After these threats, his friends sent him money to take a bus back to California, where he stayed and went on job interviews. Louis, Missouri, for a new beginning, but said he planned to jump off a bridge in that city or lie on the railroad tracks to end his life. He made contacts through the Internet and moved to St. According to Sprague's godmother, he even told his mother he wanted to kill himself.Īfter his mother died of cancer, Sprague became obsessed with suicide. However, they did not take him seriously because he always spoke of it in jest. Sprague suffered from depression during adolescence, and openly shared his suicidal thoughts with friends. When she learned she was pregnant, she decided to raise him and became the most important figure in his life. Sprague (11 December 1969 - May 11, 2004) was born in San Francisco, the son of an unmarried woman who did not want to be a mother. Interviews with Sprague's close friends are interspersed throughout the film with images of his eventual suicide. The last day of Gene Sprague's life is shown throughout the movie the film ending with his jump into the water.
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