Suicide

Ted Nugent, Who Shit His Pants to Avoid Vietnam, Blames Military Suicides on Constitutional Violation

For whatever reason, there are those among us who feel Ted Nugent is a cogent voice for Second Amendment rights. There are people who feel he's doing a service to those seeking to maintain their right to bear arms every time he flaps his soul patch. There are those that respect him. Hopefully, afte ... More >>

Gertrude Companion, 72, Bayou Body Count No. 173

Two people found shot to death at 14302 Carolcrest St. about 10:30 a.m. on October 3 were part of an apparent murder-suicide, Houston police say. Police identified the victims, both of the same address, as Gertrude Companion, 72, and Michael Companion, 71.

Apparent Murder-Suicide in Mechanic Shop: Bayou Body Count No. 98

Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that took place last Friday at 6250 Westward around 6:45 p.m. According to HPD, they believe the female victim was shot by the male victim before he shot himself. The identities of the two were not know, however investigators were told they were in ... More >>

The Poets: A Play in 2 Acts

Grave Babies Want You To "F*ck Off"

Making a low-budget gothic music video is a double-edged sword. Sometimes you get stuck with the soul-crushing awfulness of Candy Apple Blue's "Graveyard," which was so bad that its very existence birthed the Gothic Council just to mock it. Other times you get Town Monster's "Bela Lugosi," which wa ... More >>

Protecting Gay Kids

Schools are finally getting tougher on gay bullying.

Gay Bullying: Efforts To Fight It Are Improving

Being gay in the harsh environment of high school or college can be difficult and depressing. It's been that way for years, as a gay classmate of Mitt Romney found out. While the problem is still persistent, efforts to fight it have become both more widespread and more effective. It's a developmen ... More >>

RIP Junior Seau: Legendary Linebacker Dead in Possible Suicide

Junior Seau, a legendary linebacker at USC, the San Diego Chargers and the New England patriots, has died at 43, multiple media sources are reporting via Twitter. Police responded to a shooting at his Oceanside, California home and found him, according to TMZ, which first broke the story. In 2012, ... More >>

David Earl Brown: Court Reverses Montrose Killer's Conviction Because of Suicide Attempt

David Earl Brown shot Whitt Bruney to death in Montrose in 2008, a case that garnered attention because, among other things, Bruney had built a panic room because of his fear of Brown. Brown said the shooting was in self-defense, but a jury convicted him and gave him ten years in prison. Now an ap ... More >>

Omar Salazar, 31, Shot By Jealous Husband Who Then Killed Himself, Bayou Body Count No. 15

Diego Martinez kills two, commits suicide​The man who was with Diego Martinez's wife when he returned home from work and began shooting, killing her, has also died, police say. And Martinez has committed suicide, they say. Omar Salazar, 31, was with Martha Nava De Martinez, 40, also called A ... More >>

Abe Fiszer: Houston Fire Department Captain Resigns After Kiddy Porn Bust

According to a criminal complaint on file in the Harris County Courthouse, Saul Abraham "Abe" Fiszer, an 18-year-veteran of the Houston Fire Department, had been struggling with pornography addiction for some time. He and his wife had been working through it, and Fiszer had sought counseling. Unf ... More >>

DVDs & Blu-rays: One Last Look at December

All three of these DVDs were released in early December. They didn't make our cut then, but we thought we'd take one more look at them. The Found Footage Festival: Volume 1 (2004) and The Found Footage Festival: Volume 2 (2005) star Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher; Pickett and Prueher direct. The S ... More >>

Unidentified Male in Murder-Suicide, Bayou Body Count No. 154

Fox 26's take on it.​Two men were dead after a murder-suicide on the west side last night, Houston police say. Their names have not been released pending notification of family members, but they were discovered about 10:40 p.m. in the 6300 block of Deerwood Road, near the Houston Country Club ... More >>

Unidentified Female in Murder-Suicide, Bayou Body Count No. 70

Murder-suicide on the east side​A woman was killed this morning on the east side by a man who then committed suicide, police say. The names of the couple have not been released, but Houston police say the incident happened about 8:30 this morning in the 12700 block of Woodforest. The two, ap ... More >>

Unidentified Female, 26, Bayou Body Count No. 58

Murder-suicide in Kingwood​A 26-year-old Kingwood woman was shot several times and killed by the man she was living with, who then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, Houston police say. Identities are being withheld, but the incident happened in the 5400 block of Forest Spring D ... More >>

Wilson Sauzo: The Last Defendant in the La Potra Sex-And-Drug-Trafficking Case Gets Three Years

Headed behind bars.​The last defendant in the cases surrounding La Potra, a Houston bar accused of being the center of drug- and sex-trafficking, was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Wilson Sauzo, 29, was convicted on cocaine-running charges. Four others involved in the case were ... More >>

Jan Lim, 59, Bayou Body Count No. 271

Murder-suicide in midst of a divorce​A man killed his estranged wife and then committed suicide on the southwest side Monday night, police say. HPD was called to the couple's home at the intersection of Dairy Ashford and Huntington Venture by the man's brother, who had found their bodies. Po ... More >>

13-Year-Old's Suicide

Readers comment on bullying tragedy.

The Hours

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Lisa Williams, 41, Bayou Body Count No. 195

Murder-suicide near the South Sam Houston Tollway​A man got into an argument with his ex-wife, shot her several times in the back and then apparently took his own life, police said.Lisa Williams, 41, was at her home in the 16100 block of Bantam Ridge Court on the southwest side of town when she an ... More >>

Thomas Robert Tarver, 43, Bayou Body Count No. 117

Friends for years, until the murder-suicide​An apparent murder-suicide on the far west side early Friday morning is still being investigated by police.Kelly Edward Allen, 50, and Thomas Robert Tarver, 43, had been friends "for years," HPD says.In the pre-dawn hours Friday, Allen went to Tarver's h ... More >>

Suicide Notes Movie Sneak Peek Party

So, the deal is I'll be dead but really famous?

Possible Suicide After Police Chase, Bayou Body Count No. 11

​You'd think that you would be jumping for joy if you successfully outran the cops in high-speed car chase.Apparently, you'd be wrong.In the early morning hours on Monday, police found the body of a man in a storage shed at 5815 Hirondel who appeared to have shot himself. He was also the same man ... More >>

Noncombat Deaths: Another Casualty of War

The mass shooting at Fort Hood was just one of a growing number of troubling military deaths, murders and suicides.

Kathryn Casey

This Houstonian and true-crime writer turns her sights on the world of fiction

Israeli Film Festival

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Bayou Body Count: Death Doesn't Take A Holiday

Unfortunately, murder doesn't recognize holiday weekends, as evidenced by the following homicide investigations recently opened by area law enforcement.A man was killed following a shootout with Humble police late this morning. Details are limited, but the incident occurred outside an employment off ... More >>

Christopher Titus

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Michael Berry vs. Bill White

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Working With A God: How That New Musical By Pixies' Frontman Came About

Photo by Keith PlocekWe told you yesterday about how Pixies founder Black Francis is collaborating with Houston's Catastrophic Theatre on a new musical play. Now we have the details of how the seemingly improbable event came about.Jason Nodler, formerly of Infernal Bridegroom but now the heart (or, ... More >>

Working With A God: How That New Musical By Pixies' Frontman Came About

Photo by Keith PlocekWe told you yesterday about how Pixies founder Black Francis is collaborating with Houston's Catastrophic Theatre on a new musical play. Now we have the details of how the seemingly improbable event came about.Jason Nodler, formerly of Infernal Bridegroom but now the heart (or, ... More >>

Troubled Jail Inmate Arrested Again

Early this morning, Laura Howard was arrested with her boyfriend because they allegedly broke into a gas station and took cigarettes sometime last week. It's been about two weeks since we published a story about Howard, who was first arrested last year after a suicide attempt at her home and ended u ... More >>

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Soldier Suicides

Surviving our War on Terror calls for more than an ability to dodge bullets and IEDs

Chris Grabenstein

The author of Mad Mouse signs his new adult title, Hell Hole, and new young adult release, The Crossroads

A New Retreat for the ManKind Project Houston

The organization settles a lawsuit, says it'll make changes

Cover Story: Mental Anguish at Texas West Oaks Hospital

Mental Anguish at Texas West Oaks Hospital

Go to this private psychiatric facility, and you might be helped. Or you might be shut in a room all alone and end up like Amanda, with a broken arm. Or dead.

Nipples to the Wind

Coco and Anderson deliver a night of silliness

CRACKED UP

Gary Webb's reporting on CIA ties to cocaine destroyed his life, too

Baby Blues

Lisa Collins took the Paxil her doctor prescribed. There was supposed to be no problem with her continuing it during her pregnancy. Now, it seems, there was.

He'd Better Be Rich

Benefit for the Children of Danny Armantrout, Featuring Simpleton and Dinosaur Salad

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A Hanging Offense

Did the Devereux Treatment Center provide the care Cecilia Garrett needed or did it drive the young teenager to her death?

Steal This Movie

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

The Private Trial of Donald Davis

A Houston attorney who specialized in saving killers' lives couldn't handle his own. So he took it.

Downing

Texas Lottery. Let's buy our tickets and bet on the day that Robert Arthur Pearson finally kills himself in public while we all watch

What Really Happened To Rodeny Hulin?

Since his death, teenage inmate Rodney Hulin has become a national symbol of why it's wrong to send juveniles to adult prisons. His true story, though, paints a different kind of troubling picture.

Case Closed?

A year later, there's still only one suspect in the killing of HPD's Alan Mabry

Mad Dog's Demise

Alan Mabry was a man on a mission. His death last month left friends, colleagues and authorities baffled -- as did his obsessive life.