Suicide

Breaking News: Quiznos Franchisees Win Injunction

Peter Boyles keeps cyanide story alive

Suicide Mission

Rap-Up: Whygee and Sunken State unite for free EP

There's always an interest when like-minded solo artists come together to collaborate on a project. So when Colorado emcees Whygee and Sunken State announced they were releasing a seven-song EP called Suicide Watch, those who follow the local scene were excited to hear the results. To add to the exc ... More >>

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Geoffrey Nauffts
The Full Monty

XO, Elliott

Elliott Smith 1969-2003

Former gay-porn star-turned-accused murderer Timothy Boham tries the Phil Spector defense

Timothy Boham during his gay-porn days. Timothy Boham, the former gay-porn star currently on trial for the 2006 murder of a Denver businessman, took the stand in his own defense yesterday. This move is often a sign of desperation -- and his testimony reflected the quality, too. He'd previously conf ... More >>

In life and death, tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme made her mark

Timothy Boham during his gay-porn days. Timothy Boham, the former gay-porn star currently on trial for the 2006 murder of a Denver businessman, took the stand in his own defense yesterday. This move is often a sign of desperation -- and his testimony reflected the quality, too. He'd previously conf ... More >>

Mike Colin, RIP

A Denver scene icon has passed, but his music lives on.

You're Toast!

Franchise owners thought they'd make a fortune serving the toasted sandwiches created by Quiznos. Instead, they got burned.

Kill the Messenger

The tragic death of one of America's most important investigative journalists

Stand Up Girl

Angie Stevens has finally put the past behind her.

Checking Out of Lockdown

Inmate suicides put the spotlight on medical care at Colorado's supermax.

The Message

Death Wish

Steal This Movie

Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all

Keeping Secrets

A well-liked former CIA agent was living another kind of double life in the years before his suicide.

The Final Act

A Question of Mercy deals with the touchy subject of assisted suicide.

Suicide Watch

Can a 24-hour crisis hotline put callers on hold? The state will get back to you on that.

Night of the Living Dead

Can a 24-hour crisis hotline put callers on hold? The state will get back to you on that.

Older and Wiser

The members of Pennywise carry on in the wake of tragedy.

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Arapahoe County sends deputies to arrest a man who had died in their jail.

Blonde Ambition

The criminal portion of the Greg Lopez case is over, but the fight for Spicer Breeden's estate is just getting started. Ask Sydney Stone.

Life in the Fast Lane

The criminal portion of the Greg Lopez case is over, but the fight for Spicer Breeden's estate is just getting started. Ask Sydney Stone.

A CRY FOR HELP

THE MAYOR TRIES TO HAVE ONE OF HIS SONS COMMITTED FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS.

The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since ... More >>

Where would you take a $100,000 check that is also a suicide note - to the cops or to the bank?

The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since ... More >>

Judge to suicide's family: Will must be honored

John Beech left his will, car titles and other papers for police on his kitchen table. A Jefferson County judge threw out objections Friday afternoon to a suicide's controversial will, ruling that the man's estate must go to a prominent Denver charity -- even though his family contends that the ch ... More >>

Get a taste of Suicide Watch 2: Sambodextrust

Four-fifths of the Starting FiveBack in December, Colorado MCs Whygee and Sunkenstate connected with Colorado producer Kid Hum to create Suicide Watch, one of the better Colorado hip-hop releases of 2008. And it was free! Now Whygee and Sunk have reconnected for Suicide Watch 2: Sambodextrust, a sev ... More >>

Mile High Murder, No. 39: Filadelfo Mazariego and Alba Rodriguez-Ruiz dead in likely murder-suicide on 4700 block of Peoria Street

View Larger Map Let's hope murder-suicides don't come in threes. Just yesterday, we told you about a likely murder-suicide in Broomfield involving Darryl Stricklin, 45, and Jodi Samuels, 36. Shortly thereafter, the Denver Coroner's Office identified Filadelfo Mazariego and Alba Rodriguez-Ruiz as a c ... More >>

Stephanie Rochester smothered baby because of autism fears, affidavit says (No. 4)

Stephanie Rochester.​The horrible story of Stephanie Rochester, the apparently perfect Superior mom arrested on suspicion that she killed her infant son, Rylan, just got worse. A newly released affidavit (check it out below) details her ultimately successful efforts to smother the boy, motiva ... More >>

Woody Paige's suicide-plan column best piece to date about Bronco Kenny McKinley's death

Woody Paige.​We've often made sport of Denver Post and ESPN vet Woody Paige. But when he's not cobbling together forced riffs and calling them columns, he can be a moving writer. Think of his 2006 piece about his sister's losing battle with cancer -- and today's effort about late Bronco receiv ... More >>

Kenny McKinley's death backdrop for Denver Public Schools suicide prevention program

Kenny McKinley.​The death by suicide of Denver Bronco Kenny McKinley, whose funeral today may be protested by the Westboro Baptist Church, has brought new attention to the subject of suicide in general. In many ways, that's a good thing -- but it also has drawbacks according to Denver Public S ... More >>

Kenny McKinley death could lead to teen suicide attempts, says head of DPS prevention program

Kenny McKinley.​Broncos receiver Kenny McKinley was laid to rest yesterday (fortunately with no reported protests from members of Westboro Baptist Church) on the same day that Denver Public Schools publicly introduced its Signs of Suicide curriculum. The later event had been planned long befor ... More >>

Gay teen suicides: Liberty Counsel, not Focus on the Family, claims GLBT exploitation of deaths

​In a post yesterday, GLBT Center's Hope Wisneski discussed the recent rash of gay teen suicides without attacking Focus on the Family, which recently criticized pro-gay anti-bullying programs as anti-Christian. But while Focus hasn't fanned flames since the national media picked up the suicid ... More >>

John Elway among investors who allegedly got screwed by accused Ponzi schemer Sean Mueller

Sean Mueller.​Yesterday, Sean Mueller was charged with racketeering and other counts in association with an alleged Ponzi scheme that he ran over the span of a decade. Denver Broncos legend John Elway was among 65 folks who invested a reported $71 million with Mueller, whose unmasking was pre ... More >>

Candice & Kristin Hermeler: Surveillance video, photos of Australian twins in suicide pact

Kristin Hermeler.​Update: The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office has released surveillance footage and photos of Kristin and Candice Hermeler, Australian twins who acted out a suicide pact at the Family Shooting Center; Kristin died, while Candice was gravely wounded but survived. The footage ce ... More >>

Kristin & Candice Hermeler: Suicide-pact twins' Columbine fascination deeper than admitted

Kristin Hermeler​It didn't make much sense that Candice and Kristin Hermeler would travel halfway across the world to enact a suicide pact at a local gun range -- until reports began to surface about the Australian twins' obsession with the Columbine shootings. While police have tried to downp ... More >>

Gem Trails, Thundercade, Kevin Costner Suicide Pact at the Meadowlark, 01/07/11

Tom MurphyGem Trails is Trevor Peterson​ GEM TRAILS With Thundercade and Kevin Costner Suicide Pact Meadowlark | January 7, 2011 Gem Trails is the solo side project of Trevor Peterson from Woodsman. From this performance, the name is appropriate for the spectral, glistening streaming of guit ... More >>

Art Medina drowned Maria Duron, then hanged himself in murder-suicide, coroner reports (49)

7News​Update: As noted in our original item about the death of Maria Duron and Art Medina, on view below, all signs pointed to a murder-suicide in the case -- and that proved to be the case, according to the Arapahoe County coroner. But the details are still shocking. The coroner found that M ... More >>

Suicidal woman who throws herself in front of train temporarily causes Aurora road closure

​Early this morning, a closure impacted one of Aurora's major intersections: Chambers Road at Smith Road. Traffic is moving there again -- but why the earlier shutdown? According to Aurora Police Department spokesman Bob Friel, a woman tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a slow-movi ... More >>

Christopher Wells, 3 others charged in killings of his ex, Amara Wells, & Robert Rafferty (56 & 57)

Fox 31​Update: Christopher Wells may have been in custody at the time the bodies of his ex-wife, Amara Wells, and Robert Rafferty were discovered -- but the Douglas County Sheriff's Office still believes he played a key role in their deaths. Along with Josiah Sher, Matthew Plake and Micah Wood ... More >>

William Rex Fowler: $200K Scientology donor found guilty of murdering Thomas Ciancio

Big pic below.​Update: William Rex Fowler, whose software firm faced ruin in part because he donated around $200,000 to the Church of Scientology, argued that he had been about to kill himself when his partner, Thomas Ciancio, interrupted him -- and wound up with multiple gunshots to the head. ... More >>

B.J. Nikkel: Facebook page claims blood will be on her hands for helping kill Civil Union Act

B.J. Nikkel.​After the Colorado Civil Union Act was approved by the Senate, sponsor Pat Steadman predicted that it would pass the House if not blocked by "extremists." However, the measure died in the judiciary committee, with B.J. Nikkel and other Republican members voting against it. The ang ... More >>

Keenu Tiyme murder trial: Long, strange trip to justice in death of tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme

Keenu Tiyme​Barring a last-minute deal, attorneys will be picking a jury Monday morning in Denver District Court to decide the fate of Keenu Tiyme -- more than two-and-a-half years after the body piercer was arrested and charged with the gruesome death of his ex-wife, 39-year-old tattoo artist ... More >>

Eric Kinder allegedly violates his probation for armed standoff by trying to kill himself

Big pic below.​Can a suicide attempt be a parole violation? Yes, if the person hoping to kill himself has been ordered to stay away from drugs and he tries to overdose. That's the accusation against Eric Kinder, 43, whose alleged death wish follows a conviction over a police standoff prompted ... More >>

Keenu Tiyme trial: Is depression a defense for the bizarre slaying of his ex-wife?

Keenu Tiyme​When homicide detectives questioned him in 2008, shortly after the discovery of his ex-wife's battered and slashed corpse in a hotel room, Keenu Tiyme had trouble recalling his phone number and address. This afternoon, a Denver jury will be asked to decide where he'll reside in the ... More >>

Skate or Die

Keenu Tiyme​When homicide detectives questioned him in 2008, shortly after the discovery of his ex-wife's battered and slashed corpse in a hotel room, Keenu Tiyme had trouble recalling his phone number and address. This afternoon, a Denver jury will be asked to decide where he'll reside in the ... More >>

The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact doesn't stick to a script

Keenu Tiyme​When homicide detectives questioned him in 2008, shortly after the discovery of his ex-wife's battered and slashed corpse in a hotel room, Keenu Tiyme had trouble recalling his phone number and address. This afternoon, a Denver jury will be asked to decide where he'll reside in the ... More >>

Nyesha Hall-Gonzalez, suicidal mom, allegedly left her two-year-old in a field to die

Big photo below.​That old saw about divorce being hardest on the kids almost turned fatal in the case of Nyesha Hall-Gonzalez, 28. She's accused of burying a Carmelo Ortiz-Hall, her two-year-old son, under tumbleweeds and leaving him to die in an El Paso County field because of her desire to ... More >>