To view original article click here The Orange County Register Saturday, September 22, 1990 Author: Marilyn Kalfus;Gina Shaffer A woman suffering from the "baby blues" since the birth of her first child leapt to her death Friday from a 19th-floor balcony of the Four Seasons Hotel. Victoria Karter, 33, of Newport Beach landed in a small garden of tropical plants near the … [Read more...] about Newport woman jumps to her death at hotel — (Orange County Register)
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Man who killed wife, himself fought depression , friends say — (Houston Chronicle)
To view original article click here Houston Chronicle Tuesday, AUGUST 28, 1990 Author: Staff WOODBRANCH VILLAGE - A retired meat-market owner who killed his wife before turning a pistol on himself was prone to bouts of depression, his friends said Monday. But Gus Roesler said his next-door neighbor, Harold F. Gates, 77, seemed to be in good spirits when the two friends … [Read more...] about Man who killed wife, himself fought depression , friends say — (Houston Chronicle)
Mother Charged in Fatal Stabbings of 4 Children — (The New York Times)
To view original article click here The New York Times Friday, June 1, 1990 Author: CHRIS HEDGES, Special to The New York Times A 36-year-old woman with a history of psychological problems was charged today with stabbing her four small children to death on Wednesday. At an afternoon news conference here, police officials said they did not know what had led the woman, … [Read more...] about Mother Charged in Fatal Stabbings of 4 Children — (The New York Times)
Salzman possibly sought slaying — (Pantagraph )
Original article no longer available The Pantagraph Friday, May 25, 1990 Author: RANDY GLEASON Bloomington, IL - Jeffrey Salzman was suicidal and may have been hoping to be killed when he was shot and seriously wounded by a police officer during an armed standoff earlier this month. Salzman, 35, of 710 E. Buchanan St., Bloomington, had been despondent because his former … [Read more...] about Salzman possibly sought slaying — (Pantagraph )
Man Held in School Shooting Is Depicted as Jobless Recluse — (New York Times)
To view original article click here New York Times Published: September 28, 1988 GREENWOOD, S.C., Sept. 27 — A young man accused of killing an 8-year-old girl and wounding 10 people in a shooting attack Monday was in and out of a hospital psychiatric ward several times over the past eight months, relatives say. The accused man, James William Wilson, who was arrested … [Read more...] about Man Held in School Shooting Is Depicted as Jobless Recluse — (New York Times)
Velma Margie Barfield: 1st female murderer executed in North Carolina since 1976 — (Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office)
To view complete original document click here Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office Executed November 2, 1984 History Velma Barfield was born in rural South Carolina, but grew up near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Her father reportedly was abusive and she resented her mother who did not stop the beatings.[3] She escaped by marrying Thomas Burke in 1949.[4] The couple … [Read more...] about Velma Margie Barfield: 1st female murderer executed in North Carolina since 1976 — (Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office)
Mother Kills Child: Sorrow Shatters a Neighborhood — (The Washington Post)
To view original article click here The Washington Post By Stephanie Mansfield May 16, 1982 ON THE morning of March 18, Leslie deVeau got up, drove a carpool of children to an early morning swim lesson, returned to her red brick home in Friendship Heights and shot her sleeping 10-year-old daughter Erin to death.Then the 38-year-old Washington … [Read more...] about Mother Kills Child: Sorrow Shatters a Neighborhood — (The Washington Post)
Christine Chubbuck: biography — (FamPeople.com)
To view original article click here Famous People August 24, 1944 - July 15, 1974 Depression Chubbuck spoke to her family at length about her struggles with depression and suicidal tendencies, though she did not inform them of her specific intent beforehand. She had attempted to overdose on medication in 1970 and frequently made reference to the event. She had also … [Read more...] about Christine Chubbuck: biography — (FamPeople.com)
Mark Rothko — (Art Experts)
To view complete original article click here Expert art authentication, certificates of authenticity and expert art appraisals - Art Experts Feb 25, 1970 Mark Rothko born Marcus Rothkowitz, was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker who is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he rejected not only the label but even being an abstract painter. Rothko was … [Read more...] about Mark Rothko — (Art Experts)