I can easily see a young woman being so distraught and guilty over her future stepson's accidental death, that she might take her own life.
But, imo, she would leave a note, explaining her sense of guilt, and apologizing. And would she do so by hanging herself, bound and NAKED? I don't buy that part at all.
If she had even hung herself in the bedroom, after writing a note and putting on clean PJs then I might believe it.
I think what we (in general) do is try to make sense out of an illogical act done by another and imo it is impossible to apply logic.
Most that commit suicide do not leave suicide notes. So I don't think that is odd. Imo they are focused solely on their own pain and the way to make it go away and not thinking about those who love them. They may even think their loved ones are better off without them.
Being naked can mean different things to different people who contemplate and carry out suicides. The literature does say those who are naked when they try to commit suicide are at the highest risk. They are very serious and determined.
I have put up this link before a couple of times but I do think it is a valuable link to show why women do commit suicide naked and exposed.
Naked Suicides:
Conventional wisdom has it that a woman found hanging naked is most likely a homicide or a staged suicide.5 It is thought that "feminine modesty" carries over into a suicidal death. Nonetheless,
women do hang themselves or induce asphyxia by other means
while naked.
The disposition of clothing found at the site of a naked suicide attempt or completion can yield valuable clues to the individual's mental state. Clothes that are neatly arranged point to a planned suicide. Clothes strewn about raise the question of compulsivity or mental disorganization secondary to a severe psychiatric condition, substance abuse, or sexual homicide.
Naked suicide can be associated with any method of suicide; however, anecdotal evidence indicates that it occurs more frequently with
hanging, overdose, or drowning, but to a lesser extent in jumping deaths.
Naked suicide suggests a variety of psychological themes. The shedding of clothes may symbolize a new beginning, a rebirth and cleansing, or a sloughing off of the world. In the biblical description of Christ's resurrection, his clothes, a symbol of an unregenerate world, were left behind as he ascended into heaven.11
Anger and vengeance can be expressed by completing suicide while naked, especially when it is intended to traumatize a survivor. The shock of discovering a naked suicide inflicts an indelible, traumatic memory that can haunt a survivor for a lifetime.12 The person who completes suicide while naked may intend to add insult to a suicide survivor's already devastating injury.
http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/full/36/2/240
So in all truthfulness we will never know why she did what she did and why she did it the way she did it. (If it is a suicide)
She very well could have been angry with Jonah if he questioned her wanting to know how Max could have been so seriously hurt and maybe asking her why wasnt she watching him.
Or it could just be she felt she came into this world naked and felt she should leave the same way. More like a spiritual event and an atonement for her guilt.
So I don't find it odd if she hung herself from the balcony and she was naked when she did it.
And experts have already said that some of those who commit suicide do bind their hands and feet. I really think that is done so they cant change their minds and try to grab the rope as it tightens.