| The Holy Bible (1994). The songs were compact and poppy, but with blistering lyrics that explored man's cruelty, both global and domestic. The album was critically acclaimed, and in October Richey re-joined the band for some European dates. He spoke candidly of his illness and insisted that suicide had never entered his head. However, on February 1, 1995, the eve of an American tour, he checked out of his London hotel, and has not been seen since. His abandoned car was found two weeks later at the Severn Bridge, near the English-Welsh border (known locally as a "Suicide Spot"). With Richeys' obsession with suicide and suicide notes, it was probably used to make a statement rather than being used to comit suicide. A few weeks after the police had announced the disappearance, a tattooed body washed up on the shore, after many rumors it was identified and was not Richey. The police searched for a while, but, despite some apparent sightings, eventually called off the hunt. Rumors still circulate about the location of Richey but there have been nothing deffinite. |
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