Tag Archives: Suicide

Scientists will study former NFL player Phillip Adams‘s brain following his shooting spree that left five dead. According to CNN, Boston University researchers announced Friday that the brain of Adams, 32, will be studied to see if he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after enduring repeated head trauma. On …

Six family members are dead following a murder-suicide pact made between two young brothers in Dallas, Texas. The brothers, 21-year-old Tanvir Towhid and 19-year-old Farhan Towhid, “entered into an agreement that they were going to complete suicide, and from that, it went to where the entire family was taken with …

Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO Kent Taylor took his own life Thursday after experiencing severe side effects from COVID-19. According to CNN, Taylor, 65, suffered from severe tinnitus or ringing in the ears, which his family said intensified in the days before his death.  During the pandemic, Taylor decided to give up his …

Rob Gronkowski usually avoids commenting on former teammate Aaron Hernandez, but in an interview for the 10 Questions with Kyle Brandt podcast, the footballer opened up. “Aaron was a great player. He was a great football player. But, I mean, I get questions like that all the time about him …

Big Sean has opened up about contemplating suicide during the darkest days of his mental health struggles, despite having achieved success. The Detroit MC has always been transparent about his mental health, but during a recent interview on Michael Eric Dyson’s One Question One Mike show, he detailed his thoughts …

A former U.S. gymnastics coach charged with human trafficking and other sex crimes against young girls has committed suicide. According to a Michigan state criminal complaint, John Geddert, the coach responsible for leading the U.S. women’s gymnastics team during the 2012 Olympic games in London, was facing 20 counts of …

According to PEOPLE, Connecticut authorities have concluded that the death of a 54-year-old mother and her 22-year-old special needs son was intentional. The two died after the mother drove her SUV into the Housatonic River. Connie Crowell and her son Jack drowned on July 31, 2020, from a murder-suicide. Both …

A 12-year-old in Texas boy who was overwhelmingly “sad and lonely” during the Covid-19 lockdown hanged himself last year, his father said. According to the NY Post, Hayden Hunstable was so depressed that he took his own life three days before his 13th birthday last April because the youngster didn’t …

The family of a 20-year-old man who committed suicide last summer after thinking he was in debt to Robinhood for $730,000 is suing the company.  According to CNN, the parents and sister of Alex Kearns filed the wrongful death lawsuit on Monday in California. They allege that the company lured in inexperienced …

A deputy who committed suicide Monday left a series of haunting social media videos that provided insight into why he chose to end his life. Deputy Clyde Kerr III, a father and military veteran, shot himself outside the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office. Before his death, the 43-year-old spoke into the …

The wealthy Sweet’N Low creator, Donald Tober, committed suicide by jumping from his Park Avenue apartment, Fox Business reports. Tober, 89, had Parkinson’s disease. Around 5 am Friday, he leaped to his death and was found in the courtyard in the luxury Upper East Side building. Tober was the CEO …

Residents of an NYC building are in a state of shock after a Brooklyn woman, 39, reportedly jumped from the top of a 12-story Hell’s Kitchen housing unit with her child in hand, the New York Post reported. Oksana Patchin, 39, and her daughter, Olivia Patchin, were rushed to St. …

Last week, a Brooklyn woman who jumped to her death from the Vessel in Hudson Yards scheduled her suicide note to auto-post posthumously on Instagram one day after her tragic death.  On December 22, Yocheved Gourarie, 24, rode the subway into Manhattan from her home in Crown Heights and bought …

People are calling for the justice and freedom of a young Black autistic man who was sentenced to 10 out of 50 years in prison for a car crash. On Jan. 4  Matthew Rushin struck another moving vehicle in a parking lot on Laskin Road in Virginia Beach on Jan. …

Lady Gaga recently appeared on CBS “Sunday Morning,” where she discussed her suicidal state following her rise to fame. “I hated being famous. I hated being a star,” she said. “I felt exhausted and used up. I didn’t really understand why I should live other than to be there for …