Wife Called Police To Report Mark Madoff Missing Last Year

Since friends of his death and Associates came forward to say that Mark Madoff was a kind man and sensitive, that does not deserve its reputation tarnished by the sins of his father.

They also say he was feeling the pressure of being the son of Bernie Madoff. Last year, according to police in New York, Mark was found in a hotel room in New York registered under a different name after his wife Stephanie had called police to report him missing. Madoff told police he was under duress and was going to seek help for his mental problems.

Madoff, 46, committed suicide Saturday on the anniversary of two years in prison's father Bernie, almost the same time. Police say the father of Mark-in-law found the body hanging from a pipe, with two years of age, Mark son Nick sleeping in another room.

Friends have posted memories on a page memorial Facebook Monday, in an exclusive interview, former Secretary of Bernie Madoff told ABC News said she was sad for Mark who used to greet her with a smile every morning, had been so depressed that he thought there was "no light at the end of the tunnel."

"It hurts me because this is not what it was," said Eleanor Squillari. "He was in a very bad place."

As secretary of Bernie Madoff for 25 years, Squillari saw Mark and his brother Andy grow up and come to work in the family business.

Squillari said he knew Mark was having a hard time with the shame of being a Madoff.

"I always knew that Mark wore his heart on his sleeve, and he wanted to be loved," said Squillari. "I could see him thinking that his family would be better off without him, and that makes me very sad, because this is not true. But when you're depressed, you do not see it."

Squillari said "shook to the core" think Madoff, who she described as "cheerful, sweet, and" supersensitive "decided to kill himself despite his four children." He was an exceptional person ... When I think about it, think of your smile and that twinkle in his eyes. "

"That kind of someone so wonderful and so to think he was useless, it breaks my heart."