November 5, 2006Terrell, TexasLouis “Bill” Condadt (56) fatally shoots himself as law enforcement approach his house, intent on arresting him for solicitation of a minor Conradt had been one of two dozen people involved in a 4-day child predator sting in the Murphy, Texas area, coordinated between the NBC Dateline segment To Catch a Predator…
Suspected “Skid Row Slayer” dies from self-inflicted gunshot
October 10, 1986West Los Angeles, CaliforniaSuspected killer Michael Player (26) dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Between September 4 and October 9, 1986, at least ten men were killed by a person the press dubbed the Skid Row Slayer and the police called The Transient Killer. The victims were predominantly — but not exclusively —…
Man kills himself after names as suspect in disappearance of family of 4
March 10, 2008 Seoul, South Korea Lee Ho-seong (이호성, 41) kills himself after being named as the suspect in the disappearances of his romantic partner and her three daughters (pictured) Kim Yeon-suk (46) and her daughters Jeong Seon-ah (20), Jin-ah (19) and Hae-ah (13) were last seen on February 18, 2008, when Kim told her…
Man angry over taxes flies plane into IRS building
February 18, 2010 Austin, Texas Andrew Joseph Stack III (53, pictured inset left) flies a single-engine aircraft into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, killing himself and Vernon Hunter (67, pictured inset right) and wounding 13 At the time of the attack, Stack was being audited by the IRS. According to a written statement that…
Woman jumps to her death, lands on and kills pedestrian in the process
October 12, 1962Los Angeles, CaliforniaA woman jumps from a 9th floor window, landing on and killing a bystander in the process At the time of the incident, Pauline Otton (27) and her husband Dewey (32) had been having marital issues. Pauline visited her estranged husband at his place of employment and asked to reconcile. Dewey…