‘Did I miss a subtle cry for help?’: Conservative MP Sweet opens up about daughter’s suicide

'She always had a streak of mischievousness, but she was also profoundly intelligent,' says Conservative MP David Sweet of his late daughter, Lara.

Conservative MP David Sweet, pictured at press conference in 2018, during which MPs called for tougher sanctions on Iran. Mr. Sweet rose in the House of Commons last week to share his story about grappling with the death of his daughter, Lara, who took her own life. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

May 11, 2019

Conservative MP David Sweet still struggles to remember the specifics of the most excruciating two hours of his life, how he managed to keep his emotions in check as he sat beside his wife on the plane, alone in bearing the news that his daughter may have died. ...

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