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Dad Fatally Beat Baby Son
to Oust 'Demons'

California dad cut down by cops as he stomps son before horrified witnesses

(Newser) - A California grocery clerk shot dead by cops as he fatally beat his baby son did so to oust "demons" in the boy, he told witnesses. He removed his son from his car on a rural road and viciously beat him in front of horrified onlookers who tried in vain to stop him. "Good shot," said one witness after a cop downed him. "That guy needed to die." More »

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Dad Penned Apology Before Killing Family

Shame 'too much to bear' for suicide dad facing money trial

(Newser) - An Iowa man left a note in his kitchen and voice mail messages for friends and ex-colleagues apologizing before killing his wife and four young children, the Chicago Tribune reports. Steven Sueppel then killed himself in a fiery highway crash. The former bank executive was facing trial on embezzlement charges, and had admitted using half of the cash for cocaine. His messages said the shame was too much to bear. More »

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Killing Exposes Sumo's Brutality

Teenager dies after routine beating

(Newser) - Seventeen-year-old sumo wrestler Takashi Saito was beaten to death 8 months ago, but the Japan Sumo Association took until last Thursday to punish the alleged culprits—Saito’s trainer and three fellow wrestlers. The dawdling response was much too slow to prevent a public relations disaster: Japan now knows that most sumo stables have baseball bats—to beat wrestlers with. More »

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