Another Welfare Check Finds Two Dead

"EL CAJON, CA — A woman and man were found dead inside an El Cajon apartment Thursday morning in what police are calling a murder-suicide.

"El Cajon officers were sent to Hunter's Run Apartments on Broadway, east of state Route 67, to check on the welfare of a person about 10:15 a.m. A caller told police he had received a message from his brother indicating his brother was contemplating suicide, police said.

"Officers said they entered the apartment and spoke with a teenage girl who had been sleeping inside. She was not injured.

"`The girl told police her mother and her mother's live-in boyfriend were in their bedroom`, police said.

"Officers entered the locked bedroom and found the bodies of a 33-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man.

"Police said the woman had a single gunshot wound to the head. The man had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head."

Source: SignOnSanDiego...

No Gun, No Glory

"VAN WERT, OH -- A 28-year-old Van Wert man stabbed another man Thursday morning and then tried to commit suicide, the Van Wert Police Department reported.

"Heather Case, of 711 N. Washington St., called police at 4:43 a.m. saying a man she knows had entered her residence and stabbed Gabriel McConn, 31, of Van Wert. He was a guest at Case's home. McConn had a single stab wound to his back and was taken to Van Wert County Hospital.

"Police searched for the suspect, whose name had not been released, and found him in the garage at the residence. He was believed to have tried to kill himself. Officers resuscitated him and he was taken to Van Wert County Hospital. He and McConn were later taken by helicopter to hospitals in Fort Wayne, Ind."

From LimaOhio.com...

Another Rope/Tree Combo

"Alipurduar - A 33-year-old man committed suicide after strangulating his wife to death ending a strained relationship last night. The couple have left behind a three-year-old daughter and a four-month-old son.

"Ramesh Roy of Chepani village in Samuktala had married Kanika (25) of Daldali in Khoardanga four years ago.

"Local people alleged that the seller of lottery tickets used to torture his wife and even did not allow her to talk to neighbours. Recently, Kanika had spent a month with her parents apparently because of the torture, but returned to Chepani two months ago...

"Basudeb Sarkar, the officer-in-charge of Samuktala police station, said Ramesh had strangulated his wife to death and then hanged himself from the tree. `We came to know that the youth used to torture his wife but nobody informed us about it, otherwise we could have advised and the incident could have been avoided.`"

From The Telegraph (India)...

Ski Resort of DEATH

"BOULDER, CO — The Nederland man who shot and killed a general manager at Eldora Mountain Resort killed himself after getting into a shootout with a deputy, the Boulder County coroner's office said.

"The coroner's office said 24-year-old Derik Bonestroo, a ski lift operator at the resort, shot himself after being wounded during the gunbattle.

"Officials previously said Boulder County Sheriff's Deputy John Seifert fired the shot that killed Bonestroo; however, the coroner's office said Wednesday that Bonestroo's death was ruled a suicide.

"`Although the deputy wounded Mr. Bonestroo, the wounds did not cause his death,` Coroner Thomas J. Faure said in a statement.

"Authorities say Bonestroo shot Brian Mahon, 49, at the resort's pump house at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday after yelling something about religion. Mahon was shot once in the stomach and once in the head and died at the scene.

"Bonestroo then fled the resort, and was intercepted by Seifert on Colorado 119 just south of town. The coroner's office said Bonestroo was hit multiple times by the deputy's assault rifle before shooting himself...

"Also Wednesday, investigators said Bonestroo killed his cat before driving to the ski area with a gun. Boulder County investigators discovered the dead cat while searching Bonestroo's Nederland apartment to look for a motive behind his behavior."

From FoxNews...

BLAM!! Happy New Year!

" McALLEN, TX — A 28-year-old man kidnapped his former girlfriend, shot her to death in a grocery store on New Year's Even then crashed into the front of a Wal-Mart and killed himself, police said.

"The ordeal began Tuesday afternoon when Moises Gonzalez abducted Maura Marroquin, 23, of Rio Grande City, at gunpoint. He stole at least two cars as police gave chase across several South Texas cities.

"Gonzalez, of San Antonio, wound up in a Harlingen grocery store Wednesday night where police said he shot Marroquin and fled in a hijacked sport utility vehicle. The stolen vehicle was equipped with a global positioning system tracking device that allowed police to follow it.

"Gonzalez drove the stolen car into a Weslaco Wal-Mart and killed himself. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots as the vehicle crashed through the front of the store."

From chron.com...