Jovan Belcher was signed as a free-agent out of University of Maine and despite the odds, worked his way up to start at middle Line-backer for the Kansas City Chiefs died on December 1, 2012, in a murder-suicide, killing his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kassandra Perkins, before driving to the Chiefs' training facility and killing himself. This is a crazy situation to say the least, and it poses serious questions. Is Belcher truly right in the head? And is there anything anybody could have done to prevent this incredibly tragic event from happening?
A friend told the sports website Deadspin.com that Belcher suffered from short-term memory loss following a recent game against the Cincinnati Bengals on November 18th. Since 2011, at least five other NFL players have committed suicide, including Junior Seau, Dave Duerson, Kurt Crain, O.J Murdock, and Ray Easterling. Autopsies of Duerson, Easterling, and Seau found that both showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease caused by repeated blows to the head. This tragic story is just another example of the price NFL and other professional sports players pay.
http://www.consoleandhollawell.com/law-blog/is-concussion-related-head-trauma-to-blame-in-the-javon-belcher-case
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