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November 2, 2007
LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 11-2-07
This week's pick is a no-brainer. It's WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY. I don't think the movie has been promoted correctly -- I haven't seen any trailers, just those annoying li'l wraparound things on the OC Weekly papers. You may have been misled. I caught this movie at AFI Fest last year, when it had ... More >>
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April 3, 2008
Slain Deputy Faced Criminal Charges
Sources tell OC Weekly that the Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy found dead in a car parked in Aliso Viejo yesterday had been the subject of a sex crimes investigation in the District Attorney's office and may have opted to kill himself rather than face arrest. Susan Schroeder at the DA's ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Sheriff & DA Skirmish Over Suspected Pedophile Deputy
Under the leadership of Mike Carona—our N-word-tossing, fanny-slapping, vodka-slurping, money-hungry, FBI-indicted ex-sheriff—the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) sank into an ethical cesspool. It didn’t make a difference if a deputy was a hard-working public servant (and I know qui ... More >>
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November 18, 2004
The Game Is Up
Web Exclusive: Despite daddys money, power and influence, gang-rape defendant Haidl runs out of outs
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December 18, 2008
Deaths of OC MMA Fighter, Wife, Suspected to be Murder-Suicide
The LA Times, industry publications the Wrestling Observer and Sherdog and plenty of other sources report that autopsy results are leading authorities to believe that the deaths of an Orange County professional mixed martial arts fighter and his wife were exactly what they appeared to be when news b ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf
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March 12, 2009
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September 18, 2008
[Moxley Confidential] DA Rackauckas and Sheriff Hutchens skirmish over investigation of deputy
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January 24, 2008
Appreciation
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Heath Ledger's untimely death, and that milestone performance
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May 31, 2007
How Not to Commit Suicide
Unlucky OC man wanted to die quietly but landed in prison after explosion
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March 2, 2006
4.48 Out of 10
Hunger Artists straitjacket the truth in Sarah Kanes final play
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September 1, 2005
Thats Noose to Him
Rohrabacher presses FBI about hangings
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July 21, 2005
His Own Private Biopic
Gus Van Sant resurrects the ever enigmatic Kurt Cobain with a lyrical blast from the avant-garde
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June 9, 2005
Final Analysis?
Despite official suicide rulings, a San Diego forensic expert says Col. Sabow was murdered
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March 31, 2005
His Brothers Keeper
Suspicious neurologist wins probe of brothers death, which uncovers foul playhis own
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July 1, 2004
Negative Creeps
Suspicious neurologist wins probe of brothers death, which uncovers foul playhis own
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November 6, 2003
Murder, He Wrote
Brother alleges county is covering up El Toro colonels murder
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October 9, 2003
Perfect Patsy, Too-Perfect Parent
Denzel Washington in Out of Time, Olympia Dukakis in The Event
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November 28, 2002
Youre a Creep
Remembering Irv Rubin
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January 17, 2002
Empire of the Nonsenses
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February 24, 2000
Who Killed Col. James Sabow?
Was Marine Corps Col. James Sabow the victim of a military cover-up?
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November 18, 1999
Punk Junkies
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March 26, 2010
Unreported OC Jail Death: Suicide by Hanging or Cover-up?
Michelle Marie Gee, RIPIn a remarkable display of openness, the Orange County Sheriff's Department opened its doors to a group of jail reform activists, lawyers and reporters on Wednesday, March 17. Accompanied by deputies, the group, including this reporter, toured the Orange County Men's Jail a ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
The Onion: Stouffers To Include Suicide Prevention Tips On Single Serve Microwavable Meals
Stouffers To Include Suicide Prevention Tips On Single Serve Microwavable Meals Ah, The Onion,where every day is April Fools Day. This newest clip from the people who do fake news for a living first debuted last week. It's so brilliant I decided to share it this week, because like I said, it can be ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
Angels Go Over Suicide Squeeze in Pre-Game Against Those Damn Yankees
Flickr user waldo swiegersYour Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles have always excelled at the suicide squeeze, but this is ridiculous: About 15 Angels headed for the team bus taking them to today's game against the Yankees (5-0 NY in the seventh as this is being typed) witnessed the aftermath of an ap ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Donald Homer Shinkle, OC Homicide No. 12: Stuffed in Closet
View Larger MapDonald Homer Shinkle's son was concerned. The son had not been able to contact to 80-year-old father in a few days. And Shinkle's neighbors in Garden Grove had called the son to say the old man's roommate had been seen driving the elderly man's pickup truck.Shinkle was very protective ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
Forgotten Amid the Apple iPad Hype
Photo by David BaconSomehow this must have slipped by amid all the hoopla for the Apple iPad: hours were so long and conditions were so bad for Chinese workers making the gizmos that some committed suicide.That was the motivation behind a protest in front of Apple's flagship San Francisco store o ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Vincent van Gogh: The Man and the Myth
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July 30, 2010
Slayings Awake Sleepy Rancho Santa Margarita
What in the devil is going on in Rancho Santa Margarita?Essentially a giant master planned community, the 10-year-old city boasts neighborhoods with rows of million-dollar homes, locations where most of The Real Housewives of Orange County are filmed and, until the past 13 days, no reported homic ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
William Robert Wedgeworth Reported to Have Hanged Himself in Newport Beach Jail
We recently told you about the in-custody death of an Orange County Jail inmate.Now, another man has died in a different OC jail.
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August 31, 2010
[UPDATED:] Another OC Jail Inmate Apparently Hangs Self
UPDATE: The man who is said to have hanged himself at Orange County Jail has been identified as Stephen Clevenger.Does it seem as if there have been more in-custody deaths at Orange County Jail lately?The latest is a 29-year-old Mission Viejo man who apparently hung himself in his Santa Ana jail ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
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October 21, 2010
UPDATED: Man Commits Suicide By Jumping Off Mickey & Friends Parking Structure at Disneyland
Flickr user Never Cool in SchoolUPDATE: The man has been identified, see bottom of post.Not many details have been released, but according to the LA Times, an Anaheim police spokesman has confirmed that a man committed suicide on Sunday evening by jumping off one of the upper floors of the Mickey ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
[UPDATED:] Caryl Baar, OC Homicide No. 61: Allegedly Shot by Husband, Who Then Turned Gun on Self
DMV Arthur BaarUpdate, December 9, 1:42 p.m.: The daughter of Arthur Baar, the 77-year-old Orange County sheriff's investigators believe shot and killed his wife of 50 years before turning the gun on himself in their Laguna Woods Village retirement community home, maintains the Dec. 6 mu ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Fung Yoon, OC Homicide No. 62: Killed by Girlfriend's Ex-Husband, Who Later Killed Himself
A wild, cross-county shooting rampage Sunday morning ended in Los Angeles' Koreatown, where gunman Young Choi shot and killed himself.Shortly before that, the 54-year-old LA resident shot and wounded another man in Koreatown. And, around 4:15 a.m.--90 minutes before Choi took his own life--he sho ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Michael Eugene Upton Sentenced to 50 Years to Life for Murdering His Wife While She Slept
Courtesy of SAPDMIchael Eugene UptonBack in July 2010, we told you about Michael Eugene Upton, who admitted to police that he shot his wife in the head while she slept. Looking at the guy's mugshot, he seems like the slightly unhinged type, but there does appear to be some goodwill to his story. ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Who'll Stop the Pain?
A recent spate of suicides and strange deaths inside Orange County's jails has jail staff and activists alike clamoring for reform
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April 28, 2011
Enrique Mengoza Held for Arson After Allegedly Trying to Kill Himself by Burning Down his Home
A man arrested Thursday morning for setting his own Westminster home on fire, which sent him and three others to the hospital, may have been trying to kill himself, according to authorities.Three hours after the fire was reported around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 61-year-old Enrique Mengoza returned to ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
[UPDATED: Police Chief Uncertain of Cocaine Involvement] City Employee Commits Suicide, Jumping Off Costa Mesa City Hall
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyHuy Pham, in a photo brought to a candlelight vigil for himUPDATE, MAY 31, 8:16 A.M.: Costa Mesa's police chief, Steve Staveley isn't entirely convinced by the conclusions being made from the coroner reports that Huy Pham had cocaine in his system at the time of his ... More >>
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May 28, 2011
Former Cop's Book Explores Police Suicide
Clarke Paris wonders if anyone around these parts remembers the North Hollywood bank robbery shootout 14 years ago? Los Angeles TV stations covered the incident live, which ended with both heavily armed perpetrators killed, 11 police officers and seven bystanders injured and extensive damage to ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Juan Carrillo Apparently Leaps to Death From Block at Orange Parking Structure
Orange police believe Juan Carrillo leaped to his death from the roof of a six-floor parking structure near the Block at Orange Thursday afternoon.This is assumed because no witnesses have come forward saying they saw the 27-year-old Garden Grove resident jump around 4 p.m.
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July 6, 2011
Why (and How) That Extra Slice of Chocolate Cake (and Other Indulgences) Really Does Kill You
Death by chocolate, indeed...You know how when you're full, really full, but still keep eating, then you go into what's not so much a food coma as it is a food death, where you feel life leaving you for a couple of minutes? That's because your cells are committing suicide--all the fat is screwing ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
[UPDATED with Players Confirmed:] Susan Schilling, OC Homicide No. 35: One's a Suicide, the Other's a Murder Victim
UPDATE, AUG. 8, 5:01 P.M.: Buena Park Police investigators believe William Schilling fatally shot his wife, Susan Schilling, before turning the gun on himself in the master bedroom of their San Benito Way home Sunday morning. Police spokesman Corporal Andy Luong blamed the murder-suicide on marit ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
[UPDATED with Lawsuit:] William Robert Wedgeworth Hangs Himself in Newport Beach Jail
UPDATE, AUG. 9, 7:20 A.M.: Last year I brought you the sad story of William Robert Wedgeworth, a 43-year-old Newport Beach man who hanged himself in the city jail.My colleague Nick Schou included the incident in the greater context of OC jail suicides and strange deaths in his Jan. 20 cover story ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D.:] 76-Year-Old Edward Lee Royle, Upset Over Medical Woes, Apparently Commits Suicide by Cop
UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 9:41 A.M.: The 76-year-old man who died in his Garden Grove backyard Friday morning after taking beanbag rounds from police officers and a self-inflicted regular gunshot to the head has been identified as Edward Lee Royle. Royle, who family members later said was despondent and ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D.:] ~~Teen~~ Man Burns Hot Coals in Car to Off Himself: Authorities
UPDATE, NOV. 30, 9:47 A.M.: The "teen" who apparently tried to kill himself by lighting coals inside his gray Infiniti in a Ladera Ranch neighborhood Monday evening has been identified as a 27-year-old Cerritos man who was reported to Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies as missing, depressed an ... More >>
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December 17, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D.'s:] Mr. or Mrs. Saltarelli, OC Homicide No. 62: Shot in Surf City Murder-Suicide
UPDATE, DEC. 17, 1:20 P.M.: The couple who died in a murder-suicide at their Huntington Beach home have been identified as Robert Saltarelli, 55, and his wife Tonie Saltarelli, 56.Police have not identified who was the shooter and who was the victim in Wednesday morning's tragedy at 8851 Jarrett ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
[UPDATED with Killer Revealed:] Christine Lauren Bennett, 2011 OC Homicide No. 71: Found in Condo
DMVBennettUPDATE, JAN. 6, 8:47 A.M.: According to Christine Lauren Bennett's family, Alexei Ocana fatally shot his 27-year-old ex-girlfriend in an Anaheim Hills condo Dec. 30 before turning the gun on himself.The 31-year-old's motive? He was upset that Bennett was seeing someone else, according t ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
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