A medical examiner has determined that iconic designer Kate Spade died of suicide by hanging, the New York Post reports. Spade, 55, was found hanged by a scarf in her Park Avenue apartment late Tuesday morning. She reportedly left a suicide note addressed to her 13-year-old daughter, telling the girl that the decision was not …
Kate Spade’s husband reportedly sought a divorce before her apparent suicide on Tuesday. TMZ reports that Kate’s husband and creative partner Andy Spade had moved out of the couple’s Park Avenue apartment where the iconic handbag designer reportedly hanged herself on Tuesday morning. Andy was reportedly at the home when Kate’s body was discovered but …
A North Carolina mother who lost her 12-year-old son to suicide has accused the school district of not telling her that the teen was being bullied. Mother Sharon McDonald told WNCN that her son, Logan, ended his life on August 15, 2017, just as he entered the seventh grade. “Mike and I were having our …
The woman found dead with her young son at a hotel in midtown Manhattan reportedly pushed her son from a 25th-floor window before taking a suicide leap. The New York Daily News reports that Stephanie Adams, 46, leapt from her penthouse suite at the Gotham hotel after she pushed her 7-year-old son Vincent out the …
A mother attempting to stop her daughter from killing herself died amid a struggle over a gun, the Caller Times reports. The victim, 45-year-old Esperanza Escamilla of Corpus Christi, Texas, was negotiating with her 26-year-old daughter Serena Escamilla on May 1 when the gun went off and a bullet struck her chest. Serena was reportedly …
A Texas woman who was hours away from being sentenced to prison for stealing $1.2 million reportedly ended her own life in a Walmart parking lot. According to The Houston Chronicle, Paige Moody Bisher, 43, had shot herself in the chest earlier this week in the parking lot of a Walmart in Humble, Texas. Bisher admitted …
A South Carolina mother is demanding answers after a teacher allegedly told her 8-year-old daughter to “commit suicide” after she complained of an earache. In a Facebook post, Shandi Wallace claimed a male teacher at Montessori School of Columbia had made the offensive comment after her daughter informed him that her ear was hurting and it …
A Georgia municipal court judge who also maintained a private law practice was discovered dead in his car Tuesday afternoon. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Griffin Municipal Court Judge William G. Johnston, 53, told family members he was leaving home early Monday evening to meet with a client. The married father of two was …
A man who was reportedly suffering from a bipolar episode when he tried to drown himself two years ago is suing the police officers and lifeguard who saved him, alleging that they took too long to do so. The Washington Post reported that Mateusz Fijalkowski, 24, didn’t know how to swim when he was made pool …
Firefighters in New York discovered the burned remains of a prominent local attorney who reportedly self-immolated in an effort to call attention to environmental concerns. According the New York Daily News, 60-year-old David Buckel left a suicide note near the site of his death at the edge of a park in Brooklyn. According to his …
Mississippi authorities found a male body on Monday morning believed to be a man who killed his mother and friend in a Tennessee home on Sunday. According to a Facebook post by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department, authorities located the body in the Vossburg area of Mississippi. The announcement came after a manhunt ensued for 22-year-old Casey James …
Twin sisters from Colorado who gained national attention for their openness about a debilitating battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder were reportedly found dead Friday in a car near Royal Gorge Bridge Park. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that Sara and Amanda Eldritch, both 33, were found dead with gunshot wounds at the park’s rest stop. Fremont County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman …
