Another Bernie Madoff-Related Suicide

The 23-year-old son of Bernie Madoff’s longtime accountant who helped him conceal his notorious Ponzi scheme has committed suicide at medical school in Columbus, Ohio.

Jeremy Friehling was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Thursday at his apartment. Friehling, of New City, N.Y., is the son of David Friehling, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to nine federal charges of helping conceal Madoff’s $65 billion fraud.

Columbus police found Jeremy Friehling’s body when they visited his apartment after friends had become concerned about him. Jeremy Friehling apparently posted erratic comments on Facebook throughout Thursday, prompting concerned friends to request local police to conduct a welfare check.

David Friehling and his wife Robin have been married for nearly 30 years and have two other children.

Jeremy Friehling graduated from Duke University in 2011 and was attending medical school at Ohio State University in Columbus. He was the valedictorian of the 2007 graduating class at Clarkstown North High School, reports Lohud.com.

In 2010, Bernie Madoff’s son Mark, committed suicide in a Manhattan apartment on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest.

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