Guilty Verdict Causes Man To Kill Himself In Court Room

A Texas man charged with five counts of child sexual assault died after a jury convicted him, and he chugged a bottle of liquid in the courtroom, his lawyer said Friday. Edward Leclair, 57, started drinking from a plastic water bottle filled with what appeared to be clear liquid after the jury returned a guilty verdict, his lawyer said. “I looked over and noticed him drinking,” Howard said. “His hand was shaking. At the time, I thought …

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Child’s Dead Body Found In the Lake, Police Suspect a Triple Homicide

Suicide of Man Leads Police to Young Child’s Body In Vadnais Lake; Minnesota Police Are On the Search for Mother And Two More. A father is dead from suicide and a mother is suspected of killing her three children, all under 5 years old. Police responded to a report of a possible murder-suicide at Vadnais Lake, where they found one male child’s body and two other children missing. The mother of the three children is …

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Negligent Homicide-Suicide. Toddler Dies; Father Takes His Own Life

Father Commits Suicide After He Allegedly Left Son In Hot Car On Tuesday, the temperature in Midlothian, Virginia, was around 81 degrees Fahrenheit.  Chesterfield County police received a call about an 18-month-old boy left in an unattended vehicle and found the child’s body in that vehicle and the father dead outside his home. Children can suffer heatstroke when their body temperature reaches 104 degrees. Investigation revealed that the father left the child in the car …

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