To answer the original question - nobody really knows what a soul is (or even if such a thing exists) and nobody knows what happens to the souls of dead people regardless of how they died. Various religions push theories, and you can choose which of those you think is right.
The suicide debate goes beyond the original question. I myself have been suicidal in the past and have stood on a cliff edge contemplating taking one small step into oblivion. Anyone who thinks suicidal people are weak, or taking an easy option out, are wrong. To take your life is very hard indeed, you have to overcome the whole social and physiological conditioning of the human body and mind which want, more than anything else, to live.
I have no idea why there is such social stigma around suicide. Surely if we accept that everyone has a right to live, then we must also accept peoples right to choose to die.
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