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Melvin L. Morse is an American medical doctor who specialized in pediatrics. He was voted by his peers as one of 'America's Best Doctors' in 1997–1998, 2001–2002, and 2005–2006.^[2] He has published numerous scientific articles in medical journals over the course of his thirty-year career. As the author of several books, Morse has appeared on many talk show and television programs to discuss his extensive research on near-death experiences in children.^[3]

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His 1991 book Closer to the Light was a bestseller. Oprah Winfrey interviewed Morse about this book in 1992. Larry King interviewed Morse in 2010. The PBS show Upon Reflection produced a half-hour episode devoted to Morse. He was the subject of an article in the Rolling Stone magazine in 2004 entitled 'In search of the Dead Zone'.^[4]

In 2012, Morse and his second wife were charged with felony child endangerment based on allegations made by his eleven-year-old step-daughter, Anna Morse. During Morse's 2014 trial, he was dubbed as the 'waterboarding doctor' by the media.^[5][6] Trial testimony did not substantiate any instances of 'waterboarding' as the term is generally understood; however, Morse was convicted of reckless endangerment and was sentenced to serve three years in prison.^[7][8][9]

Morse was released from Sussex County Correctional Institution (SSCI) in 2016.^[10] According to Kahlil Peterkin, Clinical Supervisor of the prison's therapeutic Key program and Morse's therapist of thirteen months, Morse underwent a transformation while incarcerated. Peterkin also reported Morse was well-respected by his fellow inmates and considered a leader in prison. He taught fellow inmates meditation techniques which Peterkin also described as 'transformative' in the lives of the men who learned and practiced them.^[11]

Following his release, Morse co-founded The Recidivism Prevention Group, a company dedicated to assisting addicts and former inmates in developing spiritual understandings to re-enter society as productive members. The group uses meditation techniques to accomplish these goals. Morse now resides in Washington, DC.^[12]

Early life and education[edit]

Morse graduated from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Science.^[1] Morse earned a medical degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1980.^[13] He interned in Pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco, and then completed a residency in Pediatrics at Seattle Children's Hospital. He subsequently completed a two-year fellowship in Hematology/Oncology and a one-year fellowship in Behavioral Pediatrics.^[14]

Career[edit]

Morse practiced Pediatrics in Renton, Washington for 20 years. He was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1986, Morse worked for a year as a pediatrician at Fort Hall, Idaho for the Indian Health Service. He retired from the full-time practice of Pediatrics in 2006 before moving to Delaware in 2007. Prior to his arrest, he was working as a pediatrician at an office in Milton, Delaware. After his arrest on child endangerment charges in 2012, his Delaware license was suspended.^[13][15][16]

In 2007, Morse became the Research Director of the Institute for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ISSC) founded by Charles Tart in 1979. While Director of ISSC, he was awarded the Warcollier International Prize for consciousness research in 2011.

Publications[edit]

• Morse, Melvin (1991). Closer to the Light. Random House Digital. ISBN9780804108324. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
• Morse, Melvin; Perry, Paul (1994). Parting Visions:: Pre-Death Visions and Spiritual Experiences. Random House Publishing Group. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
• Morse, Melvin; Perry, Paul (1992). Transformed by the Light: The Powerful Effect of Near Death Experiences on People's Lives. Random House. ISBN0679404430.
• Morse, Melvin; Perry, Paul (2001). Where God Lives: Paranormal Science and How Our Brains Are Connected to the Universe. Harper Collins. ISBN0061095044.
• Morse, ML, Castillo P, and Venecia D; et al. (November 1986). 'Near Death Experiences in a Pediatric Population'(PDF). American Journal of Diseases in Children. Vol 140 No 11 1110-1115.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Morse, Melvin (1994). 'Current Problems in Pediatrics'(PDF). Near Death Experiences and Death Related Visions for the Clinician (Mosby). vol 24 55-83.
• Morse, ML; Williams, L (December 2011). 'Benefits of Reiki Therapy to a Severely Neutropenic Patient with Associated Influences on a True Random Number Generator'. J Alt Comp Med. PMC3239316.
• Christenson, PJ, Hardoin, RA, Hennsley, JA, Morse, ML (October 1993). 'The Effect of Premonitions of SIDS on Grieving and Healing'(PDF). The SIDS Survival Guide.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Personal life[edit]

Morse has been married twice, and has six children, five of whom are adopted.^[17] He is in regular contact all his children. Delaware Family Court has not restricted his access to his daughter Melody.

Reckless endangerment conviction[edit]

In August 2012, Morse and his wife Pauline were arrested for felony child endangerment based on allegations of 'waterboarding' made by his eleven-year-old step-daughter, Anna. He was also accused by Delaware State Police of force-feeding the eleven-year-old girl until she threw up, among other child abuses.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}

Morse's trial started on January 28, 2014 at the Sussex County Superior Court in Delaware.^[25] The accusation made by the State Police that Morse had force-fed his step-daughter was not substantiated at trial. The step-daughter testified at trial that she vomited due to overeating, not force feeding.^[26]

Morse placed her in the bathtub and ran water over her head to rinse the vomit out of her hair. This was the testimony which spawned the term 'waterboarding' by the prosecution and the media. The trial transcripts contain no testimony regarding any instances of 'waterboarding' in the context of torture as it is known today.^[27]

Morse was convicted of one felony count of first-degree reckless endangerment (for holding his step-daughter's head under the faucet of a bathtub) and five misdemeanor charges.^[28] He was sentenced to a five-year sentence, with three years to be served in prison and two on probation.^[29] His wife pled guilty to misdemeanor charges.^[5][6]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcMelvin L. Morse. 'Melvin L. Morse, MD, FAAP'(PDF). Archived(PDF) from the original on 2014-02-01.
2. ^'The Real Melvin L Morse MD - Practice of Pediatrics'. melvinmorse.net. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
3. ^'Institute for the Scientific Study of Consciousness - Videos of Children's Near Death Experiences'. spiritualscientific.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
4. ^Randall Sullivan (2004-04-29). 'In search of the Dead Zone'. Rolling Stone. Sullivan wrote about an intern named Melvin Morse… His work with near death children surprised him so that he became intriqued with their experiences and began a long term study… As he began to be confronted with the very real sense of a Person or Intelligence that children met on the other side, he said, '…I'm deliberately holding back from dealing with it, because I know that once I cross that line, I'm no longer a scientist.'
5. ^ ^abLandau, Joel (13 April 2014). 'Delaware doctor receives three years in prison for waterboarding 12-year-old girl'. New York Daily News. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
6. ^ ^ab'Delaware pediatrician convicted of waterboarding girlfriend's daughter'. CBS News. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
7. ^'Offender Status Sheet'(PDF).
8. ^'The Real Melvin L Morse MD - Arrest and Trial'. melvinmorse.net. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
9. ^'Trial Document'(PDF).
10. ^'Offender Status Sheet'(PDF).
11. ^'Interview with Khalil and Paul Perry'(PDF).
12. ^'LinkedIn'.
13. ^ ^abRandall Chase (2012-08-10). 'Del. doctor accused of 'waterboarding' daughter'. Dover, Delaware: Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2015-04-14. Morse and his wife, Pauline, were charged with several felony counts Tuesday based on the daughter's claims. Acting upon a complaint by the Delaware attorney general's office, state officials on Thursday ordered the emergency suspension of Morse's medical license.
14. ^Melvin Morse, M.D.
15. ^'Prosecutor in waterboarding case: Ex-doctor terrorized stepdaughter for years'. DelMarVa Now. 2014-01-28. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Prosecutors say a former Delaware pediatrician accused of 'waterboarding' his stepdaughter by holding her face under a faucet, terrorized the girl for several years. In opening statements Tuesday, a prosecutor said Melvin Morse exercised total control over the girl including 'her right to draw breath.'
16. ^'Melvin L. Morse: Curriculum Vitae'(PDF). Archived from the original on 2012-08-10.
17. ^'The Real Melvin L Morse MD - For twenty years, Dr. Melvin Morse was known as a kind, caring pediatrician who saved the lives of dozens of children in his work in critical care medicine. He was a teacher of medical students, a compassionate clinician, and a loving father and husband.Then his life changed'. melvinmorse.net. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
18. ^Dan Kelley (2014-01-27). 'Jurors being chosen in Delaware doctor's trial over waterboarding claims'. Philadelphia: Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2015-04-14. Morse, who heads the Institute for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, has appeared on 'Oprah,' 'Good Morning America' and 'Larry King Live' on CNN. He is the author of a book, 'Closer to the Light.'
19. ^'Melvin Morse, Delaware doctor, charged with felony counts for allegedly 'waterboarding' daughter'. CBS News. 2012-08-10. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Morse, who has authored several books and articles on paranormal science and near-death experiences, has appeared on shows such as 'Larry King Live' and 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' to discuss his research, which also has been featured on an episode of 'Unsolved Mysteries' and in an article in 'Rolling Stone' magazine.
20. ^Randall Chase (2012-08-10). 'Delaware doctor accused of 'waterboarding' daughter'. Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Hurley, the attorney, said the 11-year-old has some 'opposition issues' and had complained to her parents several years ago about being abused by a half-sibling. He said the parents contacted authorities and the half-sibling was arrested, but that the girl confessed months later that the incident never happened and that she just didn't want the half-sibling living in the house.
21. ^Sam Wood (2012-08-10). 'Del. yanks license of doctor charged in 'waterboarding''. Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Melvin Morse, 58, poses a 'clear and immediate danger to the public health,' declared a filing published on the website of the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline.
22. ^'Delaware doctor arrested for 'waterboarding his daughter': A paediatrician has been arrested after allegedly waterboarding his 11-year-old daughter as a form of punishment'. The Telegraph (UK). 2012-08-07. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. 'Melvin would sometimes look away while he did it and [the girl] would become afraid that he would lose track of time and she would die,' according to a police document seen by the News Journal, a Delaware newspaper. The girl also told police that Mrose had said she could be put under water for five minutes without suffering brain damage.
23. ^Randall Chase (2012-08-15). 'Near-death experiences doctor may have been experimenting by 'waterboarding' stepdaughter, police say'. Fox News. Retrieved 2012-09-15. Based on his work involving children's near-death experiences, police suggested he may have been experimenting on her.
24. ^'Dad denies subjecting daughter to waterboarding'. New Zealand Herald. 2012-08-17. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. A US doctor today denied allegations of waterboarding his 11-year-old stepdaughter as part of his research into near-death experiences.
25. ^Lacey Johnson (2014-01-28). 'Delaware doc accused of waterboarding stepdaughter goes on trial'. Reuters. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2015-05-20. The prosecutor, Melanie Withers, said he held the girl face-up under a running kitchen faucet until she was unable to breathe. Morse 'called it waterboarding,' Withers said.
26. ^'Trial Documents'(PDF).
27. ^'Court Document'(PDF).
28. ^'Delaware pediatrician convicted of waterboarding girlfriend's daughter'. CBS News. Associated Press. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
29. ^Fisher, James (2014-04-11). 'Doctor gets prison for waterboarding child'. The News Journal. Retrieved 2017-11-23.

For many fans, Alice in Chains epitomized the musical movement we now call 'grunge.' Merging the hard-hitting riffs of California's metal scene with the vulnerability and depression of the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle-based quartet created music that was heartfelt without being angsty and tough without being hilariously macho. And while much of Alice in Chains' appeal can be credited to the swampy, languid riffs of guitarist Jerry Cantrell, even more of the band's uniquely powerful sound is owed to the vocals of original lead singer Layne Staley. Layne's full-throated crowing and pained howls expressed a pained sense of humanity that many young listeners — embracing the jarring nuances of the '90s after emerging from the pastel shallowness of the '80s — felt down to their bones.

But while many singers attempted to sound more broken than the rest during grunge's heyday, Staley could unfortunately back up the emotion behind his music. By the time he passed away on August 5, 2002, the singer was physically and emotionally crippled by his addiction to heroin, as well as his use of other drugs. And while he will be forever remembered for his long and storied musical career, the last year of Layne's life depicts him as a very different person, whose traumas and issues with addiction had fundamentally changed the musician so many people knew and loved.

Layne Staley literally locked himself away from the world

According to Guitar World, in 1997, Layne Staley, using the entity the Larusta Trust (Layne often used the fake name John Larusta in his business dealings, perhaps as a reference to the Alice in Chains' classic 'Rooster'), purchased an apartment in Seattle's bustling University District. This would be the singer's home for the next five years leading up to his death. Yet, for the last year of his life, almost no one visited Staley in this apartment, and he rarely left. For the most part, Layne kept an incredibly private and insular life in the year leading up to his death, to the point where the few times people did see him, it was a notable event that they remembered well.

According to a Facebook memorial post by early collaborator Tim Branom that was reprinted in Alternative Nation, 'In the end, almost no one could contact Layne. He wouldn't answer the door or take calls. He lived in a condo right smack in front of everyone, in the University District. He weighed 80-some pounds and his health was deteriorating. There were reports that he would go to Toys R Us to buy games and return home, but always by himself.'

Gaming had become a way for Layne Staley to lose himself

It was well-known that Layne Staley was a lover of video games and would often disappear to play games throughout Alice in Chains' recording process. In Greg Prato's bookGrunge Is Dead, his mother Nancy described him as a 'video game freak,' while Tad Doyle of the seminal Seattle band Tad describes how Alice in Chains would have his band on their tour bus 'playing video games and listening to music.'

However, like many of the things that seemed to make him happy, video games became an escape for Staley, a way to put his mind to something that didn't wear too hard on his emotions. In a Rolling Stone profile of the band, while Alice in Chains are playing WhirlyBall, a combination of lacrosse, basketball, and bumper cars that only rock stars can ever dream of enjoying, 'Staley [bows] out to play video games on his portable Sega system.'

Layne Staley knew he was dying months before his death

There's a trope that rock stars overindulging in bad behavior and harmful drugs 'think they'll live forever.' But by the end of his life, Layne Staley was not only aware that his drug use had screwed up his whole world, but that he wouldn't be around much longer.

In his last interview months before his death with Argentinean journalist Adriana Rubio, Staley admitted that he knew he was on his way out. 'I know I'm dying,' he said in a portion of the interview reprinted by MTV. 'I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later. [..] I know I'm near death. I did crack and heroin for years. I never wanted to end my life this way. I know I have no chance. It's too late.'

Perhaps the most painful thing about this is that Layne's sense of hopelessness drove him to isolate even further and push away even those who loved him. 'I know I did my best or what I thought would be right,' he said. 'I changed my number. I don't wanna see people anymore and it's nobody's business but mine.'

Layne Staley didn't want anyone else using heroin

Many outsiders looking in at grunge claimed that the movement glamorized drug use, promoting the concept of art and addiction being intertwined via their lyrics and the growing concept of 'heroin chic' that was popular in '90s fashion. But Layne Staley's final interview reveals that he was no longer using heroin for pleasure, but simply because he was so addicted to it that he couldn't possibly stop.

Mirror: songs of the maidens crack. 'This f*cking drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive,' said Staley in a portion of the interview published by Blabbermouth. 'I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think.'

Because of this, Staley was disgusted by heroin's effect on his life — and that he didn't want Alice in Chains' fans to think it was cool. 'I never wanted [the public's] thumbs' up about this f*cking drug use,' he said. A moment before, Staley had revealed: 'My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and sh*tting my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body.'

Layne Staley's mother was working with a rehab clinic when he died

Perhaps closest to Layne Staley in the 12 months before his death was his mother, Nancy McCallum, who had always been there for her son and helped him seek out treatment for his addiction. Nancy was even working in a treatment center the day Staley died — and it was her intervention that led the police to find the singer's body.

According to an interview she did with The Seattle Times, Nancy was working the front desk of a rehab clinic on the day that Layne passed away. She was even planning to meet with one of the supervisors there to map out a new line of treatment for her son. Then, she received a call from his accountant saying that Staley had taken out a large sum of money weeks ago and that no one had heard from him since. Nancy rushed to his apartment, and when Staley didn't answer, she contacted the police.

In many ways, Nancy is still haunted by her son's addiction — addicts and fans send her letters all the time — but she also sees Layne's lyrics on the subject as helpful and prophetic. 'That's what his music was about,' she said. 'The life of an addict. [..] He chose to write about it and sing about it and perform about it. It was a warning.'

Layne Staley was in poor physical shape, but his mood was good

As Layne Staley's health deteriorated, he became less interested in being social or recording with his band. That said, the people who saw him deep into his addiction claimed that while Staley looked terrible physically, he was often the same smiling, lighthearted guy they remember.

According to an interview with Staley's stepfather Jim Elmer in David De Sola's book Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, Layne seemed to be in high spirits even toward the end of his life: 'He was smiling, he was talkative, so there's a good sign that either he was doing better or he was trying to do better, that there's a more hopeful thing as compared to 'We're going to lose him in two days' or something like that.'

Jeff Gilbert, an editor at Seattle music magazine the Rocker, said that when Layne approached him on the street toward the end of his life, he looked bad physically but seemed aware emotionally. 'He looked like an eighty-year-old version of himself, and it was frightening. [..] He still managed to smile. Every so often, you'd see that little glimmer.'

The last time Layne Staley's family saw him, he was in good spirits

As Layne Staley became more and more engulfed by his addiction to heroin, many of those around him began to see him as a withdrawn and tragic figure, but the last time his family saw him alive was actually in a rather sweet and good-humored capacity.

In a profile on Staley from The Seattle Times, his mother Nancy said that her final memory of her son was him holding his nephew while visiting his family in February 2002. 'I saw Layne on Thanksgiving of '01 and again just around Valentine's Day when he came to see his sister's new baby. The last time I saw Layne — and the last picture we have of him — is holding baby Oscar.'

Nancy makes a specific point of mentioning that although her son had become withdrawn from the public, he was available for those close to him. 'He was never far from the love of his family and friends — who filled his answering machine and mailbox with messages and letters. [..] Just because he was isolated doesn't mean we didn't have sweet moments with him.'

Layne Staley intended to record a song with Taproot the year of his death

These days, many believe that grunge killed heavy metal outright, the former's ferocious honesty instantly silencing the latter's superficial love of girls, drugs, and soft-boil satanism. But plenty of grunge's big acts loved metal's hard-hitting underground, few more so than Alice in Chains, whose syrupy riffs and outright aggression earned them an opening spot on 1991's Clash Of The Titans tour alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax.

As such, it might not surprise some to learn that Layne Staley was actually planning to record guest vocals on a song with alternative metallers Taproot for their 2002 album Welcome. The band's unique sound — staccato rhythms, throbbing groove riffs, and alternating guttural and harmonized clean vocals — made the album pretty perfect for a Layne Staley guest spot, and according to Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, Staley was enthusiastic about recording the vocals, though he asked that producer Toby Wright come alone because he 'wasn't looking or feeling great, and he didn't want to be seen.'

Sadly, Staley's vocals never got recorded, though he was interested in the project right up until his death. According to a statement by former Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague republished by THEPRP, Layne's mother told the band that when he died, he had Taproot's demo of their track in his CD player.

Layne Staley claimed to have been visited by the ghost of his girlfriend

In 1988, Layne Staley met Demri Lara Parrot, a model who would eventually become a grunge icon. Demri had a look that seemed to define the musical era, beautiful in a small-town way with her bright eyes, round cheeks, and curly hair. According to Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, it was love at first sight. The two soon became engaged but eventually broke up around 1994. By then, Demri had also become addicted to heroin. On October 29, 1996, she passed away due to inflammation of the heart caused by a previous overdose, according to Find A Grave.

When Alice in Chains' first bassist Mike Starr was hanging out with Staley the day before his death — the last time, as far as Staley's friends and family could tell, that anyone saw the singer alive — Layne revealed that he'd seen Demri recently in his apartment. The two were watching the show Crossing Over, on which a medium claimed to speak to audience members' dead relatives, when Staley said, 'Demri was here last night. I don't give a f*ck if you f*cking believe me or not, dude. I'm telling you: Demri was here last night.'

According to The Untold Story, Demri's mother Kathleen Austin has heard Mike Starr's story and believes her daughter visited Staley 'to be there with Layne as he's doing his transition.'

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Layne Staley refused medical attention the day before he died

Original Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr spent the day before Layne Staley's death — Starr's birthday, in fact — hanging out with the singer at his University District apartment. The interaction was mixed: According to David de Sola's book, Layne was in a sour mood and got into an argument with Mike over his use of benzodiazepine.

Perhaps the most tragic part of this was that the bassist, worried by Staley's appearance, tried to call 911 for his friend — but the singer declined. Speaking during a February 2010 episode of Loveline, Mike said, 'I was with him all that day on my birthday trying to keep him alive. I even asked him if I could call 911, you know, and he said that if I did, he'd never talk to me again. Of course I didn't know he was going to die, or I would've called 911 anyways. I'd much rather have him alive and not talking to me than to have lost such a great human being [..] a great friend. And just a great person. What a great person he was.'

Layne Staley's body wasn't found for weeks after his death

Layne Staley's official date of death was declared April 5, 2002. 12 labours of hercules crack. However, his body wasn't discovered until April 20, two weeks after the singer had passed away from an overdose.

According to Seattle Weekly, police were forced to break down Staley's door after his mother had called them to his University District apartment. The scene they found there was a harrowing one: brown heroin stains leading from the bathroom to the living room, stashes of cocaine and crack pipes around the house, the TV on and flickering. Staley's body was sitting upright on his couch. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, his 6'1' body weighed only 86 pounds, and in one of his hands was a syringe loaded with heroin.

A toxicology report done during Staley's autopsy found that he had morphine, codeine, and cocaine in his bloodstream. His death was ruled accidental.

Perhaps the most painful thing about this is that Layne's sense of hopelessness drove him to isolate even further and push away even those who loved him. 'I know I did my best or what I thought would be right,' he said. 'I changed my number. I don't wanna see people anymore and it's nobody's business but mine.'

Layne Staley didn't want anyone else using heroin

Many outsiders looking in at grunge claimed that the movement glamorized drug use, promoting the concept of art and addiction being intertwined via their lyrics and the growing concept of 'heroin chic' that was popular in '90s fashion. But Layne Staley's final interview reveals that he was no longer using heroin for pleasure, but simply because he was so addicted to it that he couldn't possibly stop.

Mirror: songs of the maidens crack. 'This f*cking drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive,' said Staley in a portion of the interview published by Blabbermouth. 'I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think.'

Because of this, Staley was disgusted by heroin's effect on his life — and that he didn't want Alice in Chains' fans to think it was cool. 'I never wanted [the public's] thumbs' up about this f*cking drug use,' he said. A moment before, Staley had revealed: 'My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and sh*tting my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body.'

Layne Staley's mother was working with a rehab clinic when he died

Perhaps closest to Layne Staley in the 12 months before his death was his mother, Nancy McCallum, who had always been there for her son and helped him seek out treatment for his addiction. Nancy was even working in a treatment center the day Staley died — and it was her intervention that led the police to find the singer's body.

According to an interview she did with The Seattle Times, Nancy was working the front desk of a rehab clinic on the day that Layne passed away. She was even planning to meet with one of the supervisors there to map out a new line of treatment for her son. Then, she received a call from his accountant saying that Staley had taken out a large sum of money weeks ago and that no one had heard from him since. Nancy rushed to his apartment, and when Staley didn't answer, she contacted the police.

In many ways, Nancy is still haunted by her son's addiction — addicts and fans send her letters all the time — but she also sees Layne's lyrics on the subject as helpful and prophetic. 'That's what his music was about,' she said. 'The life of an addict. [..] He chose to write about it and sing about it and perform about it. It was a warning.'

Layne Staley was in poor physical shape, but his mood was good

As Layne Staley's health deteriorated, he became less interested in being social or recording with his band. That said, the people who saw him deep into his addiction claimed that while Staley looked terrible physically, he was often the same smiling, lighthearted guy they remember.

According to an interview with Staley's stepfather Jim Elmer in David De Sola's book Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, Layne seemed to be in high spirits even toward the end of his life: 'He was smiling, he was talkative, so there's a good sign that either he was doing better or he was trying to do better, that there's a more hopeful thing as compared to 'We're going to lose him in two days' or something like that.'

Jeff Gilbert, an editor at Seattle music magazine the Rocker, said that when Layne approached him on the street toward the end of his life, he looked bad physically but seemed aware emotionally. 'He looked like an eighty-year-old version of himself, and it was frightening. [..] He still managed to smile. Every so often, you'd see that little glimmer.'

The last time Layne Staley's family saw him, he was in good spirits

As Layne Staley became more and more engulfed by his addiction to heroin, many of those around him began to see him as a withdrawn and tragic figure, but the last time his family saw him alive was actually in a rather sweet and good-humored capacity.

In a profile on Staley from The Seattle Times, his mother Nancy said that her final memory of her son was him holding his nephew while visiting his family in February 2002. 'I saw Layne on Thanksgiving of '01 and again just around Valentine's Day when he came to see his sister's new baby. The last time I saw Layne — and the last picture we have of him — is holding baby Oscar.'

Nancy makes a specific point of mentioning that although her son had become withdrawn from the public, he was available for those close to him. 'He was never far from the love of his family and friends — who filled his answering machine and mailbox with messages and letters. [..] Just because he was isolated doesn't mean we didn't have sweet moments with him.'

Layne Staley intended to record a song with Taproot the year of his death

These days, many believe that grunge killed heavy metal outright, the former's ferocious honesty instantly silencing the latter's superficial love of girls, drugs, and soft-boil satanism. But plenty of grunge's big acts loved metal's hard-hitting underground, few more so than Alice in Chains, whose syrupy riffs and outright aggression earned them an opening spot on 1991's Clash Of The Titans tour alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax.

As such, it might not surprise some to learn that Layne Staley was actually planning to record guest vocals on a song with alternative metallers Taproot for their 2002 album Welcome. The band's unique sound — staccato rhythms, throbbing groove riffs, and alternating guttural and harmonized clean vocals — made the album pretty perfect for a Layne Staley guest spot, and according to Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, Staley was enthusiastic about recording the vocals, though he asked that producer Toby Wright come alone because he 'wasn't looking or feeling great, and he didn't want to be seen.'

Sadly, Staley's vocals never got recorded, though he was interested in the project right up until his death. According to a statement by former Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague republished by THEPRP, Layne's mother told the band that when he died, he had Taproot's demo of their track in his CD player.

Layne Staley claimed to have been visited by the ghost of his girlfriend

In 1988, Layne Staley met Demri Lara Parrot, a model who would eventually become a grunge icon. Demri had a look that seemed to define the musical era, beautiful in a small-town way with her bright eyes, round cheeks, and curly hair. According to Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, it was love at first sight. The two soon became engaged but eventually broke up around 1994. By then, Demri had also become addicted to heroin. On October 29, 1996, she passed away due to inflammation of the heart caused by a previous overdose, according to Find A Grave.

When Alice in Chains' first bassist Mike Starr was hanging out with Staley the day before his death — the last time, as far as Staley's friends and family could tell, that anyone saw the singer alive — Layne revealed that he'd seen Demri recently in his apartment. The two were watching the show Crossing Over, on which a medium claimed to speak to audience members' dead relatives, when Staley said, 'Demri was here last night. I don't give a f*ck if you f*cking believe me or not, dude. I'm telling you: Demri was here last night.'

According to The Untold Story, Demri's mother Kathleen Austin has heard Mike Starr's story and believes her daughter visited Staley 'to be there with Layne as he's doing his transition.'

Near Death Crack Torrent

Layne Staley refused medical attention the day before he died

Original Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr spent the day before Layne Staley's death — Starr's birthday, in fact — hanging out with the singer at his University District apartment. The interaction was mixed: According to David de Sola's book, Layne was in a sour mood and got into an argument with Mike over his use of benzodiazepine.

Perhaps the most tragic part of this was that the bassist, worried by Staley's appearance, tried to call 911 for his friend — but the singer declined. Speaking during a February 2010 episode of Loveline, Mike said, 'I was with him all that day on my birthday trying to keep him alive. I even asked him if I could call 911, you know, and he said that if I did, he'd never talk to me again. Of course I didn't know he was going to die, or I would've called 911 anyways. I'd much rather have him alive and not talking to me than to have lost such a great human being [..] a great friend. And just a great person. What a great person he was.'

Layne Staley's body wasn't found for weeks after his death

Layne Staley's official date of death was declared April 5, 2002. 12 labours of hercules crack. However, his body wasn't discovered until April 20, two weeks after the singer had passed away from an overdose.

According to Seattle Weekly, police were forced to break down Staley's door after his mother had called them to his University District apartment. The scene they found there was a harrowing one: brown heroin stains leading from the bathroom to the living room, stashes of cocaine and crack pipes around the house, the TV on and flickering. Staley's body was sitting upright on his couch. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, his 6'1' body weighed only 86 pounds, and in one of his hands was a syringe loaded with heroin.

A toxicology report done during Staley's autopsy found that he had morphine, codeine, and cocaine in his bloodstream. His death was ruled accidental.

Layne Staley's tragic death has left a legacy of recovery and hope

Layne Staley was the ultimate example of a rock 'n' roll tragedy — a star whose incredible talent and creativity was cut short by an addiction that eventually grew out of his control. But somehow, out of Layne's story grew a bloom of hope for artists in the same position.

Near Death Captured

According to The Seattle Times, shortly after Staley's death, his mother Nancy began receiving donations and letters from fans all around the world struggling with addiction. (She's quick to note, 'I don't have any magic answers. I just try to console people.') From that arose the Layne Staley Memorial Fund, a way to help those dealing with addiction to pay for treatment services. According to Therapeutic Health Services, which runs the organization, Nancy sees the fund as a means of 'partnering with Layne on the next step in his work. He was very honest with people about the effects of drug use, urging them not to follow in his footsteps. Those were the messages in his songs, endearing him to his fans.'