Breakup may have sparked Kostageorge suicide

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Police records show an Ohio State University athlete who had just gone through a breakup texted suicidal messages to his ex-girlfriend before he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

FILE - In this file image taken on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, and provided by Ohio State University, college football player Kosta Karageorge poses for a photo in Columbus, Ohio. Police tell media outlets Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, they believe a body found near the campus was that of 22-year-old Karageorge.
Ohio State University, Jay LaPrete, File

Wrestler and football scout team member Kosta Karageorge, 22, was found in a Columbus trash bin Nov. 30. He’d been missing for missing several days.

Records show he texted his girlfriend early on the morning he disappeared, saying he loved her and wanted to talk, and when he received responses indicating rejection he replied he was going to kill himself.

Texts sent to his mother moments later said concussions were affecting his mind and he hoped he wasn’t an embarrassment.

Karageorge’s mother told police he’d had several concussions and spells of confusion.