The question is is this a genuine uptick in suicide rates, or is it just put together by a journalist out for a story? Until I see otherwise I suspect its a story and nothing more.
> An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes > out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old Ohio widow shoots > herself in the chest as authorities arrive to evict her from the > modest house she called home for 38 years. > > In Massachusetts, a housewife who had hidden her family's mounting > financial crisis from her husband sends a note to the mortgage > company > warning: "By the time you foreclose on my house, I'll be dead." > > Then Carlene Balderrama shot herself to death, leaving an insurance > policy and a suicide note on a table. > > - In Los Angeles last week, a former money manager fatally shot his > wife, three sons and his mother-in-law before killing himself. > > Karthik Rajaram, 45, left a suicide note saying he was in financial > trouble and contemplated killing just himself. But he said he decided > to kill his entire family because that was more honorable, police > said. > > Rajaram once worked for a major accounting firm and for Sony Pictures, > > and he had been part-owner of a financial holding company. But he had > been out of work for several months, police said. > > After the murder-suicide, police and mental-health officials in Los > Angeles took the unusual step of urging people to seek help for > themselves or loved ones if they feel overwhelmed by grim financial > news. They said they were specifically afraid of the "copycat > phenomenon." > > "This is a perfect American family behind me that has absolutely been > destroyed, apparently because of a man who just got stuck in a rabbit > hole, if you will, of absolute despair," Deputy Police Chief Michel > Moore said. "It is critical to step up and recognize we are in some > pretty troubled times." > > - In Tennessee, a woman fatally shot herself last week as sheriff's > deputies went to evict her from her foreclosed home. > > Pamela Ross, 57, and her husband were fighting foreclosure on their > home when sheriff's deputies in Sevierville came to serve an eviction > notice. They were across the street when they heard a gunshot and > found Ross dead from a wound to the chest. The case was even more > tragic because the couple had recently been granted an extra 10 days > to appeal. > > - In Akron, Ohio, the 90-year-old widow who shot herself on Oct. 1 is > recovering. A congressman told Addie Polk's story on the House floor > before lawmakers voted to approve a $700 billion financial rescue > package. Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae dropped the foreclosure, > forgave her mortgage and said she could remain in the home. > > - In Ocala, Fla., Roland Gore shot his wife and dog in March and then > set fire to the couple's home, which had been in foreclosure, before > killing himself. His case was one of several in which people killed > spouses or pets, destroyed property or attacked police before taking > their own lives. > > http://hosted.ap. org/dynamic/stories/F/FINANCIAL_CRISIS_VIOLENCE?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274324 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
