Special Education Teacher Linda Brown’s Death Ruled Suicide by Drowning in Lake Michigan

Linda Brown

The death of Chicago special education teacher Linda Brown has brought a somber close to a days-long search that gripped her family, colleagues, students, and the wider community. After she was reported missing earlier in January, Brown’s body was recovered from Lake Michigan, prompting an official investigation into the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. This week, … Read more

33-Year-Old Miles Cross Jailed for 14 Years for Selling Lethal Substance Online to Assist Suicides

Miles Cross

A 33-year-old man from Wrexham has been jailed for 14 years after admitting to assisting and encouraging suicides by selling a lethal substance online to vulnerable individuals. Miles Cross pleaded guilty to four counts of assisting or encouraging suicide following an investigation that linked his activities to the deaths of two people. Police have described … Read more

Nurse Heather Thompson Fatally Shoots Two Sons and Grandmother in Quadruple Murder-Suicide

Heather Thompson

A quiet Tennessee community has been left reeling after authorities announced that a 32-year-old nurse, Heather Thompson, fatally shot her two young sons and their elderly grandmother before taking her own life in what police have described as a quadruple murder-suicide. The incident unfolded in Waverly, a small city in Humphreys County, and was discovered … Read more

Parents Sue Character AI After 13-Year-Old Daughter Juliana Peralta Dies by Suicide

Juliana Peralta

In a heartbreaking development that underscores the growing risks of AI interactions for young users, the parents of 13-year-old Juliana Peralta from Thornton, Colorado, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Character Technologies, Inc., the developers of the Character.AI app. Filed on September 15, 2025, in the United States District Court for the District of … Read more