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murder-suicide stories: 48 news summaries

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Fireman Dead
in Fla. Wendy's Shooting

Unemployed gunman injured 5 others before taking own life

Mar 3, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A gunman killed a local firefighter and wounded five others in a West Palm Beach Wendy's today before taking his own life, the Palm Beach Post reports. Shooter Alburn Edward Blake left no suicide note but was said by one witness to be an ex-worker at the restaurant. "Looks... More »

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Florida • suicide • crime • murder-suicide • homicide • Wendy's • Palm Beach • shooting • gun violence

Lover Airs NIU Shooter's Letter

'Don't forget me,' killer told girlfriend in final love letter

Feb 18, 08 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The girlfriend of the gunman who murdered five students at Northern Illinois University Thursday talked to him every day last week, including the night before the shooting spree, and detected nothing amiss. "He wasn't erratic. He wasn't delusional. He was Steve; he was normal," Jessica Baty, 28, told... More »

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antidepressant • Disney World • murder-suicide • Northern Illinois University • Steven Kazmierczak • criminal justice • Jessica Baty • Urbana-Champaign • shotgun • handgun • love letter • The Antichrist • Friedrich Nietzsche • campus shooting

Omaha Mall Reopens
Under Heavy Security

Van Maur store, where the shooter opened fire, remains closed

Dec 8, 07 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The Omaha mall where 19-year-old Robert Hawkins unleashed his killing spree re-opened for business today under tighter security, the AP reports. “I came in here and I was wondering how I would feel about it,” the mayor said, “but I feel fine.” The Von Maur store... More »

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murder-suicide • Omaha • Nebraska • mall • holiday shopping • Omaha mall shooting • mall shooting • Robert Hawkins • mall security

Omaha Shooter Led Troubled Young Life

He spent time
in institutions for psychiatric problems

Dec 6, 07 10:42 PM CST
(Newser) - The Omaha youth who went on a shooting rampage in a busy mall spent much of his later teen years in institutions and foster care because of behavioral and psychiatric problems, CNN reports. Robert Hawkins' trouble began five years ago, when he was sent to a treatment center after threatening... More »

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murder-suicide • violence • mental illness • suicide note • shooting • guns

Benoit Bought  'Excessive' Steroids

Doctor gave wrestler
10 times normal dose, feds charge

Jul 3, 07 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over the last year Chris Benoit's doctor was prescribing the wrestler a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids every three or four weeks, the DEA said in court papers made public today. The steroids, which can cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts, may have been a factor in the murder of... More »

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suicide • steroids • murder • murder-suicide • wrestling • Chris Benoit • WWE • doctor • Phil Astin

Wrestler and Family Killed in
Murder-Suicide

Bodies of wife and young son found in dead champion's home

Jun 26, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A professional wrestler was found dead yesterday with his wife and 7-year old son in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. Investigators believe Chris Benoit, 40, killed his family over the weekend in their secluded Georgia home before committing suicide yesterday. A neighbor alerted police, who discovered the bodies in... More »

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suicide • murder • murder-suicide • wrestling • professional wrestling • Chris Benoit • Houston • autopsy • WWE

Twin Infants Among 6 Dead in Family  Massacre

Two-year-old is fighting for her life

Jun 11, 07 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two infant twin boys are among six dead in a Wisconsin massacre that appears to be a murder-suicide. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports a two-year-old girl, found in a van outside the house, survived the slaughter after being shot in the chest. The children's father and a 19-year-old woman were among... More »

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Wisconsin • murder-suicide • massacre

Mom, 3 Girls Found Dead in Mobile Home

All were hanging in closet; 8-month-old survived apparent murder-suicide

May 29, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bodies of a woman and her four young daughters were found hanging in a closet in the Oak Hills mobile home park in Texas this morning, all dead except the youngest girl, an 8-month-old. More »

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suicide • Texas • murder • murder-suicide • Oak Hills

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