Suicide
'God wanted him to live': Michigan family raises money for son's face transplant after suicide attempt
Miriam Marini
Detroit Free Press
Editor's note: This story includes graphic details that may not be suitable for all.
DETROIT – She’ll never forget the sound of her husband’s scream, even seven years later.
It was nearly 2 a.m. and Lisa and Jerry Pfaff couldn’t find her second-oldest son, Derek. They’d found his keys and wallet, but he was nowhere to be found inside their home in Harbor Beach, Mich., a small town near the tip of the "Thumb."