Mom finds young son and girlfriend dead in shocking murder-suicide: Report
Murder
Early reports offer a conflicting picture of the couple’s relationship and the events immediately leading to the discovery of their bodies
Suicide
December 13, 2017
Woman kills herself in tragic attempt to stop her boyfriend’s suicide: Reports
Reports indicate a British woman died in what some believe was an accidental suicide during a misguided attempt to save her boyfriend from the same fate. According to testimony in a recent inquest, 23-year-old Corinne Hayes sent her suicidal boyfriend a text message threatening to kill herself in response. “If you are going to do …
Juveniles
December 1, 2017
‘Child of joy’ who hanged herself after schoolyard fight video circulated on social media is a victim of ‘Bullycide,’ say her heartbroken parents
A 10-year-old girl who hanged herself after being bullied has died after she was removed from life support. The New York Daily News reports that Ashawnty Davis died on Wednesday after she was hospitalized on life support for two weeks. Ashwanty, of Aurora, Colorado, had reportedly confronted a school bully in late October, and the incident …
Suicide
November 26, 2017
Mom overdoses on pills TWO DAYS before reporting to prison for killing her disabled daughter: Reports
Authorities say an Illinois woman died Saturday from an apparent suicide just two days before she was scheduled to report to jail for killing her disabled daughter in 2015. According to WGN, Bonnie Liltz attempted to kill her daughter, Courtney, and herself in a murder-suicide. She survived, but her 28-year-old daughter, who had cerebral palsy, …
Juveniles
November 15, 2017
High school student commits suicide during school fire drill
A Florida teen is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in what authorities are calling a “planned” suicide during a fire drill at his high school. The New York Post reports that Seth Sutherland, 17, fatally shot himself during a scheduled fire drill at Lake Mineola High School on Tuesday. Lake County sheriff’s spokesman John Harrell …
Suicide
November 5, 2017
BREAKING: Man leaps to death from Trump Tower New York on Marathon Sunday
A man is dead after he reportedly jumped to his death from Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan Sunday morning. The New York Daily News reports that the unidentified male was found in the front courtyard of the hotel, behind the marquee, at just after 6 a.m. Sunday morning. The Trump International Hotel and …
Suicide
October 27, 2017
‘I’ve chosen to speak out’: Mom rails against online bullying after 12-year-old daughter’s suicide
Three months after her 12-year-old daughter committed suicide, one New Jersey mother is sharing her story in hopes of sparing another family her grief. “I’ve chosen to speak out about this,” read a widely circulated Facebook post presumably written by Mallory Grossman’s mother. “And I need your help. We must manage, oversee, and parent our …
Missing
October 2, 2017
Missing LSU student cause of death released
A missing Louisiana State University student who was found dead last week died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a coroner’s report obtained by Nola.com. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark told the news outlet Monday that Michael Nickelotte Jr.’s manner of death was suicide by a gunshot wound to the head. …
Family Crime
September 20, 2017
Father who killed 5-year-old son in apparent murder-suicide was prohibited from seeing the boy; facing sex abuse charges
Police in northern Illinois are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that took the life of a five-old boy, who was presumably shot to death by his own father. Local news station 23 WIFR reports that Christopher Michaels, 5, was found dead in his father’s home Monday afternoon. His father, Robert Michaels, was in the same room with …
Family Crime
September 18, 2017
Distraught husband allegedly tries to kill little girl after finding his wife dead of suicide: Report
Prosecutors say the man intentionally crashed his car because he was trying to kill the girl
Murder
September 17, 2017
Two victims in their 20s found dead in luxury apartment in apparent murder-suicide
A young man and a woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Columbus, Ohio. WMCH reports that police found the body of a man and a woman dead of gunshot wounds early Sunday morning in an apartment at Taylor House Luxury Community. Police had responded to a distress call after a friend of the …
Suicide
September 4, 2017
Florida man accused of killing aunt, stabbing father 23 times found hanging in cell: Deputies
A Polk County, Florida, inmate awaiting trial for allegedly killing his aunt and stabbing his father 23 times was found hanging from a sheet in an apparent suicide, as reported by Orlando Sentinel. WFTS reports that Pedro Vega Jr., 46, was found dead in his isolation cell during a Sunday night inmate check. A detention deputy found Vega …
