User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Who We Are" and "All Along the Watchtower" Discussion/@comment-2020973-20170519043108/@comment-2020973-20170519123836

I think part of the reason for his suicide was because of the ritual they did on him for the trials to seal hell. Ever since they did that to him he has been a bit off. Still coniving and untrustworthy. But the way he tried to become friends with Demon Dean and tried to raise Amara as if she was his own daughter makes me think back to how he said that he only wanted to be loved. After losing his son (and maybe his moms death rattled him to) I think he just decided to check out.