she was in labor. They placed her in an examining room. She slipped out and told a nurse she was going to go to the restroom before her exam. The note simply read, "Save my baby."
It is believed she was contemplating suicide for a few months....but acted that day. The big thing is that there were some signs but we didn't think they were pointing to suicide at the time, only after.
I just can't get a handle on Steven's case....and I think you guys may know a bit more about this case than I do since I have only been following it for a couple months.