SUICIDES
Rosemount, Minn., man sentenced in extortion scheme that ends in suicide 
Rickey Pouncil pleaded guilty to coercion in a plot to extort $500,000 from Bloomington businessman Dan Kreye. His body was found in the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in May 2010. Kreye left a note about the extortion before taking his life with a shotgun.
By David Hanners , August 17, 2011
Woman sentenced to jail in plot that ended in suicide
She sobbed and said she was sorry, but Shannon Gura still will have to spend some time locked up for her role in an extortion plot with a Rosemount, Minn., man that led a Bloomington, Minn., businessman to kill himself.
By David Hanners , August 05, 2011
Police: Michigan gunman suspect commits suicide after killing daughter, ex-girlfriend, 5 others
A gunman opened fire in two Michigan homes Thursday, killing his daughter, ex-girlfriend and five other people before leading police on a high-speed chase and taking hostages inside a stranger's home. Watch video report at bottom of article.
By Tom Coyne , July 08, 2011
Faribault, Minn.,. man convicted of aiding suicide will appeal
A former nurse sentenced to 360 days in jail for going online and allegedly encouraging two depressed people to kill themselves is appealing.
By Associated Press , June 01, 2011
Lawyer: Gitmo prisoner who died was mentally ill
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner who died in an apparent suicide had twice before tried to kill himself at the U.S. base in Cuba and had a long-term mental illness that predated his time in custody, his attorney said today.
By Ben Fox , May 19, 2011
Autopsy: Convicted murderer from Minot suffocated himself
Coroner Ron Patten concluded William Andru Ball's death April 17 in a Wisconsin jail cell was the result of asphyxiation and that the death was a suicide.
By Associated Press , May 12, 2011
Unmasking the Faribault, Minn., suicide nurse
A chain of events led to a prosecution that attracted international attention and ended in Wednesday's sentencing of Melchert-Dinkel, 48, a former nurse from Faribault, Minn., to a year in jail for assisting two suicides of people from other countries.
By Randy Furst , May 09, 2011
UPDATE: Minn. man who helped coax 2 to suicide gets jail
UPDATED: 6:33 P.M.A former nurse who stalked suicide chat rooms online and was convicted of encouraging two depressed people to kill themselves was sentenced Wednesday to 360 days in jail by a southern Minnesota judge who said the defendant showed a minimal level of remorse despite admitting his deeds were "dark" and "disgusting."
By Amy Forliti , May 04, 2011
Authorities ID robbery suspect who was found dead
A 27-year-old man who was suspected of holding up a Fergus Falls, Minn., truck stop here just hours before killing himself was identified Thursday morning as Noah Alan Moen of Fergus Falls.
By The Forum , March 31, 2011
Police release name in Grafton fatality
The man found Saturday with a fatal wound, apparently self-inflicted, in a vehicle in Grafton, N.D., was identified Monday as Mark Einarson, 47, Grafton.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 28, 2011
UPDATE: Former Minnesota nurse found guilty of aiding suicides online
A Minnesota man accused of seeking depressed people online and encouraging two to kill themselves was found guilty Tuesday of aiding in the suicides of an English man and Canadian woman.
By Associated Press , March 15, 2011
Police: Deaths of elderly Truman, Minn., couple were murder-suicide
Police in the Martin County community of Truman say 73-year-old Carl Sorgatz and 75-year-old Rondy Sorgatz were found dead of single gunshot wounds in their home Tuesday.
By Associated Press , February 25, 2011
Defense: Suicides planned before ex-nurse involved
A defense attorney for a Minnesota man accused of trolling the Internet for suicidal people and encouraging two to kill themselves told a judge Thursday that the victims already had plans to take their lives and his client's online conversations with them had no impact.
By Amy Forliti , February 24, 2011
Prosecutors: Minnesota man 'hunted' suicidal victims
A Faribault, Minn., man charged with two counts of aiding suicide was committing a crime — not playing a game — when he "hunted" vulnerable people on the Internet and encouraged two of them to kill themselves, prosecutors claim.
By Amy Forliti , February 24, 2011
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