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Suicide

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012

    Cactus Flower

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Deborah Armstrong, 59, Bayou Body Count No. 273

    Murder-suicide on the west side, HPD says​Houston police are investigating what they call "an apparent murder-suicide" on the west side Friday morning. Deborah Armstrong, 59, was found in her home in the 14500 block of Chadbourne Drive with "gunshot wounds in her back" and was pronounced dead ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    13-Year-Old's Suicide

    Readers comment on bullying tragedy.

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    The Hours

    Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? Virginia, for one.

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    June 24, 2010

    The Case of Blue October

    Readers take both sides.

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Edwina Foster, 43, Bayou Body Count No. 140

    A foul odor reveals a murder-suicide​A 43-year-old woman was shot dead by a 67-year-old man who then killed himself, police say.Houston police went to the Mainridge Apartments in the 2600 block of Westridge 12:45 p.m. Friday after residents complained of a foul odor.After forcing their way into th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2010

    Suicide Notes Movie Sneak Peek Party

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

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    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.

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2009

    Kathryn Casey

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

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2009

    Israeli Film Festival

    Web exclusive!

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Christopher Titus

    Web exclusive!

  • News

    March 26, 2009

    Michael Berry vs. Bill White

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    Network

    Web exclusive!

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    Fic at NiteBoomsday

    Web exclusive

  • News

    October 2, 2008

    Soldier Suicides

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

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Chris Grabenstein

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

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2008

    Robert Crais

    Did everything go horribly, horribly wrong in Chasing Darkness?

  • News

    June 26, 2008

    A New Retreat for the ManKind Project Houston

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

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2008

    Cover Story: Mental Anguish at Texas West Oaks Hospital

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

  • News

    May 8, 2008

    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.

  • Calendar

    July 26, 2007

    Nipples to the Wind

    Coco and Anderson deliver a night of silliness

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    CRACKED UP

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

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    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.

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2006

    He'd Better Be Rich

    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.

  • Culture

    July 15, 2004

    People Are Strange

    Diane Arbus taps into the weirdness of us all

  • Music

    July 3, 2003

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

    Saturday, July 5

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    A Hanging Offense

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

  • Culture

    February 27, 2003

    Steal This Movie

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

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    The Private Trial of Donald Davis

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

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    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

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    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.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Case Closed?

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

  • News

    June 15, 1995

    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.

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