Suicide

Red Lake update: Fewer headlines, more trouble

Red Lake: Two grim takes

Strib celebrates day one of new design with site crash

Follow the Story: Soldiers and PTSD

Wristcutters: A Love Story

area theaters, starts Friday

St. Paul's High Bridge: Suicide Hot Spot

Ever since the original High Bridge was built in 1889, it's been a magnet for people seeking to end their lives

David Carradine dead at 72

The star of Kung Fu and Kill Bill hung himself in a Bangkok hotel room last Thursday.

Sylvia Plath's son commits suicide

Like mother, like son-- Nicholas Hughes, the son of the troubled poetess, hung himself last Monday.

Minnesota suicide rate on the rise, mental health workers say

Is bad economy leading to serious depression?

Soldier Suicides: veterans are killing themselves in record numbers

But at the VA, not much has changed

Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to "A Long Way Down"

Winter Kills: A Review of the Evidence

Readers respond to "A Long Way Down"

Kill the Messenger

The tragic death of one of America's most important investigative journalists

Beware: Violent and depressed Winona inmate on the loose

Thursday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Big Ditch Road: Suicide Note Reader's Companions

Thursday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

The Sins of the Father

Two murders and a suicide: The strange story of Father Ryan Erickson and the rift he made in Hudson, Wisconsin

Reading Between the Lines

MCBA's "Artists' Books" exhibit turns aesthetic concepts into a novel idea

Goodbye Stranger

Somewhere along the line, an old friend became just another one of the guys.

Jessica Treadway: And Give You Peace

Somewhere along the line, an old friend became just another one of the guys.

On Cunanan

The Ultimate Gay Serial Killer

Pawlenty vetoes DFL tax plan; what's next?

Monday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Minneapolis cops seek help in solving Uptown death

Minneapolis police are looking for help in understanding the events that led to the death of a woman in Uptown on Friday May 8. Police believe the woman took her own life.

Minnesotans like to kill themselves.

The suicide rate keeps climbing. It's the economy, stupid?

Man plans to break Minn. skydiving record with 100 jumps

The 42-year-old Waseca skydiver wants to shatter the state's skydiving record by completing 100 jumps in one day.

Nurse with "suicide fetish" loses license, is stalked by Canadian press

The Faribault nurse accused of encouraging people in suicide chat rooms to commit suicide has admitted to police he helped as many as five people kill themselves.

Off-duty cop talks woman out of jumping off bridge

An off-duty Wisconsin police officer's instincts serve him well.

William Melchert-Dinkel charged with aiding two suicides

​William Melchert-Dinkel, the Faribault nurse described by officials as having a "suicide fetish," was charged in Rice County on Friday of aiding suicide. Police say he developed online relationships with Mark Drybrough, 32, of Great Britain, and Nadia Kajouji, 18, of Ottawa before they kille ... More >>

Trace Maxwell linked by Glock to triple homicide

​Investigators still aren't sure why Trace Maxwell went on a deadly shooting spree early Thursday morning before killing himself, but they've tied him to the three homicides by way of a Glock pistol. The Glock was found in Maxwell's SUV where it crashed on Lake Street after he shot himself to ... More >>

William Melchert-Dinkel arraigned today on suicide charges

Cops say he hid his identity in suicide chat rooms​William Melchert-Dinkel, the former nurse from Faribault accused of hiding his identity while urging despondent denizens of the Internet to kill themselves so he could revel in the thrill, gets arraigned today in Rice County. His lawyers says ... More >>

Peter Erlinder reportedly attempted suicide in Rwandan jail cell

Peter Erlinder is accused of denying the Rwandan genocide​The New York Times is reporting that William Mitchell College law professor Peter Erlinder attempted suicide in his Rwandan jail cell, where he is being held for allegedly denying that country's genocide. Police said they found Erlinde ... More >>

Man shoots himself beside I-394 in Golden Valley

​Details are sketchy right now, but it appears that a man shot himself in the chest this afternoon beside I-394, prompting the State Patrol to divert traffic off the busy freeway in the suburbs just ahead of rush hour. KSTP is reporting that the man shot himself near the Louisiana Avenue brid ... More >>

Duy Ngo killed himself hours before trial

Photo: Mike DvorakDuy Ngo spoke with City Pages about his ordeal in 2003​Minneapolis police Officer Duy Ngo shot and killed himself at his Mendota Heights home on Monday only a few hours before he was due in court to be cross examined in a case about a woman accused of obstructing justice. H ... More >>

MPD Officer Duy Ngo laid to rest today after suicide

Duy Ngo took his own life last week; another MPD officer almost killed him in 2003​Duy Ngo, the troubled Minneapolis police officer who committed suicide last week, is to be buried today at Resurrection Cemetery after a funeral service at the Cathedral of St. Paul. He shot and killed himself ... More >>

Raymond Cesmat hangs himself in jail

Cesmat, 42, apparently killed himself​Raymond Cesmat was found dead, hanging from a bed sheet Friday afternoon in the Dakota County jail. Authorities say he was alone in his cell, and was found during a routine check performed on inmates about every 25 minutes. Cesmat was the South St. Paul g ... More >>

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Cesmat, 42, apparently killed himself​Raymond Cesmat was found dead, hanging from a bed sheet Friday afternoon in the Dakota County jail. Authorities say he was alone in his cell, and was found during a routine check performed on inmates about every 25 minutes. Cesmat was the South St. Paul g ... More >>

William Melchert-Dinkel is not a free-speech hero for encouraging suicide on the Internet

Rice County Sheriff's Dept.William Melchert-Dinkel's suicide-cheerleading isn't protected speech.​William Melchert Dinkel wanted his judge to rule that adopting an online persona to help convince people to kill themselves is protected as free speech. Rice County Judge Thomas Neuville isn't buying ... More >>

William Melchert-Dinkel pleads not guilty to pushing suicides

Melchert-Dinkel pleads not guiulty.​Police say William Melchert-Dinkel posed online as female nurses named "Cami," "Dragon Girl" and "Li Dao" to persuade a Canadian and an Englishman to commit suicide. Now, after months of legal wrangling, he's pleaded not guilty charges. He failed earlier th ... More >>

Rhonda Arkley jailed after torching house with husband inside [UPDATE]

Rhonda Arkley, fresh from the hospital, is jailed.​After being hospitalized for nearly a month, Rhonda Lee Arkley has finally swapped her hospital bed for a Dakota County jail bunk. She made her first court appearance this morning for charges of arson, fleeing police and assault. Cops say she ... More >>

Lance Lundsten, gay Minnesota teen, may have died from congenital heart defect, not suicide [UPDATE]

FacebookLance Lundsten died on Saturday.​Another gay Minnesota teen is dead. But did he kill himself? This much is undisputed: Saturday evening near 10 p.m., Lance Lundsten, an 18-year-old from Miltona, was found unresponsive and rushed from his home to Douglas County Hospital, where he died. ... More >>

William Melchert-Dinkel, suicide chat room troll, sentenced

Melchert-Dinkel posed as a woman online while urging others to commit suicide.​William Melchert-Dinkel had a perverse obsession with impersonating women while trolling internet chat rooms ad urging despondent people to commit suicide "for the thrill of the chase." And he could have been sent ... More >>

Bradlee Dean uses "suicide prevention" to raise money for anti-gay ministry

Bradlee Dean, the man behind the ministry.​When Julia Miller pulled into the BP station on Lexington and St. Anthony in St. Paul last month, she was immediately approached by a young man from an organization called You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International. While Miller pumped her gas, th ... More >>

Justice Dept. investigating Anoka-Hennepin schools for harassment of gay students

Justin Aaberg is one of four gay teen suicides in two years.​The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of a hostile environment toward gay and lesbian students against the Anoka-Hennepin County school district.The DOJ, along with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, a ... More >>

Michele Bachmann's district sees rash of gay teen suicides

The controversial policy mirrors Bachmann's position on homosexuality in schools​The teenagers who have committed suicide in the school district Michele Bachmann represents have begun to haunt her campaign like activist ghosts.Bachmann's district includes the Anoka-Hennepin County School District, ... More >>

Rickey Pouncil sentenced for coercion that led to victim's suicide

The judge told Rickey Pouncil he wished he could give a longer sentence.​Rickey Pouncil didn't take a man's life. Rather, he made it so hellish that the man felt he had no other choice but to kill himself. Now Pouncil's sentenced to 13 months in prison for extortion, and owes $165,000 to his victi ... More >>

Tammy Aaberg, mother of Justin Aaberg, to deliver petition to Michele Bachmann

Tammy Aaberg, the mother of an Anoka-Hennepin student who committed suicide in 2010.​Much has been made of the rash of teenage suicides in the Anoka-Hennepin school district in the last two years. That is, except by the congresswoman who represents much of the area encompassed by the district, pre ... More >>

Michele Bachmann says gay bullying at Anoka-Hennepin is "not a federal issue"

Michele Bachmann has been conspicuously silent on the string of teenage suicides in her district.​Tammy Aaberg, the mother of 15-year-old suicide victim Justin Aaberg, recently delivered a petition to Michele Bachmann's office, asking her to publicly address the contentious issue of gay bullying i ... More >>

Erik Turbenson suicide foreshadowed gay taunting trouble at Anoka-Hennepin

One student's tragic struggle inside the school district

Michele Bachmann responds to Anoka-Hennepin suicides without addressing gay-bullying

With her presidential campaign on the skids, Bachmann tries to put out some fires back home.​It took a while, but Michele Bachmann has finally addressed the anti-gay bullying and suicides in her district. Uh, sort of. In response to a petition delivered to her St. Cloud office three weeks ago, ... More >>

Richard Carter McComb suicide tickles Star Tribune's funny bone

Richard Carter McComb: the man whose suicide inspired the Star Tribune's yuk yuks​An early candidate for worst lede of the year award goes to this Star Tribune story about the suicide of Lifelink CEO Richard Carter McComb.We're not sure which is worse: The cringe-worthy use of the world's oldest c ... More >>

Anoka-Hennepin school district blasts Rolling Stone article [UPDATE]

Rolling StoneThe Anoka-Hennepin school district blasts back against Rolling Stone.​In response to an article in the most recent issue of Rolling Stone, officials in the Anoka-Hennepin school district issued a lengthy statement lambasting reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely."The article in Rolling Stone ... More >>