Suicide

KRS-One's Step-Son Commits Suicide

Teen Beats Police To Punch, Shoots Self

A South Florida New Year's Story

RIP Mark Schwed

Dying to be Famous

When 19-year-old Abraham Biggs Jr. logged onto Bodybuilding.com November 19th, he typed: "ask a guy who is gonna OD(again) tonight anything." He had threatened to take his life before on the web, under the screen name CandyJunkie.  The first online attempt took place several months p ... More >>

Stop, Or I Won't Shoot!

Looks like the Fort Lauderdale police have a case of suicide-by-cop on their hands. At around 2 a.m. this morning, officers responded to call about an attempted suicide in the northwest section of Fort Lauderdale. They arrived to find 18-year-old Jordan Christian wielding a ... More >>

You'll Die Laughing

Looks like the Fort Lauderdale police have a case of suicide-by-cop on their hands. At around 2 a.m. this morning, officers responded to call about an attempted suicide in the northwest section of Fort Lauderdale. They arrived to find 18-year-old Jordan Christian wielding a ... More >>

Bandwidth

The tribulations of Fort Lauderdale's Beleaguered Nightclubs

Goin’ Off the Rails on a Crazy Train

The tribulations of Fort Lauderdale's Beleaguered Nightclubs

No Exit

In South Florida the new killing fields are filled with sick, depressed senior citizens who make self-inflicted death their final ally

Pain and Progress

KRS-One talks tragedy and new music endeavors

Beat the Crowd

Glastonbury, The Hustler: Collector's Edition, Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built, The Bridge

Matchhead

Carlos Arredondo did the unthinkable with gasoline, a Marine van, and a propane torch. Two years later, he still burns.

Grave Doubts

If Tondelaya McKenzie killed herself, how did she arrange her own corpse?

Rhinestone Cowboys

Go down to the Hoedown

Dread the Star Chamber

Did a face-off with sheriff's brass drive the sergeant to suicide?

XO, Elliott

Rest in Peace, Elliott Smith (1969-2003)

Death and Doubts

Ray Golden's hanging was a national curiosity. Maybe his legacy will be social justice.

Steal This Movie

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

Freedom to Die

The story of a Hollywood couple's love and death is heart-rending. It should also spur change.

Biting the Hand That Needs

From the beach to city hall, Fort Lauderdale puts women and minorities in their place, says an affirmative action specialist who was fired after speaking up

Suicides From South Florida High-Rises Tell the Tales of Those Who Leaped to Their Deaths

From the beach to city hall, Fort Lauderdale puts women and minorities in their place, says an affirmative action specialist who was fired after speaking up

Latest on the Shooting in Hollywood

Hollywood Police just updated the media about its findings in shooting incident that occurred in the late afternoon Sunday in Boulevard Heights. It's a murder-suicide. The shooter's name is Zacaria Fernandez, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he shot Yvonne Magdalena Rios, the sister ... More >>

John DeGroot Digging Into Case of Gabriel Myers, the Foster Child Who Hung Himself

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Suicide in Broward Jail

Photo courtesy Broward Sheriff's OfficeJohn Hammond​John Hammond, a 37-year-old man who had been in the Broward Main Jail since last week for stealing a car, committed suicide Tuesday night, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office news release:On November 3, a BSO detention deputy was conducting a ... More >>

Wilton Manors Man Commits Suicide in Police Custody

Gary Don O'Neal, a 43-year-old man arrested Tuesday night on disorderly conduct charges, hanged himself in a Wilton Manors holding cell while he awaited transfer to the Broward Sheriff's Office Main Jail.From the release just issued by the Wilton Manors Police Department, it's not clear when O'Neal ... More >>

Lauderdale Man Lives to Tell of Suicide by Housefire

Around three this morning, Fort Lauderdale firefighters responded to a blaze at a bungalow along 729 SW 15th Avenue. According to the police department's release:As smoke and flames were bellowing (sic) from the residence, three officers saw a man inside. They broke a window, gained entry and bro ... More >>

Boynton Beach Man Kills Self After Standoff With Police

Screen grab from Google MapsThe Boynton Beach neighborhood where Charles Bostwick committed suicide early Friday morning.​A 25-year-old man killed himself with a shot to the head early this morning after a dispute with an ex-girlfriend and a standoff with police.The man, Charles Bostwick, is said ... More >>

Inmate at Broward Jail Found Hanged

A 21-year-old inmate at the Broward Sheriff's Office Main Jail is believed to have committed suicide Monday afternoon. Around 3 p.m. a deputy found the man hanging from a bed sheet. CPR failed to revive him. BSO has not released the name of the inmate. News release here.

"City of Your Final Destination" Review: Even Life Among Aristocracy Has Its Problems

A 21-year-old inmate at the Broward Sheriff's Office Main Jail is believed to have committed suicide Monday afternoon. Around 3 p.m. a deputy found the man hanging from a bed sheet. CPR failed to revive him. BSO has not released the name of the inmate. News release here.

Riviera Beach Murder-Suicide Leaves Teen Orphaned in Hospital, Siblings Dead (Updated)

Survivor Ryan Barnett, now 15, pictured on a Facebook page in his honor.​Just before 2 a.m. yesterday, Patrick Alexander Dell entered the Riviera Beach home of his estranged wife and her seven children, shot her and five of the children, and then killed himself as police began to arrive.Natasha Wh ... More >>

Witness to Beach Place Murder-Suicide Haunted by Disturbing Scene

flickr.com​Though most of the scene had been cleaned up by this weekend, the patrons and employees of Beach Place were still discussing the shocking murder-suicide that took place there, in front of at least a dozen witnesses, in broad daylight last Wednesday.One man was standing right outside Mau ... More >>

Shocker Mom

flickr.com​Though most of the scene had been cleaned up by this weekend, the patrons and employees of Beach Place were still discussing the shocking murder-suicide that took place there, in front of at least a dozen witnesses, in broad daylight last Wednesday.One man was standing right outside Mau ... More >>

David Britto Reportedly Said He'd "Kill Himself" if He Had to Go to Jail

David Britto, according to his mother's lawyer, said he'd "kill himself" if he had to go to jail for meth trafficking.​According to a sentencing memorandum submitted by lawyers of Janiber "Jane" Vieira -- the mother of fugitive/former Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker David Britto -- Britt ... More >>

Fatal Attraction: A Cop Gets Tangled Up With a Pair of Addicts, and Things Turn Violent

David Britto, according to his mother's lawyer, said he'd "kill himself" if he had to go to jail for meth trafficking.​According to a sentencing memorandum submitted by lawyers of Janiber "Jane" Vieira -- the mother of fugitive/former Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker David Britto -- Britt ... More >>

Former Fort Lauderdale Employee Carries Out Latter Half of Murder/Suicide in Front of Cops

​Fort Lauderdale police say a former city employee shot and killed a man in the lobby of a condo building yesterday, then shot himself in front of cops as they approached the building.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell, 73-year-old Gene Schlanger shot and killed a 36-year ... More >>

More Precociousness Than a Camcorder Can Handle in "The Hedgehog"

​Fort Lauderdale police say a former city employee shot and killed a man in the lobby of a condo building yesterday, then shot himself in front of cops as they approached the building.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell, 73-year-old Gene Schlanger shot and killed a 36-year ... More >>