Suicide

‘No one cares about me’: Mom suspected in murder-suicide attempt says she thought her toddler daughter would survive if she cracked a window in her car

 ‘No one cares about me’: Mom suspected in murder-suicide attempt says she thought her toddler daughter would survive if she cracked a window in her car
Child Abuse

A Massachusetts mother is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, after both she and her daughter were found suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. MassLive reports that Leeann Rickheit and her three-year-old daughter were found in her car in a wooded area outside of Worcester Thursday morning. Rickheit had allegedly stuffed the tailpipe with items of clothing …

Escaped rape suspect commits suicide after a three-day manhunt
Suicide
August 8, 2017

Escaped rape suspect commits suicide after a three-day manhunt

An Ohio rape suspect who overpowered a guard and fled in a transport van on Friday has killed himself after a three-day standoff, police confirm. Fox 8 reports that according to Paulding County authorities, 32-year-old Brandon Lee Powell shot himself while hiding in a crawl space in his parents basement near Antwerp. The incident occurred at …

Justice? Woman who sent texts urging suicide only gets 15 months in jail
Suicide
August 3, 2017

Justice? Woman who sent texts urging suicide only gets 15 months in jail

By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. Michelle Carter, now 20, was convicted …

Funny man Jim Carrey battles claims he gave girlfriend STD before she commits suicide
Celebrity Justice
August 1, 2017

Funny man Jim Carrey battles claims he gave girlfriend STD before she commits suicide

Jim Carrey continues to fight the wrongful death suit brought by his ex-girlfriend’s family, this time demanding photos and other evidence from the scene of Cathriona White’s 2015 suicide, along with medical history records. The Daily Mail reports exclusively that Carrey has served subpoenas to law enforcement and medical professionals in an effort to show that …

‘He just wanted to help people’: Chiropractor who jumped to his death with wife over money woes was a 9/11 hero
Suicide
July 30, 2017

‘He just wanted to help people’: Chiropractor who jumped to his death with wife over money woes was a 9/11 hero

The Manhattan chiropractor who jumped to his death with his wife is being remembered as a “saint” who helped traumatized firefighters after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The New York Post reports that Glenn Scarpelli, who was found dead early Friday morning on Madison Avenue with his wife, Patricia Colant, spent countless hours volunteering his services to …

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Family Crime
July 28, 2017

‘Our kids are upstairs, please take care of them’: Madison Avenue chiropractor and his wife leap to their deaths together because of money concerns

A New York City couple jumped to their deaths in midtown Manhattan early Friday morning, and left notes blaming their suicide on overwhelming financial burdens. The New York Post reports that Glenn Scarpelli, 53,  and his wife Patricia Colant, 50, leapt from the ninth floor of an office building in Murray Hill and were found dead on Madison …