On Monday night in Cross River, New York, Sam Friedlander beat his wife to death with a table leg, shot their two young children in their beds, then turned the gun on himself. It's an incredibly horrific crime, and you might be feeling pretty bad for the wife and the two kids right now — but first, you should consider…
A graduate student at the University of Idaho was fatally shot on Monday night by a professor with whom she'd had a relationship. He later committed suicide.
Before driving her car into the Hudson River and killing herself and three of her children, Lashanda Armstrong apparently posted on Facebook, "I'm sorry everyone forgive me please for what I'm gonna do… This is it!!!" Also, her sister says she had been showing signs of paranoia prior to her death: "She was talking to me…
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A day after a Newburgh, New York mom killed herself and her children by driving into the Hudson River, interviews with survivors reveal some clues about her emotional state — and the family problems she was struggling with.
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Four people were killed today when a gunman opened fire in the Espoo, Finland shopping mall where his ex-girlfriend worked. Later she was found dead in her apartment and after a manhunt, the shooter killed himself.
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An investigation has found that British police's failure to protect Fiona Pilkington and her disabled daughter Francecca from abuse by local kids contributed to Pilkington's killing herself and Francecca. Pilkington called the police 33 times, but never received help. [MSNBC]
