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suicide stories: 209 news summaries

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Army Introduces New Measures to Stem Suicides

Officials to hire more therapists, boost drug and health screening

Apr 24, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The army has begun a new effort to stem the rising toll of soldier suicides, hiring more mental health workers and instituting new rules for drug testing and health screening, reports AP. The number of suicides in the first three months of 2009 reached 56—after a record 140 last... More »

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Pressure on Freddie
Exec Was 'Relentless'

Colleagues say Kellermann lost weight, barely went home

Apr 23, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The acting chief financial officer at Freddie Mac, who hanged himself yesterday, was working nonstop and had recently asked the company for a security detail, colleagues tell the New York Times. David Kellermann was struggling to balance the contradictory demands of investors, regulators, and lawmakers, and coworkers say he had... More »

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suicide • Freddie Mac • mortgage lender • GSE • recession depression • David Kellermann

 Md. Man Who Killed Family 
 Was $460K in Debt 

Father detailed mortgage, credit card woes in notes

Apr 22, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Maryland man who murdered his family before shooting and killing himself complained of his financial troubles in notes left at the scene, the Washington Post reports. Christopher Wood’s family was at least $460,000 in debt from two mortgages and credit card charges. The family owned a Florida... More »

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suicide • murder • foreclosure • family • father • financial crisis • recession depression • filicide

(Newser) - Acting Freddie Mac CFO David Kellerman was found dead this morning in what appears to have been a suicide, the Washington Post reports. Kellerman, 41, joined Freddie Mac as an analyst in 1992. He was promoted to CFO when the government took over Freddie last fall, but the company,... More »

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suicide • CFO • Freddie Mac • executives • recession depression

 Suicidal 
 NY Lawyer 
 Kills Family 
 in Hotel 

Family was in Baltimore visiting college daughter

Apr 22, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A troubled Long Island attorney killed his wife, two children and himself in a Baltimore hotel, police said yesterday. "The why and the motive in this is just a big blank right now," said a police official of attorney William Parente, 59, who had an estate and tax... More »

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suicide • crime • murder • murder-suicide • Baltimore • lawyer • Long Island • attorney • filicide • law practice • William Parente

(Newser) - A Florida woman who killed her son and herself at a shooting range Sunday wrote in a note that “I had to send my son to heaven and myself to Hell,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. Marie Moore, 44, shot her son Mitchell, 20, in the head with a... More »

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Florida • suicide • murder • Bible • The Antichrist • Marie Moore • Mitchell Moore • shooting range

(Newser) - The plane thief who led US fighter jets on a chase across six states yesterday did so as part of a bizarre suicide attempt, according to the Missouri trooper who arrested him. Yavuz Berke was hoping that if he flew the Cessna stolen in Canada into the US he’d... More »

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suicide • Canada • fighter jet • Missouri • Cessna • NORAD • Yavuz Berke

 Male Suicide Tracked 
 to Childhood 

Female suicides don't reveal problems until after puberty

Apr 7, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Suicidal men are more likely to have had troubled childhoods than their female counterparts, Reuters reports. A new study found that 78% of male subjects who tried to kill themselves by age 24 had serious behavioral problems at age 8, whereas suicidal females usually developed emotional problems after puberty. The... More »

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gender • suicide • male • anti social behavior • childhood • suicide attempt

Friends 'Not Surprised' by Killer's Rampage

Gunman felt maligned, told co-worker that
'America sucks'

Apr 5, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Confidantes of Jiverly Wong weren’t shocked by his murder of 13 people at a New York immigrant services center, saying he was was enraged by humiliation he suffered as a result of his broken English and recent firing, reports Reuters. “From the people close to him, this action... More »

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suicide • mass shootings • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

(Newser) - Jiverly Voong, the 41-year-old gunman who took 14 lives including his own at an upstate New York immigrant center, was wearing body armor during the attack, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports. Binghamton’s police chief said the armor indicated Voong may have intended to take on police, but... More »

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suicide • murder • mass shootings • body armor • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

(Newser) - The California man who murdered his ex-wife and eight members of her family on Christmas Eve while dressed as Santa Claus had cocaine in his system, the Los Angeles Times reports. The coroner’s office said the cocaine was present in trace amounts and was only a contributing factor... More »

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California • suicide • cocaine • murder • Los Angeles • Christmas • Santa Claus • Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

 Demi's Tweets 
 Help Save 
 Suicidal Woman 

Actress used Twitter to get help for troubled follower

Apr 3, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Demi Moore helped save the life of an apparently suicidal woman early today using Twitter, Access Hollywood reports. A California woman sent the actress a message on the micro-blogging site saying she was “getting a knife” and “going to cut my arm down.” Moore reposted the message... More »

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suicide • San Jose, California • Demi Moore • Twitter

School Sued
for Ignoring 'Bullicides'

Teachers stood by as students pushed teen over edge: parents

Apr 2, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The parents of an Ohio teen who killed himself after a bully suggested he do so have sued his former school. Teachers let other boys tease Eric Mohat, call him homophobic slurs, and shove him around without recourse, charge William and Janis Mohat, who want the school to recognize the... More »

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suicide • high school • Ohio • bullying • teenager

 Condi Last Hope for 
 'Suicidal' Bush: Tabloid 

'Midnight calls' to Rice sustain ex-president, 'estranged' from Laura

Apr 1, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the brink of suicide and estranged from his wife, George Bush is leaning on his former secretary of state to ease his pain, the Globe tabloid reports. The "broken and desperate" Dubya has been dialing Condoleezza Rice, who, of course, "many believe was his secret lover,"... More »

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suicide • Condoleezza Rice • Laura Bush • tabloids • George W. Bush

(Newser) - The recent spate of shootings could point to a link between violence and the faltering US economy, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “Most of these mass killings are precipitated by some catastrophic loss, and when the economy goes south, there are simply more of these losses,” said criminologist... More »

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suicide • murder • recession • gun violence • economy • Great Depression

(Newser) - Nicholas Hughes’ depression and eventual suicide were caused by the loss of his father in 1998, the Times reports. The younger Hughes and his father shared a special bond, and when Ted Hughes died, renowned fish biologist Nicholas “lost the relationship that mattered most to him,” a friend... More »

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suicide • depression • literature • poetry • Sylvia Plath • Ted Hughes • Nicholas Hughes

Sylvia Plath's Son Commits Suicide

46 years after she killed herself, Nicholas Hughes hangs himself

Mar 23, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The son of writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes committed suicide last week, hanging himself at his home in Fairbanks, Alaska, following a battle with depression, reports the Times of London. Nicholas Hughes, 47, was a professor of fisheries and ocean sciences but had recently left his position to take... More »

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suicide • Alaska • literature • poetry • English literature • Sylvia Plath • Ted Hughes

Caylee Grandpa Suicide Note Stays Private: Judge

Defense requests DNA info at pre-trial hearing for Casey Anthony

Mar 13, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has ruled that a note written by Caylee Anthony's grandfather the night he threatened suicide should not be made public, CNN reports. George Anthony wrote that he wished to end his life and be with his granddaughter, whose body had been found weeks earlier. The ruling came yesterday... More »

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Florida • suicide • trial • suicide note • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • George Anthony

Ohio Killer of 5 Vowed He
Would Change

'I WILL NOT let you down,' he wrote to judge in 2005

Mar 7, 09 9:37 AM CST
(AP) - An Ohio man who killed himself yesterday—a day after police said he killed his wife, sister-in-law, and three children—told a judge in 2005 that he was ready to be a law-abiding citizen if he was released from prison. "I swear to you from the bottom of my... More »

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suicide • divorce • Cleveland • murder • Ohio • family • wife • shooting • letter

Would-Be Suicide Wins $130K Against Life-Saving Hospital

'I can't even cuddle my wife with my right hand,' he complains

Mar 6, 09 5:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A would-be suicide has won a $130,000 settlement against the British hospital that saved his life, reports the Telegraph. The father of two complained that an extra heavy dose of IV drugs used to neutralize the 100 pills he swallowed reduced his arm function by 75%. "I know... More »

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suicide • overdose • lawsuit • hospital • settlement • malpractice

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