Michael Blagg told his pastor that he is "saddened" by his own suicide attempt.

Blagg (pictured, right) slit both his wrists last week, the morning after learning he was suspended from work after he admitted stealing office furniture, and that he was considered a suspect in the disappearance of his wife and daughter, the Grand Junction Sentinel reported Tuesday.

When he emerged from the Mesa County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday night, he was greeted by pastor Art Blankenship and other friends and church members. The group took him to dinner and prayed for him.

"His eyes were kind of glazed over," said Blankenship, pastor of New Hope Fellowship Church. "He was down. We were trying to bring him out of it."

"He's saddened by all these developments," said Blankenship. "He feels like he did the wrong thing in regards to this (suicide) attempt."

Blankenship told the newspaper that he has visited Blagg nearly every day since he was admitted to the hospital.

Blagg underwent more than 10 hours of questioning last Tuesday about the theft of office equipment from his employer and about the mysterious disappearance of his wife and daughter last November. He was suspended from work later that day and attempted suicide the next morning.

Police said he left a suicide note, but would not reveal the contents.

Jennifer's and Abby Blagg vanished from their Mesa County home Nov. 13 and Michael Blagg was under police surveillance as part of the missing persons investigation.

He has steadfastly denied that he had anything to do with the disappearance.

"We continue to support him," Blankenship told the Sentinel. "We're sticking by him."

Blagg is expected to be released from the hospital this week, Blankenship said.