Daffney Unger, the former professional wrestler who was found dead last September, died due to an apparent suicide. The 46-year-old’s passing came after she posted some troubling videos online, leading friends to rush in an attempt to help her. Sadly, Daffney, real name Shannon Spruill, cause of death has been revealed by the medical examiner.
According to autopsy results released Monday, Unger died of a gunshot wound to the chest. The manner of death was ruled suicide. Unger was 46. Unger spoke about being “alone” and spoke about the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or (CTE), and how she wished for her brain to be donated for evaluation.
“Do you guys not understand that I am all alone?” she said. “Do you not understand that?” She later could be heard in the footage saying that she didn’t want to do anything to hurt her brain as she wanted it to be examined and added, “Remember, my brain goes to Boston.”
Unger “had suffered multiple concussions and was concerned about CTE,” a Gwinnett County Police Department official told the county’s medical examiner office. The report further concludes that Unger “had a known medical history of bipolar disorder and multiple previous head injuries,” and adds that “the decedent was reportedly not taking her medications anymore.”
Spruill’s parents, Jean and Quentin, requested her brain be tested for CTE at Boston University’s Traumatic Brain Injury Center to be evaluated.
Spruill’s initial passing was revealed and confirmed by her mother on Facebook. She wrote that, “It is with great sadness I have to let you know that my daughter Shannon Spruill … Scream Queen Daff, passed away suddenly last night. Absolutely heartbroken.”
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Unger’s brain has since been taken to Boston University Traumatic Brain Injury Center for analysis, according to the medical examiner.
Daffney wrestled in WCW from 1999 to 2001 and later starred in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from ’08-’11.
