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Monday, September 30, 2013

[U.S.] Too Many Said-Suicides of Law Enforcement Officer's wives, girlfriends, dates, and ex's


It happens too frequently that women in the lives of public safety officers or public officials are said and believed, even without an investigation, to have killed their self.

I will be adding names to this post that I still have in my files - women who were said to have taken their own life - some were declared to be suicides - even on the same day, some never publicly identified, some proven through the courts to have been murdered, some "undetermined" forever.

All loved. All missed. All never forgotten.

JASMIN NICCOLE CEELY
"Investigators have not been able to determine if the death of a McComb police officer's wife was a suicide or homicide..." [MS] "NIKKI" CEELY SHOT DEAD WITH COP HUSBAND'S SHOTGUN, BUT - WHAT? (Husband is Frank Ceely)

MICHELLE O'CONNELL
[FL] St. Johns County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy Banks called 911 to report that his girlfriend, Michelle O'Connell had shot and killed herself. The initial very short news article gave no names: "The girlfriend of a St. Johns County sheriff's deputy died overnight in an apparent suicide... it was the deputy's service weapon that was involved.." Investigators were quoted in that article as having had *believed* the deputy – that he was in another part of the house at the time the gun was fired. See PBS Frontline / New York Times page with link to online documentary and related articles [[[ HERE ]]].

MELISSA MESSINEO VARRONE
[NY] Rotterdam Police Officer told police his new wife Melissa Messineo Varrone fatally shot herself - At her husband Anthony Varrone's word of what had occured, Melissa's death was ruled a suicide 1 day after it happened. Her family says she would never have left her son, the love of her life. FROM NEWS: "State police said a 26-year-old woman died Saturday in her Floral Avenue home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No charges were filed stemming from the incident... The Times Union is withholding the name of the victim as a matter of privacy..."

MOLLY YOUNG
[IL] Over 25,000 people would like a deeper investigation into the said-suicide of Molly Young - Carbondale Police Dispatcher Richard “Richie” Minton's lovely right-handed ex-girlfriend Molly Young died by a gunshot wound to the top left side of her head in his residence after he texted her to come over around 3 a.m. Minton says Molly killed herself. There were no fingerprints on the gun, no residue on their hands, there were bruises on her body, scratches on his body, and many other concerning dynamics. I am typing this in July of 2013 and Minton, who lawyered up the morning of Molly's death, has still not cooperated with the police investigation. [See Justice For Molly Facebook group]

ANGIE KOLHAGEN [MI]
Detroit Police Officer William "Billy" "Z" Zeolla's girlfriend Angela "Angie" DeWald Kolhagen was said to have killed herself at their residence with Zeolla's service weapon. Neither of their names were reported in the news, though the event itself briefly was. "During the initial search of the property, police spent several minutes in the backyard. Sources told Fox 2 that is where the victim shot herself before the officer carried her to the front of the house. Several police vehicles responded to the scene. Neighbors said the response time was very fast." Video: [M]I Detroit officer's girlfriend fatally shot in apparent suicide 

CARLI ANNE BITTERMAN DENNIS
[PA] Dallas Township Police Officer Jeffrey Dennis said he didn't kill his wife Carli - that Carli had shot herself. Carli's best friend said Jeff Dennis told her that Carli died because of what she did to him. Another witness said Dennis threatened to shoot her and make it look like she did it. Jeff Dennis was convicted. He can't possibly understand whose life he stole.[Photo is of Carli and her mother]

SHARI BETHEL CARTMELL
[TN] Nashville Police Officer Deon Cartmell called 911 to report that his wife Shari Bethel Cartmell was shot. Officer Cartmell first said that Shari shot herself, that he didn't do it, but he ended up giving conflicting accounts about what occurred. He was convicted for 2nd degree murder. Video: [TN] Officer Cartmell Reports Wife Shari's Death - "...My sister was not suicidal..."

CHELSIE MARIE RAIDIGER
[AZ] Chelsie Raidiger is said to have used her deputy boyfriend's service weapon to kill herself - As stated in news: "Chelsie Raidiger, 22, took her own life almost a year ago by firing a handgun into her chest... Raidiger lived in a Vail home owned by her boyfriend, Michael Kleinberg, who was reportedly in Ohio at the time of her death. Kleinberg is an Oro Valley Police Department officer - and Raidiger used his duty weapon to end her life..."

CATHERINE WEILAND
[IL] Chicago Police Sgt. Steven Lesner says that Catherine Weiland killed herself with his service weapon while he was in her bathroom. He washed his hands before he was checked for gun shot residue and no fingerprints were taken from the weapon. His fellow officers did swab the gun for DNA but they never provided the results to the state crime lab. The city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications has declined to release the recording of his 1:42 a.m. 911 call. The detective assigned to lead the investigation played on a police union sports team with Lesner. The State Police say they were never given Lesner’s clothing to test for gunshot residue and Catherine wasn’t examined to determine if  there had been sexual contact.

MARLO SANDRA YNIGUEZ GALLAGHER
[WA] Tenino Police Chief  Sean Gallagher’s wife Marlo died of a shotgun blast to the head at their home in Lacey. Investigators quickly concluded that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted and the police lieutenant spokesman told the media that he doesn’t know who owns the shotgun that killed Marlo. She and her husband were the only people in the home at the time of her death. Sean immediately moved in with his Yelm Police officer girlfriend - who was also Marlo's friend - and they have since married. 

THE SAME DAY, ONE HOUR'S DISTANCE FROM MARLO:


SUSAN MCMAHON
[WA] Fire Marshal's wife Susan McMahon said to have committed suicide by engulfing herself in flames at her ex-husband's home - Susan was found on the ground outside of a backyard shed that was fully engulfed in flames. The residence was her ex-husband's - where she had been staying with him. Her body was covered 100% with burns. Her husband, King County Fire and Rescue [IKCFR] Deputy Fire Marshal Melvin “Mel” McMahon was said to not be home at the time assistance was called for. Mapquest shows his station is 2 minutes from home and it was his station that first responded to the fire. Susan's name was never published in the news, and her husband was referred to only as a firefighter. Within 1 day, Susan's death was ruled a suicide.

BRITTANY MAXWELL 
[TN] 25 year old Murfreesboro Police Officer Brittany Maxwell was found dead in her residence. She is said to have been dating a fellow officer from her department and that relationship was not going well. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was called to investigate her death but details were not made known and it is handled as a suicide. Many do not believe Brittany did not kill herself, and that it's completely out of charachter for many reasons - her dispostion, strength, upcoming plans, selfless projects for the less fortunate --  but it appears the case is closed and decided. Brittany started The Christmas Tree Project to collect artificial trees for those children and families who otherwise would not have a tree.

GEORGIA SKANDON 
1910
[Susanville, CA] "A coroner's jury returned a verdict today to the effect that Mrs. Georgia Skadon, wife of Under Sheriff Skadon, committed suicide. Mrs. Skadon's body was found on a bed Saturday with a rope about her neck. Death was caused by strangulation." Date of death 4 June 1910 [San Francisco Call 7 June 1910]

DETROIT POLICE OFFICER TABITHA MCCREE
News reports didn't mention directly that Tabitha's husband Jaimy McCree is a Detroit Police officer, but he is. EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLES: A female police officer died today after she shot herself following an argument with her husband. Tabitha McCree, 37, argued with her 44-year-old husband Jaimy at the Southwest District at 11 a.m., police officials said. McCree, who was off duty, then took her car and went to a secluded area near West Vernor Highway and St. Anne Street where she got out of the car and shot herself in the stomach. "It was a self-inflicted gunshot wound," said Detroit Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings... Jaimy McCree initially was a suspect in his wife's death, but investigators have since backed off that theory... Soon after, sources began saying that McCree, who had been taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital, told police that her husband, who is also on the force, may have shot her...

POLICE OFFICER AMY RUFF
[IL] Wayne Police Officer Amy Ruff, wife of DuPage County Sheriff’s Hazardous Device Unit Commander Jim Ruff, was found dead in their DuPage County home near West Chicago. About 20 police cars came to the scene and spent close to 20 hours there. The Major Crimes Task Force of her husband's sheriff's department is the main investigating agency and told the media that Amy appears to have shot herself and released no other details. Amy's boss Wayne Police Chief Dan Callahan would not discuss any details, and the DuPage County coroner's office made no official statement. Amy, mother of two daughters, had been with the Wayne Police Department for 10 years.

TIANNA RICHIE
[GA] Fired a week before the shooting - for steroids - ex-Cobb County Police Detective Tracey Richie told police that his wife Tianna took her own life by shooting herself in the Temple with his service revolver. He was also suspended recently for "a boisterous" fight with her and the report concluded "All accounts indicate you are exhibiting intense anger towards your wife." Tianna's family say they believe that she was murdered. “She was strong-willed. Very caring, and loved her kids, I mean, immensely loved her kids, and we don’t believe she’d do that without at least leaving some kind of note.” Family said she has no history of depression.

MEGAN OWEN BARRY
[VA] Fairfax County Sheriff Stan G. Barry's wife was found shot to death in their Centreville home, and police investigated the case as a suicide. Barry called police and reported a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The sheriff said he had stepped outside briefly and returned to find his wife lying fatally wounded inside. Megan Owen Barry was an associate at the Falls Church and Richmond offices of the Reed Smith law firm and had been working as a lobbyist at the state Capitol.

PA TAMI MAYKUTH 
Tami L. McNeese Maykuth, wife of Ambridge Pennsylvania police officer Joseph Maykuth, was said to have been found dead by her husband in the family van parked outside of their home, and her death was ruled by the coroner to be a suicide - shooting herself in the chest. Her husband Joseph, weapons instructor and armorer for Ambridge Police, took his own life 3 months later by shooting himself also in the chest and also in a vehicle - leaving a note never made public. They are survived by 3 children.

NYPD OFFICER SONIA GARCIA
[NYPD] Sgt. Alexis Chaparro was the only one in the house when fiance' Officer Sonia Garcia was fatally shot, but he claimed he didn't do it. "He said he heard a shot and found her in the bedroom.” Even though responding officers stated at the scene that they didn't believe it was a suicide, Chaparro wasn't charged until six months later. He pleaded down to first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to a mere 10 years with credit for time served. Sonia is the mother of two beautiful daughters.

TERA CHAVEZ 
[NM] Albuquerque Police Department officer Levi Chavez's department-issued Glock was found next to his wife, Tera Chavez's, body and her death was considered suicide. Tera's family said they never believed she killed herself. APD Officer Chavez was indicted, stood trial and was acquitted of Tera's murder. He has yet to face a civil wrongful death trial in January of 2014. This is a complex case in that many others are accused of having some role in events before and after Tera's death.

JENNIFER MARIE WEBB AND UNBORN BRAXTON 
[MI] Buena Vista Township Police Officer staged Jennifer Marie Webb's suicide, causing also the death of their unborn son Braxton James Donald Webb - Jennifer was Pregnant with Buena Vista Township Police Officer Kenneth "Ken" Bluew near-full term son when he staged Jenny's suicide at a gun range. Responding officers had some doubts so turned the case over to Michigan State Police. Bluew was charged and convicted of 1st-degree premeditated murder, assaulting a pregnant individual intentionally causing miscarriage or stillbirth of a fetus or embryo, and two counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Bluew was given a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for murder plus 65 to 100 for the additional crimes.

CYNTHIA RUTH WALLACE WELCH 
[LA] "Shreveport police officer [Michael Welch]'s gun believed used in suicide... Shreveport police are at the scene of a suicide on the west side of town, one in which an officer's wife died... Police spokesman Randy Patrick said the victim used a Glock and that efforts are now under way to determine whether it was her husband's service weapon. At 9:20 am there were 10 Shreveport police units on the scene..." In one of the several articles about his domestic violence incidents with another woman after his wife's death, it stated that "Welch is a widower. His wife died this past January in what was determined to be a suicide using Welch's department-issue pistol. Cynthia Welch, 30, was found in the bathtub of the couple's mobile home with a gunshot wound to the head...

POLICE OFFICER MICHELLE HAYWARD
[FL] Many who knew Tarpon Springs Florida Police Officer Michelle Hayward don't believe that she committed suicide. Michelle had reported that her ex-boyfriend, Tarpon Springs Police Sgt. John Spatz punched her in the stomach when he came to pick up his clothes. No arrests were made. Charges of misdemeanor battery were forwarded against both of them. Both were put on paid leave for about 10 days then reinstated before the prosecutor's inquiry was even completed. Days later Michelle was found dead by gunshot. Police said that it was self-inflicted.

HARRISON COUNTY JAIL COMMANDER CHRISTINE BRITTON
[IN] Believing Harrison County Sheriff's Deputy John Britton when he tells 911: "My wife shot herself..." - Harrison County Indiana Sheriff's Deputy John Britton called 911 to say that his wife, Harrison County Jail Commander Christine Britton, had shot herself. He said they were arguing, she had threatened to kill herself, he said he told her to go ahead and do it and then left his weapon on the bed. There is only his side of the story because the dead can't testify and Deputy Britton was was found guilty only of assisting a suicide. Video: [IN] Deputy Britton 911 call "My wife shot herself..."

LORI MEULMAN DEKLEINE
[MI] Lori DeKleine, wife of Holland Michigan Police Officer Ken DeKleine, said days before her death that if she comes up dead, to investigate her husband. Amid a "bitter divorce and custody battle" While being allowed to repeatedly violate Lori's protection orders against him, Ken convinced others Lori was suicidal and unstable in preparation of executing his plan. He laid in wait and ambushed her. He didn't expect a fight - that would leave her bruised and him bitten. He also made some technical miscalculations of the staged suicide scene, was charged, convicted of murder and given life in prison without parole.

NATALIE WAGNER
[WI] Shorewood Police Officer Natalie Wagner was killed by shotgun blast in the presence of her boyfriend Milwaukee Police Officer Michael Quigley. Quigley was cleared (and then changed his name to Michael Patrick Austin). From Natalie's parents, Melinda and Robert Wagner: "The Milwaukee Police Department proclaimed Natalie's death a suicide within three days. Later, when we read their reports, we discovered that they did no fingerprinting and collected no blood evidence. The senior fingerprint expert, who was called at home to come to the scene, was turned away at the door. He later told a friend of his, 'This whole thing stinks.'"

VASHTI FORREST SEACAT
[KS] Sedgwick County Sheriff's deputy Brett Seacat claimed his wife Vashti Forrest Seacat killed herself - but was convicted - Vashti filed for divorce 16 days before her death. Her husband, claimed Vashti wrote a suicide note, set a fire in their home, and then fatally shot herself down the hall from their two young sleeping sons. Vashti's sister said that Vashti had plans for the future, loved her children and would never commit suicide. Brett was found guilty of  first-degree murder, aggravated arson and two counts of aggravated child endangerment. Brett Seacat was a police trainer for the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center at the time of Vashti's murder.

[Everyone on this page is so much more than a victim of suicide or murder; they are loved, and missed.]

JENNIFER AYDIN PICCINI
[PA] Which version of what happened to officer's wife Jennifer Aydin Piccini is true? -  When I first read news about Jennifer Aydin Piccini's death, my impression was her husband was a police officer, she went to his station, he wasn't there, that she had a confrontation with "police" and then fatally shot herself. After reading everything that I could find it seems the stories don't mesh. Most news reports didn't point out that the number of police present during her fatal wounding was two, OR that one of those two officers was her husband.

PATSY TINSLEY BRADLEY
is said to have committed suicide but few believe it. Ex Woodfin NC Police Chief Pete Bradley was convicted in March 2007 of assaulting his wife Patsy in their Biltmore Forest home, about a month before Patsy Bradley died of what officials assume, but haven't officially ruled, was suicide. At the assault trial prosecutors said Pete Bradley struck Patsy in the head leaving a lump the size of a golf ball. Officers said they found Patsy Bradley that day scared and crying in her car at a neighbor's house.

LISA KORESSEL
[CA] 22-year-old Orange Police Department Dispatcher Lisa Koressel  died of a gunshot wound to the head in a remote area of Riverside County while said to be target practicing with her husband, 23-year-old Buena Park police officer William Koressel. Riverside County Sheriff's Department  investigated it as a suicide at her husband's word, and concluded that Lisa died almost instantly. Friends and former co-workers of Lisa expressed disbelief that she had killed herself. William Koressel told investigators that Lisa Koressel's gun "had been removed from the scene, from where she was." The gun was located in their car.

AMANDA GRAHAM BARKER
[NC] Amanda Graham Barker, Dispatch Supervisor
 is said to have shot herself with her Red Springs Assistant Police Chiefs' service weapon Amanda was living with and engaged to Red Springs Asst. Police Chief Kevin Locklear, when he called 911 and reported that Amanda had shot herself in the head while he was in another room. It was his service revolver. Amanda was a dispatch supervisor for Cumberland County EMS and mother of 2. In 2009 Locklear was fired from his position as police chief of the Raeford Police Dept. after he was charged with the 2007 injurious assault of his then-wife.


MOLLY WRAZEN
[SC] What happened to Molly Wrazen? - Mt. Pleasant Narcotics Officer Justin Hembree's 911 call started like this: "I just walked in my apartment, She's got a bullet in her chest apparently, there's a hole in her chest, there's a gun beside her, and she's not breathing." ... Experts testified that Wrazen didn't have gunpowder on her hands and also that the fatal bullet was fired upward into her chest, extremely rare in suicides. Deliberating for only 40 minutes, the six-member jury determined Wrazen was a victim of homicide, but declined an option to name a suspect...

CATHRYN MOORE
[FL]Daytona Beach Police Officer Chris(topher) Reeder said his girlfriend Cathryn Moore shot herself with his weapon while he was in the shower. Before there was an investigation, police were already saying it looks to be what Officer Reeder said it was. “A policeman whose girlfriend killed herself with his service weapon was issued a written warning for leaving his gun unsecured.”  Cathryn was studying for her nursing degree at Daytona State College. Cathryn was well known throughout her life for her great love of animals, especially her beloved horse, Moonlight, and her two dogs, Brandy and Keoke.


LYNDA JEAN CONRAD WALKER 
[PA] Police Sgt Walker's wife Lynda did NOT commit suicide 30 years ago. Now he gets short jail term. Montrose Pennsylvania Police Sgt. John David Walker was arrested in 2012 for the 1983 murder of his wife Lynda Jean Conrad Walker. Lynda's death had been ruled a suicide even before her autopsy was performed. In 2011 the grand jury had Lynda Walker’s body exhumed, she was re-examined, and found to have died by homicide. Sgt. Walker was allowed a plea deal in 2014, escaping trial and a possible life sentence, pleading "no contest" to voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve 2 to 4 years in a county jail. Information from Sgt. Walker's next wife helped police reopen the case. She said Walker told her that investigating police had no evidence BECAUSE he obtained the evidence police seized from the scene many years ago... DOD Nov. 13, 1983.

VALARIE FIORENZA
[MA] “Our daughter, Valarie Fiorenza... Her body was found hanging from a floor joist in a basement storage room in the home of her estranged live-in boyfriend, Saugus Police Officer Paul R. Bennett. The Saugus Police Department was the investigating agency and proclaimed the death a suicide even before the autopsy. The newspapers and TV were not contacted, because the police did not want anyone to know that Valarie's body was found in the home of a police officer." Valarie's death came 3 days after filing a restraining ordder against Officer Bennett.

KAREN FLORES 
[AZ] PimaCounty Sheriff's Deputy Luis Lopez called in to authorities to report his girlfriend Karen Flores had killed herselfshooting herself in the chest with his service weapon. Tucson Police investigated it initially as suspicious, and Lopez was terminated one day after the alleged suicide - for failing to successfully complete his probationary period. Lopez and Flores were involved in a fight before the shooting, and at the scene Lopez was reportedly uncooperative with deputies when asked where the gun was. His father had to direct police to the gun in a back room. [That's it.]

SANDRA KAYE GILL 
[AR] Sandra Kaye Gill was murdered by her husband, Ex-Fordyce Police Chief Paul Douglas “Doug” Gill, who had tried to stage it as a suicide. Doug Gill said the he found Sandra in bed with a gunshot wound to her head. He called 911 and said that he thought his wife had killed herself. Interviews with those close to Sandra said that she had a vacation planned, was working on a graduate degree, was expecting a grandchild, had strong religious beliefs, hated guns, and had never fired a weapon. Her husband was found guilty of 1st-degree murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

YVONNE MANSFIELD  
[OK] Yvonne Hart Mansfield of Altus died of a gunshot wound to the head and her husband, Jackson County sheriff's deputy James Mansfield sustained a gunshot wound in his hand. James called 911 and said his wife had shot herself. The gun used was James Mansfield's service weapon. Police said it wasn't determined who discharged the weapon. Jackson County Sheriff Morris Roberts said: "James has been a good employee." and that if the investigation clears Mansfield, he will be welcome to come back to work. Someone close to her: “We loved her dearly and miss her so much. The 2 year old child was her son, not James Mansfield's. The ER nurses told me James reeked of alcohol that night.”

POLICE OFFICER PAMELA POWELL
[KY] Jefferson County Police Officer Pamela Dawn Powell appeared to investigators to have been shot in her sleep with her own service weapon. Her husband Robert "Bobby" Powell first claimed she had committed suicide, then claimed they had a suicide pact but that he just couldn't follow through when it was his turn. Pamela Powell's sister said "He's lying. She would never commit suicide," that her sister had been planning to leave him and had already packed her daughter's clothing. Robert was sentenced to life in prison.

[Not forgotten] ELEANOR JAMES
[NC] Long time wife of Police Chief Jesse James - chief of Burlington and then Charlotte, Eleanor James was ruled to have killed herself. She was found “shot once in the chest by a bullet that passed through her body and lodged in the mattress of her bed. Coroner Dr. W. M. Summerville ruled the death a suicide.” Chief James stepped down from his Charolette job a year earlier. He and Eleanor had two sons, 11 and 16 years old.

JAN MARIE WRIGHT
[OH] According to Columbus Police Officer Richard Wright, his wife Jan Marie Wright - a Rural Metro Ambulance driver, died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to her chest. Wright, had argued with his wife before the shooting. He says he got in his car, placed the gun in the middle, sat in the driver's seat, and that Jan entered the passenger side, grabbed the gun and was shot in the upper chest during a struggle for it. "My wife went to get my gun from me, and she shot herself..." Jan's stepfather said investigators should have given Wright a polygraph test. Wright pleaded guilty to first-degree misdemeanor negligent homicide and got 6 months in jail.

ARIANA SUTTON (2023)
Ariana is said to have killed herself due to postpartum depression 9 days after giving birth to twins. Excerpts news: The 36-year-old, whose "greatest joy was spending time with her family," shared three children with Easton police officer Tyler Sutton, per her obituary... Her husband’s brother, Jason Sutton, described Ariana as a "very gentle, kind human being. Ariana wanted these kids so badly... She lived to be a mother"...

AMANDA MEDINA
[NM] 24-year-old Albuquerque Police officer Frank Baca Jr. called 911 reporting hisgirlfriend, 24-year-old Amanda Medina, had just committed suicide by shooting herself. The weapon was Officer Baca's service weapon. I would love to know about her life or have a photo of her. Amanda lived in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

KATHY FERGUSON
[AR] Kathy Ferguson, ex-wife of Arkansas State Trooper Danny Ferguson and then-current girlfriend of Sherwood Police Officer Bill Shelton, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the right temple in Sheldon's home. Officer Bill Shelton, who is said to have found Kathy dead, allegedly shot himself once in the head at her grave a month later.


THERESA FLANNERY 
Theresa, a lieutenant with the NYPD, was found in her apartment with two gunshot wounds to her head... Long Island cops believe she shot herSELF in the face. Bleeding and in pain, she put the gun behind her ear and pulled the trigger yet again, striking herSELF in the back of the head. Friends and family say, NO WAY. The New York Post reported that Lieutenant Flannery had broken up with her husband, also a police lieutenant, was dating a city police officer who is married. Neighbors had heard a commotion, breaking glass and two shots.

LAURA RAWLS
[FL] Police officer's wife Laura Rawls said to have killed herself with husband's service weapon (1957) "The 43-year-old wife of a Miami police officer took her own life early today, police reported. The victim was identified as Mrs. Laura Rawls, of 3021 NW 1st St. She was found dead, lying on her bed, at 7 a.m. by her husband, Officer E. J. Rawls, police department drunk-o-meter technician...

DORIS THOMPSON SHRYOCK
[OH] Kettering Police Chief's Wife, Doris Thompson Shryock, Said-Suicide - 1974 - On September 5th, 1974 Doris Thompson Shryock died by a gunshot wound to the head. Kettering Police Chief John Russel Shryock says she told him she was going to kill herself and that she has had "complete mental disorientation" since a car accident years prior to her death. One month after her death the chief sued the driver in that accident for $300,000.
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33 comments:

  1. Change in how law enforcement personnel view and respond to deaths in each others homes is overdue.

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  2. Molly Young’s mysterious gunshot to the head: “Suicide” or Murder Coverup?
    “There is no doubt in my mind somebody murdered my daughter,” said Larry Young.
    Posted on November 12, 2013 by O.D. in newsboys (official)?
    [Regarding the death of Mollly Young - ex-girlfriend of Carbondale Police Dispatcher Richie MInton]
    http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/justice-for-molly-young

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  3. So far I've posted 21 women but I'm nowhere near done. I have to take a break and clean my messy house but I will be back.

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    1. Now there are4 41 with plenty more coming. It's so SAD and grievous that it has not been called out as a murderous issue before now.

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  4. There are more now.
    Plan: Nap, cook, come back.

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  5. I'm looking at this list. I thought war correspondents had a high mortality rate, but clearly being the spouse of a law enforcement officer is more dangerous.

    Thanks for all the incredible work you're doing on this site to gather all this information. It's left me speechless.

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  6. If there is any difficulty loading the page let me know and I will break it into 2 posts. I'd be posting lots of videos but I know that will weigh the page down. Google will bring up whatever you want to know though and take you to it.

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  7. I was checking the blog traffic and noticed a surge from Italy.

    Gli strani suicidi delle mogli dei poliziotti americani
    [THE STRANGE SUICIDES OF THE WIVES OF AMERICAN POLICE]
    ...La battaglia di "Cloudwriter", anche lei vittima di abusi, è un urlo nel silenzio dell’indifferenza attorno alle strane morti che coinvolgono i dipartimenti di polizia americani...
    [...The battle of "Cloudwriter", also a victim of abuse, is a scream in the silence of indifference about the strange deaths involving police departments Americans...]
    http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/gli-strani-suicidi-delle-moglidei-poliziotti-americani/

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  8. Comment on an article, Here's the Difference Between a Crap Local Paper and the New York Times

    "What's terrifying is that this kind of fuckery to protect abusive men in uniform isn't an anomaly. I checked out the website that the NYT article mentions and there is a huge list of women who were partners of police officers and who supposedly killed themselves. I wonder what kind of crazy BS some of the medical examiners, etc. in those cases came up with."
    http://gawker.com/whats-terrifying-is-that-this-kind-of-fuckery-to-protec-1476727445

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  9. Why are there so many suicides among the wives of cops?
    TeeJaw Blog
    Posted on November 28, 2013 by TeeJaw
    ...This is not anti-cop. Most cops are good guys and would be just as suspicious of some of these alleged suicides. There are agencies that don’t properly investigate their own and they deserve more scrutiny. Murder is a terrible crime. Murder by an officer of the law, someone we have given special powers and privileges and we trust to serve and protect us, is too terrible to fathom.
    http://teejaw.com/2013/11/28/why-are-there-so-many-suicides-among-the-wives-of-cops/

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  10. TOO MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN IN DEATH OF DEPUTY [JEREMY BANKS'] GIRLFRIE[N]D [MICHELLE O'CONNELL]
    Florida Times-Union
    Posted: December 10, 2013 - 3:35pm
    [Excerpts] ...Gov. Rick Scott should order a comprehensive investigation and a formal inquest into O’Connell’s death. Unless that is done, Banks and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office will remain under a cloud of suspicion, largely because the Sheriff’s Office handled the case badly and failed to call in an outside agency at the outset. http://jacksonville.com/opinion/premium-opinion/2013-12-10/story/too-many-questions-remain-death-deputys-girlfried"

    TAG: ST JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

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  11. NEVER FORGETTING

    [CO] JULIA HERNANDEZ HARGROVE died from a brain hemorrhage caused by blunt-force trauma to the head." Julia's husband, Pueblo County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Hargrove said, "It doesn't look good for me at all. I got scratches. I wake up. I got a dead lady on the floor right next to me. I know what it looks like. It looks really (expletive) bad and I understand the severity of that." Investigators labeled death suspicious and no charges were brought. Michael had told investigators that he tried two sets of 30 chest compressions while performing CPR on Julia but the autopsy showed no signs of efforts to revive her. After reviewing the investigative findings, District Attorney Bill Thiebaut ruled that neither Hargrove nor anyone else would face criminal charges for Mrs. Hargrove's death. Eight months after Mrs. Hargrove died, Thiebaut determined that the cause of the head injury that killed her could not be identified, therefore no proof exists that any crime was committed.

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  12. "Police chief's wife Marlo Sandra Yniguez [Gallagher] and Susan McMahon, a deputy fire marshal's ex-wife, both died 3 years ago today, both within 20 minutes of where I live. 20 minutes to the North of me - Susan - and 20 minutes to the South of me - Marlo, they both lost their lives in ways that continue to agitate me as unresolved, but it still is now what it was then -> both ruled as suicides. It was surreal and heartbreaking to be so physically close between both women, then waiting - watching - as neither death rose to the level of public concern, suspicion, or collective anger or action. Is anyone else watching? Listening?"
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152490852274992&set=a.478009054991.261940.98575129991&type=1

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  13. Chicago police sergeant Steven Lesner agrees to 60-day suspension after his gun was used in Catherine Weiland’s shooting death
    suntimes.com
    January 3, 2014
    ...Catherine Weiland’s death was ruled a suicide...

    http://www.suntimes.com/news/24744968-761/chicago-police-sergeant-agrees-to-60-day-suspension-after-his-gun-was-used-in-womans-shooting.html

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  14. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SUICIDES AMONG THE WIVES OF COPS?
    TeeJaw Blog
    Posted on by TeeJaw
    November 28, 2013
    [Excerpts] Maybe there aren’t as many as you’d think from the news stories. Maybe murders are being covered up as suicides? I don’t know for sure about that, but there was a disturbing story from St. John’s County, Florida (St. Augustine) on PBS’ Frontline Wednesday night... They just took the word of the boyfriend, a St. John’s County Sheriff’s Deputy... The Death in St. Augustine Frontline story came out of a New York Times investigative reporter’s efforts... and a blogger calling herself “Cloudwriter” on a blog called Behind the Blue Wall. She documents many police officer girl friend or wife suicides. If they were all actual suicides you’d almost think the suicide rate in America could be cut substantially if women would stop marrying cops... http://teejaw.com/2013/11/28/why-are-there-so-many-suicides-among-the-wives-of-cops/

    The Death in St. Augustine Frontline story
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/death-in-st-augustine/

    Behind the Blue Wall
    http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/

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  15. AnonymousMay 13, 2014

    My daughter was shot and her death not investigated. One of the witnesses was the son of a Captain with the investigating agency. My daughter had no GSR on her hands and her prints were not on the gun. She was found wearing only underwear. No autopsy was performed. They listed her death as suicide and refused to investigate. She was just 16. Here is a link to a page set up to get justice for beautiful Jenna.
    https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForJenniferWhale

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  16. This morning I added Brittany Maxwell, Lisa Koressel, and Amanda Medina. I started this blog post with 20 women listed and now there are 40. I have so many that I have yet to post - and also, it keeps happening.

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  17. Identified Detroit Police Officer William "Billy" "Z" Zeolla's girlfriend Angela "Angie" DeWald Kolhagen who was said to have killed herself at their residence with Zeolla's service weapon.

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  18. Added the said-suicide of Shorewood Police Officer Natalie Wagner

    ...From Natalie's parents, Melinda and Robert Wagner: "...The senior fingerprint expert, who was called at home to come to the scene, was turned away at the door. He later told a friend of his, 'This whole thing stinks.'"

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  19. RE: Natalie Wagner - Suicide is a tragedy for everyone involved and affected by it - it leaves a lot of people with unanswered questions and some people simply cannot believe or accept it when it happens. Dr. Jentzen did not work for the Milwaukee Police Department or the City of Milwaukee. His findings are totally independent of any police investigation. He was a nationally recognized Medical Examiner and he was at the scene of this incident. If there was ANY indication that the evidence showed anything other than suicide, he would have reported it. Sorry, but a scene like the one at that house would have been too complex to alter in any manner that would cover up the facts - there are just too many indicators that he knows to look for and too much medical evidence that he knows about, and how to look for it (many things too technical and unknown to police investigators) for anyone to be able to change any evidence or alter a scene like that without him knowing about it. May God grant peace to everyone affected by this tragedy.

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  20. Is this page kept updated? Shared to FB 12/26/14.

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  21. Is this list kept updated? Shared to FB 12-26-14.

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  22. To the person who posted about their own abuse you gave so many identifying details that I'm afraid to post your comment as it was. Here it is, sanitized a little:

    Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "[U.S.] Too Many Said-Suicides of Law Enforcement O...":

    Netflix ran this movie called Death in St Augustine, about the apparent suicide of Michelle O'Connell, I say 'apparent' because I do not believe that she committed suicide, based on evidence shown, and perhaps 'gut' feeling, she appeared to have so much to live for, not die for. my prayers go out to the family. justice will be served one day, I only wish the case could be reopened with all this new DNA technology, the truth would come out. I cried when I watched this show. can't stop thinkiing about it and all the victims out there. my husband is [police], and he is [abusive] ... he has a kind side which is why i stay, but I do plan on getting out. I don't want to live like this anymore. waiting to save money, get all my 'ducks in a row' planning my escape. and he has a violent [relative too]. am afraid. thank you for letting me share

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  23. NC - Bald Head Island police officer Davina Jones was found dead with a gunshot wound in the back of her head near midnight while she was on duty as a police officer for Bald Head Island... She was in the midst of a rocky breakup with her former live-in boyfriend, Scott Monzon, who was an Oak Island police officer at the time and then at least with the Leland police force, New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department, and Navassa Police Departments.
    DOD Oct. 22, 1999
    [North Carolina]
    [usur]

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  24. Will be adding

    [MS] Police Officer Kinne charged with killing girlfriend Dominique Clayton
    Oxford Police Officer Matthew Kinne is charged with killing Dominique "Lucy" Lashelle Clayton... Clayton family attorney said that initially the police told family that Dominique had committed suicide. Family quickly dismissed that by showing her connection to their officer...

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  25. A Police Officer's Wife Suicides.
    The Evening Kansan (Newton, Kansas)
    28 Jun 1892, Tue, Page 1
    Kansas City, Mo., June 28. Mrs. Mary Logan, wife of Police Officer James Logan, committed suicide at her home yesterday evening by taking prussic acid. Mrs. Logan's suicide, it is believed, was the result of worry and fear of disgrace from prosecution in the federal courts on account of the mailing of an improper letter.

    https://www.newspapers.com/image/94194808/

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  26. [CA] 1937 said-suicide of Frances Buchler, wife of the Sacramento District Attorney
    Frances Elaine Buchler, 30-year old wife of Lloyd G. Buchler, Sacramento Deputy District Attorney, was said to have committed suicide by hanging herself from a rafter in the attic of their home.
    Info from The Fresno Bee The Republican (California), 19 Mar 1937, Fri, Page 12

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  27. [CA] Said-suicide of officer's wife, Betty Jane Stuart
    According to Sacramento Police Officer William Stuart, his wife Betty Jane committed suicide while on her knees in their bedroom - shooting herself in the abdomen as he tried to get the gun from her. - DOD 22 Mar 1963

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