The jail has seen an alarming number of suicides this year; and the doctor had previously threatened to kill himself but was not placed under suicide watch
A young man in Michigan turned a gun on himself and took his own life after he realized he had accidentally shot and killed his best friend. WJRT reports that Zachary Woodcock, 20, hosted a gathering to celebrate his upcoming birthday at Bavarian Haus Apartments in Merrill on Friday night. At some point, after Woodcock and …
A British woman faces four years behind bars after allegedly backing out of a suicide pact she had coerced an online acquaintance into entering, according to the BBC. The other party, 31-year-old postal worker Matthew Birkinshaw, reportedly went on to kill himself by carbon monoxide poisoning as the two had planned. As the New York …
Police believe a mother and daughter who were found dead in their home on New Year’s Eve died in a murder-suicide that occurred up to three weeks earlier. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the bodies of Karina and Madison Clark were discovered in their Magna, Utah, home after a fellow church member noticed a …
Some new details have emerged in the mysterious deaths of a young couple in Florida this week, believed to be the result of a murder-suicide. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Travis Timilty and his girlfriend Nicole Given were found dead in their Singer Island home on Wednesday. There have been conflicting reports about who found the …
Early reports offer a conflicting picture of the couple’s relationship and the events immediately leading to the discovery of their bodies
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
