Man found in store parking lot identified

11-19-2009 Texas:

A man found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in the Victoria Walmart parking lot Wednesday has been identified.

Bruce L. Bragdon, 46, was a Belgrade, Maine, resident.

According to Maine's online sex-offender registry, Bragdon was convicted of gross sexual assault of a child younger than 14 and of unlawful sexual contact.

Maine state police had contacted the Victoria Police Department on Wednesday because Bragdon was missing and his cell phone had been traced to Victoria, Lt. Jason Cross said. A suicide note was found in a journal inside Bragdon's car, where he died.

Justice of the Peace Robert Whitaker pronounced Bragdon dead Wednesday and did not order an autopsy because, he said, the death was obviously a suicide. ..Source.. Victoria Advocate.com