“Suicide kits” lead to the death of over 100 people in two years
The family of a New Zealand man who died after purchasing a lethal substance from former Canadian chef “Kenneth Law” is seeking to impose strict regulations to prevent further deaths in the country.
New Zealand coroner Alexandra Cunningham released official findings on Monday linking four suicides to Law, who is set to face a murder trial in Canada next year.
Investigations revealed that Chef Law, who lives in Canada, sent around 1200 packages to over 40 countries over a two-year period, and he has been linked to more than 100 suicides in countries such as the UK, Germany, the USA, and Australia.
The list of victims in New Zealand included Leiana Kirk, 21, Crow Grant, 18, Nicholas Heworth, 21, and personal trainer James Blonket, 40.
Blonket’s family expressed their grief over the ease with which he obtained the lethal substance. Jack Blonket, James’ brother, said, “The importation of these substances needs to be more regulated, and access to sites selling these substances needs to be much more difficult.”
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Alexandra Cunningham stated that the police determined Blonket had ordered the substance online two weeks before his death. She wrote in her report that James’ suicide was carefully planned, as he had booked a hotel room to carry out the act privately.
Alexandra explained that the Classification Office had deemed eight discussion topics from forums associated with Law as unacceptable, and access to his site was banned in New Zealand.
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Kenneth Law was arrested in May 2023 and charged in Canada with 14 counts of murder and 14 additional counts of providing assistance and counseling for suicide, but he denied all the charges.
Other countries have launched their own investigations following an alert from Interpol. In the UK, at least 272 people bought products from Law’s sites and 88 of them died, while in Italy, of nine buyers, at least one has died.
