A Mysterious Suicide in Turret A 92-year old Turret resident was found dead in the basement of his home by friends Sept. 12 after they had not heard from him in over a week. Edwin Bartheld, who hand-built his off-grid home on an abandoned mine site in the old ghost town, had lived alone since his wife Jean died in 2012. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities ruled it a suicide, but the discovery of ammonium nitrate and several homemade detonators near his body led them to believe he may have been attempting to ...