How Sherlock managed to commit suicide in front of John and not die is a mystery
I don't have the full answer, but there's the obvious bit that Sherlock *did not* commit suicide in front of John. Sherlock made sure -- insisted -- that John in such a place that he couldn't see Sherlock's body hit the ground. How and when Sherlock arranged for a fake body to be placed there, I don't know, but a body with a messed up head is what John found after he went around the low building that was blocking his view of the pavement.
EDIT: (Why the coroner didn't realize they had the wrong body... *handwave* You'd think that, if they had a body with an unrecognizable face, they would use some of the form of identification, right? Fingerprints? Dental records?)
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I don't have the full answer, but there's the obvious bit that Sherlock *did not* commit suicide in front of John. Sherlock made sure -- insisted -- that John in such a place that he couldn't see Sherlock's body hit the ground. How and when Sherlock arranged for a fake body to be placed there, I don't know, but a body with a messed up head is what John found after he went around the low building that was blocking his view of the pavement.
EDIT: (Why the coroner didn't realize they had the wrong body... *handwave* You'd think that, if they had a body with an unrecognizable face, they would use some of the form of identification, right? Fingerprints? Dental records?)