The reason, I think, that people are being so circumspect about Jody's death, is because it is so close on the heels of Aaron Swartz's own demise. Suicide tends to happen in waves where the first one tends to encourage copycats. Aaron received a lot of publicity and it's not impossible that Jody was partly inspired/encouraged to follow through as a result. I think a lot of people are concerned about encouraging more potential suicides in the startup community.

Whether or not this is the way to do that, I do not know.