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Solomon Thomas opens up about his sister’s suicide: “She was my best friend”

SANTA CLARA — 49ers defensive lineman Solomon Thomas does not know what more he or anyone else could have done to help prevent the death of his older sister Ella.

There are no easy answers, only the questions that he’s kept asking himself in the four months since she committed suicide in their hometown of Coppell, Texas.

“You always look back at every situation,” Thomas said. “How could I have handled this?