FRIEND FEARS KOENIG HAS ‘TAKEN HIS OWN LIFE’
The woman who last saw actor ANDREW KOENIG before he was reported missing= fears the star may have "taken his own life".
Police have launched an investigation into the disappearance of the sta= r, the son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, after he missed a flight hom= e from Vancouver, Canada to Los Angeles on 16 February (10).
Local cops in Vancouver have been combing the area for the 42 year old = and handing out a picture of Koenig, who starred in the 1980s TV sitcom G= rowing Pains.
But burlesque artist Jenny Magenta, who Koenig had been staying with in= Vancouver, is terrified her friend may have done something to harm himse= lf.
She tells Us magazine, "There’s a small part of me that feels he just d= ecided he wanted to live in the bushes or the mountains and not deal with= people anymore. But there are a lot of classic signs - things that he ha= s done in the past couple months - that point to the possibility that he’= s taken his own life. As a friend, I don’t know if he was ever diagnosed = with depression, but I do know his father was concerned when he left Los = Angeles. He didn’t seem quite right." Koenig’s parents have since released a tearful televised plea begging f= or their son to get in touch.
No activity has been shown on his bank card or his cell phone since he = disappeared.
And Magenta, who has known the actor for more than 20 years, is despera= te for her pal to let her know he is still alive: "If Andrew is alive and= distressed somewhere, it’s important that this information that’s out th= ere is not sensationalised. We want him to know we’re here for him. We’re= not going to judge him. I’m not going to be mad if he phones me from whe= rever… I’m going to be overjoyed, and I’m going to do whatever I can to= help him."
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