suicide

The parents of a Maine teenager say “COVID-19 isolation” led to their son’s recent suicide. Spencer Smith, 16, of Brunswick, died by suicide on Friday, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. Smith’s parents said he left a note saying he felt “locked in the house” and was growing apart from his friends. “He’s loved by so many that...

Melinda Coleman had died by suicide at 58 years old, four months after the untimely death of her daughter Daisy Coleman. Daisy was a subject of the 2016 documentary, “Audrie & Daisy.”

In 2019, Sharita Sloan of Glenwood lost the love of her life to liver cancer. Following his death, Sloan battled depression and suicidal thoughts, compounded by the pandemic. “If I could have just said okay and stopped breathing, I would have,” said Sloan. “I couldn’t get out of the bed.” Two months before her husband’s death, he had asked...

Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked

Chicago-area health officials are asking everyone to keep an eye on loved ones as suicide rates rise in 2020. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

TikTok says it’s working to remove videos of a man apparently taking his own life and banning users that keep trying to spread the clips on the popular social media platform.

A procession of Chicago Police Department vehicles lined up Tuesday in honor of Deputy Chief Dion Boyd who died by suicide.

A 30-year member of the Chicago Police Department who recently was promoted to a deputy chief has died by suicide, the department said Tuesday.

Note: A 2 p.m. press conference from the department will be streamed live in the player above. Chicago police are set to deliver an update Tuesday afternoon after an incident was reported at the department’s Homan Square facility. Heavy police presence was seen at the facility around 9 a.m. in the 1110 block of South Homan. Soon after, a procession…

The U.S. government is launching a national campaign aimed at reducing high suicide rates, particularly among veterans.

A 49-year-old man wanted for attempted murder was found dead Tuesday afternoon after a self-inflicted gun shot in a Princeton Park home, authorities said. Chicago police said around 3:30 p.m. the man fled inside a home located in the 9300 block of South Princeton after an attempt to make contact with him. When Chicago Police set up a perimeter around…

The medical examiner who ruled Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide pushed back against the suggestion that some of the evidence indicates homicide

A law enforcement think tank wants police departments dealing with a suicide crisis in their ranks to rethink how they make one of their toughest decisions: when to take guns away from troubled officers.

Charo is mourning the death of her husband Kjell Rasten. In a statement shared with E! News Tuesday morning, the singer and actress remembered her husband of nearly four decades with a special tribute. “Yesterday, Kjell, My husband of forty years and the love of my life killed himself. There are no words to describe what we are feeling now....

A fourth-grader in Alabama died by suicide after being bullied with racist taunts, according to the child’s family. McKenzie Nicole Adams, 9, a U.S. Jones Elementary School student, was found dead in her home on Dec. 3 by her grandmother, according to Tuscaloosa News. Eddwina Harris, the girl’s aunt, told Tuscaloosa News that the bullying her niece experienced stemmed from...

Massachusetts’ highest court is set to consider whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a woman who as a teenager encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages.

Less than a week after Avicii’s sudden passing, his family has released a second statement that seemingly offers more insight into the DJ’s cause of death. “Our beloved Tim was a seeker, a fragile artistic soul searching for answers to existential questions. An over-achieving perfectionist who traveled and worked hard at a pace that led to extreme stress,” the statement...