A college student committed suicide in a dorm at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and authorities found explosives and guns in the room early Monday. This led to an evacuation of hundreds of students and cancellation of classes in the morning.
Manhattan lawyer Cynthia Wachenheim strapped her 10-month-old son to her chest, and leaped out of the window of her Sutton co-op apartment to her death on Wednesday. Her baby boy Keston survived, with "little more than scratches."
Dr. Nikita Levy, a Johns Hopkins gynecologist, was found dead last Monday, apparently by suicide. At the time of his death, two lawsuits were filed against him and his former employer David Haynes. On Saturday, over 60 women went to the Inner Harbor hotel in Baltimore to learn about legal options following the disclosure that Levy apparently secretly photographed and videotaped his patients.
Ashley A. Riggitano, 22, an aspiring fashionista jumped off the George Washington Bridge to her death on Wednesday night, leaving behind a Louis Vuitton bag containing a "suicide diary" that included a list of five girls she did not want to attend her funeral.