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On August 1, the day the check became negotiable, Lakewood police officers entered Beech’s house, not far from the Bear Creek Golf Course. They’d been summoned there by a neighbor, who’d complained of the smell of death seeping from the property.

Taped to Beech’s front door was a handwritten note: COME BACK ON THE 1ST THANKS. Inside, taped to a hallway wall, was another note, affixed like a warning sign: STOP CALL THE CORONER THANKS.

Beech’s body was inside a white van parked at the far edge of the back yard. He’d rigged up a hose from the exhaust and tried to shield the apparatus from neighbors’ view with a blue tarp. He’d left his wallet, keys, car titles, a copy of the will and other documents neatly arranged on a kitchen table. It was a very polite suicide, designed to do minimal damage to the value of his house and possessions and generate the least fuss possible. But there was no note explaining why — just stop call the coroner thanks.

Investigators snapped pictures of the scene, including the garage calendar showing the countdown that ended with “OUT” on July 27. But receipts found in the house indicated Beech was still alive on the evening of July 28; he’d apparently purchased additional materials for his death rig that day, then treated himself to a banana split at a Sonic drive-in. At some point in the early hours of July 29, he died from carbon monoxide inhalation.