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Suicide

  • News

    May 23, 2012

    OptumHealth's Mad Medicine

    Pierce County's controversial privatization of mental-health services has driven some patients to extremes.

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Comment of the Day: I Hope to Die Playing Softball Giving it All I Have

    On Friday Rick Anderson posted to Daily Weekly about the untimely passing of former-NFL linebacker Junior Seau, who died last week of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Anderson's post noted that Seau is the eighth member of the 1995 San Diego Chargers Super Bowl team to meet an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Junior Seau: Death Makes Eight From His Team, Including Ex-WSU Coug Lew Bush

    When Seattle Weekly reported on the bankruptcy of former Husky and NFL star quarterback Mark Brunell in December, we also touched on other conflicts in the lives of ex-pro football players, including early deaths related to their playing days, such as suicides, as well as heart attacks in their 40s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 11, 2012

    Kyle Abraham

    When Seattle Weekly reported on the bankruptcy of former Husky and NFL star quarterback Mark Brunell in December, we also touched on other conflicts in the lives of ex-pro football players, including early deaths related to their playing days, such as suicides, as well as heart attacks in their 40s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2012

    The Fucking Eagles

    When Seattle Weekly reported on the bankruptcy of former Husky and NFL star quarterback Mark Brunell in December, we also touched on other conflicts in the lives of ex-pro football players, including early deaths related to their playing days, such as suicides, as well as heart attacks in their 40s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Lew Bush, Ex-WSU/Chargers Linebacker, Dead at 42: Dying Young is Fate of Some NFL Players

    Like Mark Brunell, Billy Joe Hobert, Drew Bledsoe and others mentioned in this week's SW cover story, Lew Bush was a 1993 NFL draft pick from a Washington school. But unlike them, the former Washington State University linebacker from Tacoma who played pro ball ten years, is dead. When he died of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    VA Staffers Say They Can't Meet Demand for Soldiers' Mental Health Care

    ​Last week, the Obama administration reiterated that 33,000 troops will be coming home from Afghanistan by the end of next year. That's on top of thousands steaming back from Iraq. Is the VA prepared for the certain influx of trauma and PTSD cases? A survey released by Senator Patty Murray is ... More >>

  • News

    November 9, 2011

    Jared Hagemann's Hell

    One soldier's death, and what it says about the problems facing returning veterans.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    This Week's Feature Story: Fallen Soldier

    ​I first heard about Ranger Jared Hagemann soon after he died. As told by his widow Ashley, the tale of his presumed suicide seemed to be about the perils of multiple deployments. But I discovered that his story was about more than that.

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    UW's Reggie Rogers, Nine Ex-Seahawks Players, Sue NFL for Concealing Effects of Brain Injuries

    Rogers, 47​To those who read the news, Reggie Rogers' problem has been alcohol - including at least six drunk-driving arrests resulting in two prison terms, one the consequence of an auto accident that left three teens dead. Now the former University of Washington defensive end, drafted by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    How to Kill Yourself With a Suicide Kit

    ​UPDATE: The Oregon State House of Representatives today voted to outlaw most forms of assisted suicide. This includes a ban on the so-called "suicide kits" available through the GLADD Group. Oregonians with an unshakable desire to end their lives are therefore encouraged to seek out more tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Michael J. Capretta, Neighbor Who Killed Dog, Stored Dead Cats in Freezer, Sued After Suicide for Being Worst Neighbor Ever

    Molly the dog​Where to start with Michael J. Capretta? Maybe we'll start with the golden retriever mix he almost certainly shot and dragged behind an ATV until she was dead. Or maybe with the dead cats that were found in his freezer or the Himalayan-sized mountain of cat feces he apparently pu ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2010

    Halloween Events

    Molly the dog​Where to start with Michael J. Capretta? Maybe we'll start with the golden retriever mix he almost certainly shot and dragged behind an ATV until she was dead. Or maybe with the dead cats that were found in his freezer or the Himalayan-sized mountain of cat feces he apparently pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Jordan Binion's Family Says Bullying to Blame for Teen's Suicide

    ​Not much is known about Jordan Binion's suicide. Not how he did it nor why he was pushed to do it. But what authorities do know is that the Graham Kapowsin High School senior who killed himself just four days after turning 17 seemed normal enough to family and friends.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Joshua Stattman Claims Strangling of Friend Was Assisted Suicide, Not Murder

    ​If a friend said they were depressed and wanted to kill themselves, most people would probably try to get that friend some help, they wouldn't try to help them do the deed. Joshua Stattman, then, is not most friends.

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Upset Driver Kills Himself After Killing Friend on Bike

    ​A group of buddies got together on Saturday night at an Enumclaw bar to celebrate their friend's birthday. At some point, the birthday boy decided to get on his bike and peddle to his truck, which was parked at the dairy farm where he worked. Except he never made it. On his way, the cyclist w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Kino Gomez: Dead, Alive? Manhunt Continues

    ​Wherever Kino Gomez might be, "If he's still alive and in the U.S.," says Okanogan County Sheriff's detective Mike Murray, "he's doing really well" for a fugitive. The former King County road engineer is accused of the July 17, 2009 murder of Seattle music producer and sound engineer Tom Pfae ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Fort Lewis Sgt. Amy Tirado May Not Have Shot Herself in Back of the Head After All, Army Says

    Sgt. Tirador, 29​So who killed Fort Lewis Staff Sgt. Amy Tirador in Iraq? Someone, the Army said after she was found last November shot in the back of the head, an apparent execution. No, the Army said early this year, Amy killed herself, a back-of-the-head suicide. Check that, the Army now sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Brad Owen Might Be Washington's Next Governor. Wait, What Does He Do Again?

    Why is this man smiling? He's got the plummest gig in state government.​Governor Christine Gregoire is one of a few candidates on a short list to replace Solicitor General Elena Kagan, she of the recent Supreme Court nomination. Should Gregoire be tapped to head to that other Washington, this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Talking Neil Young With My My Hey Heys' Mike Toschi

    ​Local musician and At the Spine leader Mike Toschi is whip-smart, sweet as pie, and blessedly free of cliché when it comes to describing his love for Neil Young and the motivations behind tonight's Young tribute night at the Crocodile. Along with Toschi's Crazy Horse-era outfit My My Hey Hey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Jay Williams Found Dead After Alleged Assault on Former Girfriend

    View Larger Map The Mercer Island man wanted for brutally assaulting his ex-girlfriend on Wednesday was found dead from an apparent suicide early this morning. Police believe that at around 5pm yesterday, Jay Blake Williams confronted his former girlfriend after waiting for her in the Bellevue Co ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

    Did Kino Gomez Flee to Die?

    The accused murderer of a local sound engineer has been on the lam for over a month.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    No Trace Yet of Accused Murderer Gomez

    ​Where is fugitive Kino Gomez, and is he dead or alive? "They're looking everywhere, but there's no sign of him," says Twisp Police spokesperson Vicki Hallowell, whose department is the lead agency in the hunt for the former King County road engineer accused of the July 17 murder of Seattle mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Lawyers, Guns and Money

    President Barack Obama is currently holding a joint press conference with President Felipe Calderon. Both are blaming America for the influx of guns being run into Mexican border towns being used by drug traffickers. That's bad. Muy mal. What looks like the beginnings of another political suicide p ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2008

    Inmates Have No Right to Starve to Death

    Supreme Court won’t allow convict to “let nature take its course.”

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Our Short National Hannah Montana Nightmare is Over

    Supreme Court won’t allow convict to “let nature take its course.”

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    Murders on the Home Front Involve 9 WA Military

    Supreme Court won’t allow convict to “let nature take its course.”

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    Death Sentence

    The feds throw the book at King County's jail as inmate fatalities skyrocket.

  • Calendar

    October 3, 2007

    Tech N9ne

    Tuesday, October 8

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2007

    Girl You Know It's True

    Tuesday, October 8

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    The Phantom Menace

    "John Lennon once sang that 'instant karma is going to get you,' and in the case of John Guth, it did."

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    Gonzo Legacy

    Hunter S. Thompson's drugs take effect on a young writer.

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    "A critic who cannot accept or understand beauty and perfection in its truest, purest form is of no use to readers or this world."

    Hunter S. Thompson's drugs take effect on a young writer.

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    Who Said It?

    Hunter S. Thompson's drugs take effect on a young writer.

  • Arts

    October 25, 2000

    Ghost story

    A woman treks to Port Townsend in search of Manresa Castle's living dead.

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    Death of a nobody

    Jimmy Mize died broke in the scuzzy Morrison Hotel. Maybe that's why no one is bothering to investigate.

  • News

    June 28, 2000

    "Gender is my favorite sex toy, and I wouldn't want to live in a world without it."

    Jimmy Mize died broke in the scuzzy Morrison Hotel. Maybe that's why no one is bothering to investigate.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    The world is not enough

    Eugene's anarchists say sacking the WTO is just a start.

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    The dead

    Inquests, Seattle Police Department, King County Sheriff and suburban police shootings and custody deaths, 1989-1999 (ALL JUSTIFIED)

  • Arts

    March 4, 1998

    Poetry Meets Peyton Place

    Ted Hughes' collection breaks his Sylvia silence, but is it good poetry?

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