Sex Offender Suicides and Other Deaths

Mother wants understanding for her dead son

2012-01-30T05:36:00.000-05:00

1-31-2012 Maine: AUGUSTA -- In the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2011, Scott Penney covered his recliner in plastic and carefully leaned plywood against the backrest. He walked around his State Street apartment, pulling closed the window shades. He felt his way across the dark room and nestled into the recliner. There, on a coffee table in front of him, Penney left a note to his family that

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Red Sox hit with child sex abuse lawsuit

2012-01-27T23:22:00.001-05:00

12-5-2011 New York: Charles Crawford was an inner city kid from Boston who thought he had gone to heaven when his friend, a Red Sox batboy helped him get a job as Fenway Park clubhouse attendant in the early 1980s. But the venerable ballpark turned into a house of horrors for Crawford and the batboy after longtime clubhouse manager Donald Fitzpatrick sexually abused them in the Red Sox locker

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Convicted Sex Offender Dies In Custody

2012-01-27T14:14:00.001-05:00

1-27-2012 Nevada: LAS VEGAS (AP) — Records show that a 42-year-old man who died after collapsing unconscious in police custody at the Clark County jail was a convicted sex offender who served time in Nevada State Prison. The Clark County coroner identified the dead man Thursday as James Michael Venters. A cause of death won’t be known until blood toxicology tests are completed in several weeks

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Matthew Anderson: Sex offender's suicide after standoff doesn't end worries in Northglenn

2012-01-26T16:55:00.004-05:00

1-3-2012 Colorado: Matthew Richard Anderson's suicide is reverberating two days later, and not just because Northglenn Police officer Dennis Alps is still recovering from a wound sustained during the standoff that preceded the sex offender's final act. Parents are aghast at learning that Anderson was living legally near Northglenn Middle School, despite a 2006 conviction for trying to entice

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Man dead in Las Vegas taxi police custody identified

2012-01-26T16:07:00.000-05:00

1-26-2012 Nevada: LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Records show that a 42-year-old man who died after collapsing unconscious in police custody at the Clark County jail was a convicted sex offender who served time in Nevada State Prison. The Clark County coroner identified the dead man Thursday as James Michael Venters. A cause of death won't be known until blood toxicology tests are completed in several

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Man accused of killing Waveland priest found dead in cell

2012-01-26T14:57:00.008-05:00

1-26-2012 Mississippi: A state prisoner accused of killing a Louisiana priest last year in Waveland was found dead in his cell Thursday at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, according to a spokesperson. State inmate Jeremy Wayne Manieri was found dead in his cell at 5 a.m. Thursday by correctional officers, spokeswoman Suzanne Singletary said. Singletary said it appears Manieri

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Mammoth Lakes Doctor Commits Suicide

2012-01-25T00:19:00.003-05:00

1-24-2012 California: KEY News has learned a Mammoth Lakes doctor charged with sex crimes involving a 14 year old Santa Barbara girl has committed suicide. Doctor Andrew Bourne faced eight counts of illegal communication with a minor to facilitate sexual activity. Sources tell KEY News that Bourne killed himself on Tuesday by injecting himself with drugs. Santa Barbara police arrested

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Standoff ends with self-inflicted gunshot, police say

2012-01-24T22:40:00.001-05:00

1-24-2012 North Carolina: A four-hour standoff between police and a West Marion man ended Tuesday afternoon when officers stormed the home to find that the resident had shot himself. George Elmer Painter III, 47, of 70 W. Wilhelmina St. was taken by ambulance to The McDowell Hospital, where he was loaded aboard MAMA, Memorial Mission’s helicopter, and transported to the Asheville facility.

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Florida man commits suicide in Smokies days before trial in Key West

2012-01-24T18:35:00.001-05:00

1-24-2012 North Carolina: A Key West, Fla., man who steadfastly maintained his innocence on child pornography charges and was set to stand trial there Monday morning killed himself Friday afternoon in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The body of Charles Dale Lee, 56, was found on the North Carolina side of the National Park shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, said Molly Schroer, public

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NY jail inmate jumps to his death from 2nd floor

2012-01-24T11:07:00.004-05:00

1-24-2012 New York: LOCKPORT, N.Y. — The Niagara County Sheriff's Office says an inmate has died after jumping head-first from a second-floor landing at the jail. The sheriff says the inmate was being moved from his cell by two guards at 6 a.m. Monday to be transported to state prison when he quickly climbed onto a railing and jumped. The inmate's name wasn't released, pending notification

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Cops: Slain teen was to testify against man found dead with her

2012-01-23T01:23:00.002-05:00

10-29-2010 Michigan: He had been charged with sexual assault against her Taylor Manley was found in a minivan with Raymond Bush, 38. The teen was supposed to testify against him Wednesday morning in trial for allegedly sexually assaulting her, but she disappeared before that happened, police and prosecutors say. Bush died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the Wayne County

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Man found dead at home was sex offences suspect – inquest

2012-01-22T20:08:00.000-05:00

1-20-2012 United Kingdom: A MAN was found dead at his home three days after being arrested on suspicion of historical sexual offences, an inquest heard. Police found the body of Leslie William Alls, 66, at his house in Anson Street, Barrow, on August 5. An inquest at Barrow Town Hall yesterday heard officers broke into the address after a friend of Mr Alls received a worrying text message

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Prison, Burleigh jail deaths reported

2012-01-22T19:59:00.002-05:00

1-20-2012 North Dakota An inmate at the North Dakota State Penitentiary and a woman being held at the Burleigh County Detention Center died in the last week. ........ Michael Foyt, 29, an inmate at the state penitentiary, was pronounced dead at 7:10 a.m. Monday at a Bismarck hospital. Dave Krabbenhoft, of the North Dakota Department of Corrections, said penitentiary staff responded to a

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Suicide

2012-01-20T09:19:00.001-05:00

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Differential suicide rates in typologies of child sex offenders in a 6-year consecutive cohort of male suicides.

2012-01-20T09:01:00.002-05:00

2005: Abstract Earlier research identified 3 typologies of Child Sex Offenders [CSO] with high rates of suicide. To test this finding suicide rates of 3 types of CSO were compared in a 6-year cohort of regional suicides. All male suicides were identified from Coroners" inquest files and CSO data drawn from police records to calculate CSO suicide rates. The results show that suicide in "

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Sex offender commits suicide in jail cell

2012-01-20T08:41:00.002-05:00

11-21-2000 New Mexico: PORTALES, N.M. A convicted sex offender who had been arrested and jailed this month on multiple new felony charges involving sex with a young child hanged himself Sunday morning inside his cell at the Roosevelt County Detention Center, Sheriff C.D. Newberry Jr. said Monday. The body of Alfonso P. Gonzales, 38, of Portales was discovered hanging from a bed sheet tied to

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Georgia man who admitted murdering girl found dead in apparent suicide

2012-01-19T20:06:00.003-05:00

1-19-2012 Georgia: Atlanta (CNN) -- Ryan Brunn, the man who this week was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering a Georgia girl, apparently killed himself in his prison cell Thursday, a corrections spokeswoman said. Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kristen Stancil said that Brunn was found unresponsive at 4:15 p.m. in his cell at Georgia Diagnostic and

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Tulsa man commits suicide while being questioned by federal agents

2012-01-19T17:30:00.002-05:00

1-19-2012 Oklahoma: A man who was being questioned by federal agents committed suicide during the interview Thursday morning, officials said. Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Division and Tulsa County sheriff’s deputies were speaking to the man at his home in the 3400 block of South Oswego Avenue. About 8:50 a.m., the man grabbed

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Mike Current: Former NFL Offensive Lineman Found Dead After Apparent Suicide

2012-01-18T02:19:00.002-05:00

1-18-2012 Oregon: Michael Current, who played in the NFL for 13 years as an offensive lineman with the Denver Broncos, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins, was found dead at an Oregon Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge in an apparent suicide, according to the Statesman Journal. According to The Columbus Dispatch, Current was facing sex abuse charges. The report also said that Current

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One-time suspect in unsolved Martinko homicide dies in prison

2012-01-17T19:25:00.001-05:00

1-17-2012 Iowa A convicted rapist once considered a prime suspect in the 1979 unsolved stabbing death of Cedar Rapids teen Michelle Martinko died this week in the Iowa State Penitentiary Hospice Care Unit, where he was serving a life sentence for an unrelated sexual crime. Dennis Lee McKee, 61, died a natural death from metastatic colon cancer on Sunday, according to the Iowa Department of

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Police look for answers in stabbing death

2012-01-15T12:06:00.001-05:00

11-6-2007 Nebraska A Lincoln man died Saturday as a result of a stab wound, Lincoln Police Officer Kacky Finnell said Monday. An investigation into the death of Andrea Williams, 44, is ongoing, Finnell said. No arrests have been made, and police have yet to rule it a homicide, instead calling it a suspicious death. Finnell said officers responded to Williams’ home at 1520 D St., Apt. 3, at

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Benton Harbor cop charged with sexual assault

2012-01-12T19:48:00.003-05:00

1-12-2012 Michigan: BENTON HARBOR, Mich. - A former Benton Harbor police officer was arrested today and is now facing prison time if convicted of sexual assault allegations. 42-year-old Jared Graves, a 14-year veteran employee of the Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety was arrested at his home today by Michigan State Police. Graves mostly sat in silence Thursday afternoon over a video

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Son of Packers offensive coordinator found dead in Wisconsin river

2012-01-10T19:33:00.001-05:00

1-10-2012 Wisconsin: Several reporters on-scene in Green Bay report that a body found in the Fox River has been identified as Michael Philbin, and the news was confirmed by police on Monday evening. Michael was the 21-year-old son of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin. Michael was reported missing on Sunday night. The last time he was heard from was 2 a.m. on Sunday. He lived

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YouTube star dies in prison

2012-01-10T15:18:00.002-05:00

1-10-2012 Florida: An elderly convicted sex offender who became a YouTube sensation by posting zany videos of himself singing, died this week in prison. Edward Muscare, 79, was best known as "edarem" to his nearly 22,000 YouTube subscribers for his videos lip-syncing with wild gray hair and missing teeth to songs like Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" or "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front

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Missing Man Found Dead

2012-01-08T13:11:00.001-05:00

10-18-2010 Arizona: Cause of death undetermined, his sex offender notification was printed in paper A man who went missing shortly after his sex offender notification was published in The Apache Junction/Gold Canyon News has been found dead. David Henry Huck was found Friday, October 8, by Superstition Search and Rescue in the area of Tepee and Meridian Road in a semi-wooded brush area, said

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