YORK, Pa., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Trick-or-treaters in Pennsylvania discovered an apparent Halloween decoration on the porch of a mobile home was, in fact, a man who killed himself, police said.

The 68-year-old resident, discovered by the children of a next-door neighbor as they began their trick-or-treat visits in the Newberry Township mobile home park, apparently shot himself with a handgun, police said.


The children discovered the body of John Sucic shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday on the porch of his trailer in the Conewago Valley Mobile Home Park, the (York, Pa.) Daily Record reported.

"It was just a scary thing," neighbor Donna Jones, whose children discovered the body, said. "I'm very grateful he was found early so that a lot of kids didn't have to see that."

Officers covered the body and put up police tape to prevent other trick-or-treaters from seeing the suicide scene.

There were indications Sucic had made arrangements before killing himself, police said, and the body was probably on the porch for about a day before being discovered.

"That's not that unusual," Newberry Township Police Chief John Snyder said. "It's pretty isolated there."