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Suicide

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Miami Man Wins $1 Billion in Imaginary Money from Che and Fidel

    Gustavo Villoldo, an ex-CIA operative who claims to have personally buried Che Guevara, was awarded a settlement today of $1 billion from Guevara and Fidel Castro by Miami-Dade Judge Peter Adrian. Villoldo claims that the pair was personally responsible for his father's suicide. It's the largest civ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    KRS-One's Step-Son Commits Suicide

    Gustavo Villoldo, an ex-CIA operative who claims to have personally buried Che Guevara, was awarded a settlement today of $1 billion from Guevara and Fidel Castro by Miami-Dade Judge Peter Adrian. Villoldo claims that the pair was personally responsible for his father's suicide. It's the largest civ ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Disintegration

    Marcy Hine had everything going for her; then she killed herself

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Teen Commits Suicide on Webcam

    The sad story of Abraham Biggs, the Pembroke Pines teen who commited suicide live on webcam, just broke locally, but details began emerging from various Internet sources late yesterday afternoon. Valleywag reports that Biggs was a regular user of Justin.tv, a lifecasting site, often transmitting th ... More >>

  • News

    July 18, 1990

    Suicide

    The sad story of Abraham Biggs, the Pembroke Pines teen who commited suicide live on webcam, just broke locally, but details began emerging from various Internet sources late yesterday afternoon. Valleywag reports that Biggs was a regular user of Justin.tv, a lifecasting site, often transmitting th ... More >>

  • News

    October 24, 1990

    Boneyard Ramble

    Crushed in a garbage truck, poisoned by a landlady, crapped out-literally--during a dice game. These and more are buried in this county's cemetaries, and come Halloween night, they'll be dying to get out

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    DJ Khaled Has Not Been Killed in a High-Speed Bentley Chase, DJ Khaled Claims

    In one of the more outrageous celebrity-death rumors we've heard (FYI: Eminem, Blossom, and Doogie Howser are indeed alive) various blogs have been reporting that Miami pseudo-star DJ Khaled led cops on a three-hour Bentley chase through Los Angeles streets before killing himself. A white-Bentley- ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 1993

    Last Writes

    Some suicide notes are short, some tell a more detailed story. They all have unhappy endings.

  • News

    August 24, 1994

    Reach Out and Help Someone

    Potential suicide. Sexual anxiety. Adolescent angst. No matter how hung-up you are, the counselors at Switchboard of Miami won't hang up -- or give up -- on you.

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    The Patron Saint of Seattle

    Out now on DVD, About a Son fascinatingly traces Kurt Cobain's life without ever showing his face.

  • Culture

    October 11, 2007

    Women Send Words from Prison

    Eve Ensler’s Broadway smash hits the Gusman

  • Calendar

    April 5, 2007

    Walk On the Dark Side

    And now for something completely different

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Dark Defiance

    A journalist, a kick-ass story, a suicide

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Allison Moorer

    Getting Somewhere (Sugar Hill)

  • News

    June 22, 2006

    Rough Love

    Kids from South Florida and beyond are sent to Jamaica to straighten up. Or else.

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of August 4, 2005

    Response to "Tales of Teele," published July 28, 2005

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    The Kids Aren't All Right

    School incident reports create a journal crammed with violence, drama, rivalry, and intrigue

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    The Question That Won't Die

    A mild-mannered U.S. Customs inspector is shot to death. Police call it suicide. Friends and family say that’s inconceivable.

  • Culture

    February 27, 2003

    Steal This Movie

    Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    The Un-Teflon Don

    After years of popularity, a financial scandal threatens the reign of City Manager Donald Warshaw

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    The Last Temptation of George Petrie

    He was supposed to turn up dead. His friend, attorney Robert Roth, was supposed to wrap up his affairs. Now they've ended up mortal enemies.

  • Culture

    August 20, 1998

    You'll Die Laughing

    He was supposed to turn up dead. His friend, attorney Robert Roth, was supposed to wrap up his affairs. Now they've ended up mortal enemies.

  • Film

    June 20, 1996

    Blue Jean

    He was supposed to turn up dead. His friend, attorney Robert Roth, was supposed to wrap up his affairs. Now they've ended up mortal enemies.

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    Piece of Mind

    Jackson's mental health unit fails Miami.

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Legends of the Fall

    In Miami's jungle of condo towers, 16 people have jumped to their deaths.

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of September 17, 2009

    "One has to be strong not to do something as extreme as killing oneself."

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Juan Manuel Oliva and Sheila Mora Identified As Couple in Miami Beach Murder-Suicide

    Police have released the identity of the couple involved in yesterday's apparent murder-suicide in Miami Beach.Thirty-five-year-old Sheila Mora was found stabbed to death in the couple's apartment, Unit 3707 in the beachfront Akoya building on 6365 Collins Avenue. Police discovered her body aft ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2010

    Hell Hath No Fury

    Police have released the identity of the couple involved in yesterday's apparent murder-suicide in Miami Beach.Thirty-five-year-old Sheila Mora was found stabbed to death in the couple's apartment, Unit 3707 in the beachfront Akoya building on 6365 Collins Avenue. Police discovered her body aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Rafer Alston Left Heat to Be With Suicidal Twin Sister

    Oh man, we kind of feel bad for making light of Rafer Alston's mysterious dissapearence from the Heat. According to ESPN, Alston says his decision had little to do with losing his spot in the starting line up and more to do with the attempted suicide of his twin sister."I've never been a quitter and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Five Dead in Murder-Suicide in Hialeah Restaurant

    A man shot six women -- killing four -- at a Hialeah restaurant on June 6, before leaving the scene and eventually killing himself on one of the most gruesome killing sprees in the history of the city. According to WSVN,the shootings started after a argument between a man and his girlfriend in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    87-Year-Old Man Kills 84-Year-Old Woman Then Tries to Kill Himself

    A bizarre murder-suicide attempt today has left one octogenarian dead, and another injured. Police are investigation and incident in which an 87-year-old man pulled a gun on an 84-year-old woman and then apparently turned it toward himself.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    87-Year-Old Man Planned Ex-Girlfriend's Murder for Months

    via CBS4​Last Friday, we had few details about the bizarre murder that left an 84-year-old woman dead at the hands of an 87-year-old who had also shot himself. Now, Juan Adolfo Gonzalez has been identified as the gunman. He told police he had been plotting the murder of Celina Hernandez, his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Suicidal Gunman Shoots Two Women and a Toddler in North Miami

    via FacebookTavaris FairStephanie Peterson, age 22, was babysitting a young child in the apartment of Kizzy Williams, 31, when her boyfriend showed up ready for an argument. Tavaris Fair, 25, fired several shots in the North Miami apartment before ending his own life after a long standoff with polic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Woman Kills Boyfriend Before Committing Suicide

    ​Miami police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a live-in boyfriend and girlfriend couple that happened sometime in the last 24 hours, reports The Miami Herald. Police believe the girlfriend shot and killed her boyfriend before shooting herself.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Mother, Son Fatally Stabbed in Gruesome Murder

    ​A mother and her adult son were fatally stabbed Wednesday night during a domestic dispute in a West Miami Dade home. The killer then turned the knife on himself but survived. When police arrived shortly after 7 p.m. at a home on 133rd Place and Southwest 58th Terrace, they found a gruesome scene ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    Family in Dysfunction

    ​A mother and her adult son were fatally stabbed Wednesday night during a domestic dispute in a West Miami Dade home. The killer then turned the knife on himself but survived. When police arrived shortly after 7 p.m. at a home on 133rd Place and Southwest 58th Terrace, they found a gruesome scene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Dad Accused of Killing Toddler During "Boxing Lessons" Commits Suicide in Jail

    ​Lee Willie DeJesus, a 25-year-old father from Homestead, was put behind bars last August after allegedly killing his two-year-old son during "boxing lessons". He spent the rest of his life there. On Saturday DeJesus was found hanging from his own bed sheets at the Miami-Dade jail.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Possible Murder-Suicide in Kendall: Couple Found Dead After Kids Leave for School

    ​Police are investigating a double shooting this morning in Kendall that left a couple dead inside their home. While the investigation is on-going, detectives believe that the incident may have been a double shooting. Two children resided with the couple in the home, but had left for school earlie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Ten-Year-Old Florida Boy Commits Suicide After Being Sent to Room

    via Ten ConnectThe apartment where the little boy is believed to have committed suicide. ​A little after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the parents of 10-year-old Tyriq Ammons sent him to his room for misbehaving. Forty-five minutes later his mother went to check on him. She opened the door to fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Elderly Murder-Suicide: 80-Year-Old Shoots Wheelchair-Bound Wife And Himself

    via Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeDeputies outside the house where they say 8o-year-old Glen Tucker killed himself and his wife.Saddest story of the morning: An elderly Keys man has shot and killed his wife and his cat before committing suicide.Just after noon yesterday, Monroe County sheriffs got a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    North Miami Man Kills Wife While Kids Were Home

    ​Last night, an unidentified North Miami man killed his wife, then failed in his attempt to kill himself. Police say that the couple's three children, ages 4, 11, and 13, were home at the time. The children were unhurt, but one of the kids may have witnessed the father murdering his mother.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Florida Principal Suspended After Hypnotizing Student Who Committed Suicide The Next Day

    ​Dr George Kenney, a high school principal in Florida, hypnotized Wesley McKinley, a 16-year-old student, in his office. The next day the male student was found dead, the victim of an apparent suicide by means of drug overdose. Now Kenney has been suspended as police and the school board attempt t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Sarasota Principal Hypnotized Three Students Before Their Strange Deaths

    Remember Dr. George Kenney, the hypnosis enthusiast/principal of North Port High School in Sarasota, who was suspended after a student he hypnotized suffered a fatal drug overdose the next day? Well turns out that isn't the only student Kenney hypnotized who later turned up dead. An investigation fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Couple Commits Suicide Outside Florida Church They Married in 40 Years Ago

    via Daily Mail​Forty years ago, Patricia and Bruce Wright promised to love each other until death do them part at the Friendship United Methodist Church in Punta Gorda, Florida. In a tragic tale, the couple, who had most recently lived in Las Vegas, returned to the church on Sunday and killed them ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 15, 2011

    'Night, Mother at the Pelican Theatre through September 25

    via Daily Mail​Forty years ago, Patricia and Bruce Wright promised to love each other until death do them part at the Friendship United Methodist Church in Punta Gorda, Florida. In a tragic tale, the couple, who had most recently lived in Las Vegas, returned to the church on Sunday and killed them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    78-Year-Old Kills 21-Year-Old Wife, Sets House on Fire

    via Floerchinger's Facebook​Guenther Floerchinger, a 78-year-old man, is alleged to have shot his 21-year-old wife before setting his Port St. Lucie home on fire and then killing himself. Floerchinger made two phone calls before his suicide -- one asking a neighbor to take his wife's 4-year-old da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    DJ Laz's Gun Used in Miramar Murder-Suicide

    ​Power 96 morning host and Miami bass legend DJ Laz finds himself connected to a bizarre murder-suicide that occurred in Miramar this past weekend.Marcus Trotman, 25, shot his wife, 30-year-old Danielle Lorenzo, and his mother-in-law, Linda Scudera, before turning the gun on himself. All three die ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2011

    Shocker Mom

    ​Power 96 morning host and Miami bass legend DJ Laz finds himself connected to a bizarre murder-suicide that occurred in Miramar this past weekend.Marcus Trotman, 25, shot his wife, 30-year-old Danielle Lorenzo, and his mother-in-law, Linda Scudera, before turning the gun on himself. All three die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Inmate Commits Suicide by Water Bottle in Back of Jail Van

    ​A jail transport van was driving inmate Drew Gabrish, 50, from Key West to Martin County. When guards stopped at the Miami-Dade jail earlier this week to pick up another inmate they found Gabrish dead in the back of the van. He had committed suicide by choking himself on a water bottle.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Florida Family Association Boycotts Target For Not Hating Homosexuals Enough

    David Canton gets crazy ideas when he sees gay teens on Degrassi kiss.Florida Family Association, one of these "morality" groups that's pretty much a soap box for some guy named David Canton, has decided to call for a boycott of Target because *gasp* they don't think gay teens should kill themselves ... More >>

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