Suicide

Whistleblower leaks footage showing unsafe prison conditions, then dies in apparent suicide: Reports
Suicide

An Arizona corrections department employee who leaked video footage depicting unsafe prison conditions died on Sunday after apparently shooting herself in the head. A Goodyear Police Department spokesperson told ABC News that officers responding to a domestic disturbance found Gabriela Contreras, 31, unresponsive with a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the …

Juveniles
March 7, 2020

9-year-old boy takes his own life after mother’s suicide: Report

A 9-year-old boy in Illinois is dead of an apparent suicide — two years after his mother reportedly took her own life. KMOV-4 reports that the boy was found dead of an apparent hanging suicide in Brooklyn, Illinois, on Thursday morning. The report did not identify the victim but a GoFundMe campaign launched to help …

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Murder
February 13, 2020

‘Mother’s worst nightmare’: Mom finds son & his dad dead in murder/suicide: Cops

A mother made a gruesome discovery Monday morning at her ex’s home in East Naples, Florida: her 5-year-old son and the boy’s 45-year-old father, both shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide, WINK reported. Collier County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call after the woman, who was not named, let herself into the unlocked home. She …

Suicide
January 28, 2020

BREAKING: Fotis Dulos DEAD? Husband of missing mom Jennifer Dulos reportedly attempts to kill himself after being charged with her murder

UPDATE According to Lt. Tim Mackenzie with the Farmington Police Department, Fotis Dulos is at the UConn Health Center in critical condition, following an attempted suicide inside his Farmington, Connecticut, home. Dulos, who has been accused of kidnapping and murdering his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, was found inside his garage in a running car, in …

Murder
January 28, 2020

Pregnant mom fatally shoots toddler son, self in national park, officials say

A pregnant Colorado woman who was found dead with her 17-month-old son on Friday at Rocky Mountain National Park was a case of murder-suicide, officials revealed on Monday. The Coloradoan reports that rangers discovered the bodies of Tristen Watson, 24, and Christopher Watson while investigating reports of a suicidal person in the park. While KOAA …

LAX employee takes suicide leap amid holiday travel rush at airport: Police
Suicide
December 30, 2019

LAX employee takes suicide leap amid holiday travel rush at airport: Police

A California airport employee who fell to their death on Sunday night had taken their own life, authorities believe. The Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement that an LAX employee, a 27-year-old male, was found “beyond medical help” at the airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal and pronounced dead at the scene. How do …