HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. AP – After being questioned by police in their search for a missing couple, Dennis Ray Gerwing slashed himself six times with a steak knife and bled to death in a bathtub lined with a bed comforter and two pillows, according to investigative reports released Wednesday.

Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner released the reports detailing Gerwing’s death March 11 because he said he wanted to put to rest any speculation on this resort island that Gerwing was murdered.