Tag: SUICIDE

Another detail is emerging in the vague case of a Chinese tech worker who reportedly committed suicide last Thursday over the loss of an iPhone prototype. The Hon Hai Group, the world's largest contract-manufacturer of electronics -- and the company behind Apple manufacturer Foxconn -- detained a security guard at the location in which Sun Tanyong worked. Hon Hai released this information, without ...

A young man responsible for a massively popular tech prototype suddenly finds himself under the scrutiny of police and his employer when a top-secret project goes missing. After intense pressure, possible abuse at the hands of officials, and an illegal search of his private space, the employee can't take it any more, and he commits suicide. A thrilling novel? No, this is the ongoing saga ...

Human decency would demand that you not use text messaging for sensitive exchanges like breaking up with someone or terminating an employee. It should go without saying that suicide notes fall squarely in the realm of things too important to share via SMS. Sadly, a British man didn't seem to care too much about texting etiquette when he used his handset to send a suicide note to his wife, ...

Clearly, there is something wrong out there. And we're not talking about the fact that the new installment in the street racing movie series 'Fast and Furious' raked in $72.5 million over the weekend. Flighty media types have gone celebrity-Twitter-crazy, and have gotten so wrapped up in the new, of-the-moment social networking service that they haven't even paused to make sure whether or not ...

Facebook has been used to get in touch with old friends, stay connected with President Obama, and even sabotage college applicants. Unfortunately, in the case of 30-year-old aspiring model Paul Zolezzi, the ubiquitous social networking site was used to leave a suicide note. According to the New York Post, Zolezzi updated his status last Friday night, stating, "born in San Francisco, became a ...

A UK man suspected of murdering a woman he met on Facebook has apparently committed suicide, ending an intense police search and providing some closure to a bizarre case. George Appleton, a 40-year-old British man, had been wanted in connection with the brutal murder of Clare Wood, a woman he had begun seeing after they met online. The relationship, which began in April, 2008 had apparently ...

The suicide attempt of an 18-year-old California boy was thwarted when his online friend (who was chatting with him via webcam) called police. Jesse Coltrane, a 22-year old New Jersey resident, called police when the teen he was chatting with cut his forearm with a razor. According to Coltrane, the disturbed teen said, "I need someone to talk to You're the only one I feel as though I can talk ...

Last Monday, in a live chat with an employee of Blizzard Entertainment, a seventeen-year-old boy in Fairfield, Ohio threatened to kill himself over frustrations with 'World of Warcraft,' MyFox Springfield learned from the Middletown Journal. In response, the Blizzard representative immediately traced the boy's IP address and notified local police, who promptly showed up at the boys' house. ...

Last week, we brought news of the sad story of Abraham K. Biggs, who streamed his own suicide online using Justin.tv while a number of members from a bodybuilding forum watched and, in some cases, egged him on. Now, police in Biggs' home town are investigating what role, if any, the members and moderators of that forum played in his death. Law enforcement officials are also investigating the site ...

We've covered no shortage of Internet-related suicides, particularly the epidemic of student deaths in Wales, but we haven't seen anything like this before. On Wednesday, 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs chose to end his life with an overdose of pills, and also chose to stream his death live on Justin.tv -- apparently while being encouraged by members of the bodybuilding.com forum. Viewers of the ...

In the wake of a still-growing suicide-pact crisis in the U.K., largely fueled by Web sites that either heap praise on those who've killed themselves or give encouragement for those who are thinking about it, the British government has expanded a 1961 suicide promotion law, explicitly banning the promotion of suicide on Web sites. The 47-year-old Suicide Act already covered suicide-related ...

It's a question that we've all been asked: "If your friends all jumped off of a bridge, would you?" It's meant to be rhetorical, but the question is getting an answer that few would expect from a group of friends in South Wales in the U.K. Seven teenagers in Brigend, Wales have killed themselves in a string of suicides, with two more hospitalized after attempting to do the same. According to a ...

WWE has released text messages sent to employees by wrestler Chris Benoit, who last weekend killed his wife and son, and then himself. The text messages themselves are rather benign, but what's chilling is that they appear to have been sent after Benoit murdered his family. Police believe Benoit killed his family on Friday night (June 22) or early Saturday morning, but waited around until Monday ...