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November
20, 1986: Rod Mathews, age 14; Canton, Massachusetts; Matthews beat
a classmate to death with a baseball bat in the woods near his home. He
had been prescribed
Ritalin
since the third grade. |
October
1st, 1997: Luke Woodham, a 16-year old in Pearl Mississippi; Stabbed
his mother, 50-year-old Mary Woodam, to death and then went to his high
school where he shot nine people — killing two teenage girls and
wounding seven others. Published reports say he was on
Prozac. |
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November
26, 1987: Bartley James Dobben killed his two young sons by throwing
them into a 1,300-degree foundry ladle. He had been placed on a regimen
of psychiatric drugs in 1985. Mr. Dobben,
28 years old, received the mandatory sentence of life in prison from
Judge James Graves Jr. of Muskegon County Circuit Court. |

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April 23, 1987: Palm Bay, Florida; William Cruse
was charged with killing six people in a shooting rampage. Cruse had
been seeing a Kentucky psychiatrist and stated he had been taking
psychiatric drugs for several years. |
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March 6,
1985: Atlanta postal worker Steven W. Brownlee, pulled a
pistol from his pocket and shot and killed a supervisor and a clerk.
Another clerk was wounded. Brownlee had been receiving treatment and
psychotropic drugs at the Grady Memorial
Psychotropic Unit prior to his violent attack. |
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May 20,
1988: Laurie Dann, age 31; In Winnetka, Illinois; Dann walked into a
second grade classroom carrying three pistols and began shooting
innocent little children. She killed one, wounded six, and then killed
herself. Autopsy reports revealed that her body contained high amounts
of
Anafranil
[by Norvatis] and
Lithium.
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March 8, 1990: Oregon; Courtney Reynolds,
16-years-old; Suicide; Took an overdose of Desipramine. Courtney had
been taking two anti-depressants, Desipramine
and Zoloft, for six to eight months.
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December
1, 1997: Michael Carneal, a 14-year-old, Heath High School in West
Paducah, Kentucky; Opened fire on students at a high school prayer
meeting. Three teenagers were killed, five others were wounded, one of
whom was paralyzed. Carneal was reportedly on
Ritalin.
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September
26, 1988: 19-year old James Wilson; Greenwood, South
Carolina; Went on a shooting rampage at the Greenwood Elementary School,
killing two 8-year-old girls and wounding seven other children and two
teachers. Since the age of 14, he had been given psychiatric drugs,
including
Xanax,
Valium,
Vistaril,
Mellaril,
Thorazine,
Tofranil
and
Halcion.
He was withdrawing from
Xanax
at the time of the shooting spree. |

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October
1993: 15-year-old Gerard McCra: Massachusetts: Shot his
parents and sister to death. He had been taking
Ritalin
since the age of six. |

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September
27, 1997: Sam Manzie, a 16-year-old, Jackson Township, New Jersey
boy; Raped and strangled to death an 11-year-old boy who was selling
door-to-door for the local Parent-Teacher Association. Manzie was under
psychiatric care at the time and being "medicated" with
Paxil. |
July 28,
1997: Matt Miller, 13-years-old from Overland Park, Kansas, was
given free samples of
Zoloft
by his psychiatrist. Seven days later, a day prior to going on a much
looked forward to vacation, Matt hung himself in his bedroom closet.
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June
11, 1993: Victor Brancaccio, aged 16, Florida: Attacked and killed
an 81-year-old woman. He then hid her body and covered her corpse in red
spray-paint. He had also tried to burn the pelvic area of the woman’s
dead body. He was 2 months into taking
Zoloft
at the time of the murder.
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March
10th, 1998: Jeff Franklin, 17-years-old, Huntsville, Alabama; Killed
his parents as they came home from work. He used a sledge hammer,
hatchet, butcher knife and mechanic’s file. He then attacked and left
his seriously injured his brothers (ages 6 and 9), and 12-year-old
sister to bleed to death. Fortunately all siblings survived. He was on
Ritalin,
a stimulant;
Prozac,
an anti-depressant; and
Klonopin,
an anti-convulsant. |
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October
17, 1995: Brian E. Pruitt, 16; Pruitt fatally stabbed his
grandparents. He had a history of psychiatric treatment and had been
prescribed "medication." The exact drug is not known at this time. |
1995:
Jarred Viktor, 16 years-old; Escondido, California; Stabbed his
grandmother 61 times. Ten days prior to the murder, Jarred had been
prescribed the anti-depressant
Paxil. |
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March
24, 1998: Jonesboro, Arkansas; 11-year-old Andrew Golden and
14-year-old Mitchell Johnson; Apparently, the boys faked a fire
alarm at Westside Middle School. When everyone came outside, the boys
fired on them from the nearby woods. They shot 15 people, killing four
students, one teacher, and wounding 10 others. According to one report,
the boys were believed to be on
Ritilan. |


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Christopher Brockman aged 16
(Zoloft, Risperdal, Adderall) killed a woman by frenzied stabbing.
Several months previously he had been diagnosed with ADHD and depression
and his mother told how his condition had deteriorated in that he was
having severe emotional outbursts and other symptoms of akathisia.
Experts testified that he had been improperly diagnosed with ADHD and
inappropriately prescribed Adderall and Zoloft and that the combination
could cause a psychotic state. He was found guilty and sentenced to life
imprisonment. Various psych drugs were prescribed in the prison with
little regard to the effects of, or withdrawal from, the same and
Christopher hung himself in prison 2 years later. |

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November 10, 1995: Rigby, Idaho; 15-year-old Chris Shanahan;
Out of the blue killed a woman. Shanahan walked up and shot her in the
back of the head with his rifle during a robbery attempt. He was taking
Paxil. |
December
18, 1995: Kristina Fetters, a 14-year-old from Des Moines, Iowa;
Stabbed her favorite great aunt to death with a kitchen knife, then
sobbed as the aunt died in her arms. She was taking
Prozac. |
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February
19, 1996: Timmy Becton, 10; Grabbed his three-year-old niece as a
shield and aimed a shotgun at a sheriff's deputy who accompanied a
truant officer to his Florida home. Becton had been taken to a
psychiatrist in January to cure his dislike of school and was put on a
psychiatric drug,
Prozac.
His parents said that when the dosage of the drug was increased, Timmy
had violent mood swings and that he would "get really angry..." |
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April of
1996: Kurt Danysh (18); Was prescribed the drug
Prozac
(from Eli Lilly) by a general practitioner who failed to perform any
psychological testing. Shortly after beginning to take his Prozac
prescription, Kurt, a normally outgoing teenager, became withdrawn and
moody. By the second week, he was restless and violent. He got into a
fight with his best friend and purposely crashed his truck into a stone
wall. This was out of character for Kurt. Seventeen days after his first
dose of Prozac, he shot and killed his father by firing a shotgun blast
into his father's head. Kurt had no history of violence prior to Prozac.
He was convicted of murdering his father and sentenced to 22.5 to 60
years in prison. Kurt later said, "I didn't realize I did it until after
it was done, and then I realized it. This might sound weird, but it felt
like I had no control of what I was doing, like I was left there just
holding a gun."
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July
1996: In Japan, a 16-year-old high school student was stabbed by two
boys, ages 15 and 16, who said they had been taking a sedative (sleeping
pill) because it made them "invincible." |
November
20, 1996: 14-year-old Rod Mathews beat a classmate to death
with a bat in the woods near his home in Canton, MA. He had been
prescribed
Ritalin
since the third grade. |

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May 21,
1998: Kip Kinkel a 15-year-old of Springfield, Oregon; Murdered his
parents and proceeded to his high school where he went on a rampage
killing two students and wounding 22 others. Kinkel had been prescribed
both
Prozac
and
Ritalin
and had been attending “anger control classes”.
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April
16th, 1999: 15-year-old Shawn Cooper of Notus, Idaho took a
12- gauge shot gun to school and started firing, injuring one student
and holding the school hostage for about 20 minutes. Cooper had been
taking
Ritalin
when he fired the shotgun's rounds and was reported to be on a mix of
antidepressants. |
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1997:
Brian Storey, was 17 years old when the family doctor diagnosed him
with depression and gave him 14
Zoloft
pills. The doctor never warned him about side effects and "even said if
a person is drinking or doing drugs, that Zoloft works well with them,"
Brian's mother said. Five days later, Brian killed a woman. After his
arrest, authorities found no illegal drugs in his system, only Zoloft. |
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AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. FACE AFTER FACE. STORY AFTER
STORY...
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.8 Year Old Becomes Zombie |
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.8 Year Old Girl Handcuffed at School |
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.8-Year-Old Arrested At School |
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.9 Year Old Girl Becomes Worse on Meds |
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10 & 11 Year Old Boy & Girl Attempt Arson & Murder |
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10 Year Old Becomes Violent |
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10 Year Old Boy Hangs Himself |
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10 Year Old Boy Hangs Himself |
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10 Year Old Girl Attempts Suicide |
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10 Year Old Girl Dies During "Rebirthing" Therapy: Meds May Have
Been a Factor |
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10 Year Old Has Violent Incidents at School |
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10 Year Old Uses 3 Year Old Niece as Shield: Aims Gun at
Sheriff's Deputy |
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11 Year Old Boy is Violent & Suicidal on Paxil |
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11 Year Old Girl Hangs Self; Family Sues |
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11 Year Old Goes On Robbery & Shooting Spree |
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11 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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11 Year Old Hangs Himself: Lawsuit |
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118 Deaths Reported in 2005 & 93 Deaths Reported in 2002 |
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12 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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12 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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12 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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12 Year Old Girl Given Meds Deteriorates |
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12 Year Old Girl Plots to Kill her Mother |
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12 Year Old Girl Self-Mutilates & Attempts Suicide |
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12 Year Old Kills 11 Year Old Sister |
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12 Year Old Shoots Himself |
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12-Year-Old Driven Insane By Medicine |
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13 Year Old Becomes "Bipolar" after Antidepressant Use |
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13 Year Old Boy Commits Suicide |
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13 Year Old Boy Intends to Commit Suicide at School |
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13 Year Old Girl Attacks Police: Child is Critically Injured |
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13 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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13 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide at School |
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13 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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13 Year Old Kills Grandmother |
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13 Year Old Kills Himself |
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14 Year Old Boy Commits Suicide |
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14 Year Old Boy Stabs Store Clerk |
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14 Year Old Commits Suicide: Lawsuit |
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14 Year Old Girl Attempts Suicide |
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14 Year Old Girl Becomes Suicidal & Violent : Lawsuit |
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14 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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14 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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14 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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14 Year Old Girl Has Increase in Self-Mutilation While On
Antidepressant |
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14 Year Old Girl Kill Self: Took 4 SSRIs in One Year |
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14 Year Old Girl Kills Friend of Same Age |
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14 Year Old Girl Kills Self |
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14 Year Old Girl Kills Self |
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14 Year Old Girl Sets Fires |
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14 Year Old Girl Stabs Great Aunt |
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14 Year Old Girl Suffers Adverse Reaction |
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14 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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14 Year Old Kills Himself |
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14 Year Old Kills Himself |
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14 Year Old Kills his Mother |
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14 Year Old Kills Self |
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14 Year Old Kills Woman During Robbery: Life Sentence |
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14 Year Old Murders his Mother & 10 Year Old Brother |
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15 & 17 Year Old Brothers Attempt Suicide |
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15 Year Old Assaults Police: Also Involved Alcohol |
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15 Year Old Attempts Suicide at School |
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15 Year Old Attempts Suicide: Tries to Jump from Bridge |
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15 Year Old Attempts to Kill Father: Kills Self |
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15 Year Old Boy Assaults Neighbor Girl |
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15 Year Old Boy Commits Suicide on Zoloft |
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15 Year Old Boy Injured by Meds |
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15 Year Old Boy Kills 11 Year Old Boy Who Was Selling Cookies
Door-To-Door |
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15 Year Old Boy Kills Father: Injures Mother |
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15 Year Old Commits Murder in Central Park |
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15 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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15 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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15 Year Old Deliberately Drives Car into House |
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15 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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15 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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15 Year Old Girl Dies from Overdose |
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15 Year Old Girl Given Zoloft for 'Warts' |
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15 Year Old Girl Hang Self |
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15 Year Old Girl Jumps Off Cliff with 14 Year Old Girl |
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15 Year Old Girl Kills 6 Year Old Brother |
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15 Year Old Girl Kills Self |
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15 Year Old Girl Plans to Kill Mother, Brother & Self |
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15 Year Old Girl Self-Mutilates |
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15 Year Old Girl Shoots Grandfather |
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15 Year Old Girl Tries to Hang Self |
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15 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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15 Year Old Kills his Father |
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15 Year Old Kills Self |
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15 Year Old Kills Store Clerk |
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15 Year Old Murders His Uncle |
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15 Year Old Sets Fires |
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15 Year Old Shoots Self |
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15 Year Old Shoots Self |
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15 Year Old Stabs his Grandmother |
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15-year-old Sets Fire & Vandalizes School |
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16 Year Old Boy Causes $45,000 in Damages |
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16 Year Old Boy Kills Deputy Sheriff & Himself |
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16 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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16 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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16 Year Old Girl Commits Murder: Kills Self in Prison |
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16 Year Old Girl Forces Police to Shoot Her |
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16 Year Old Girl Found Safe & Sound |
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16 Year Old Girl Hangs Herself |
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16 Year Old Girl Hangs Self: Lawsuit |
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16 Year Old Girl Kills her Father |
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16 Year Old Girl Kills her Mother, a Psychiatrist |
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16 Year Old Girl Kills Self |
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16 Year Old Girl Kills Self |
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16 Year Old Girl Kills Self: Documentary On Meds for Kids |
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16 Year Old Girl Self Mutilates: Also Attempts Suicide |
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16 Year Old Girl Writes the Word "Die" on Wall Using Her Blood |
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16 Year Old Girl: Coroner's Inquest |
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16 Year Old Girl: Permanent Injuries: Lawsuit |
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16 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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16 Year Old In Private Detetion Facility Suffers Permanent Brain
Damage in Suicide Attempt |
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16 Year Old Kills his 17 Year Old Brother |
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16 Year Old Kills his Mother |
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16 Year Old Kills his Neighbor |
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16 Year Old Kills Neighbor & Himself |
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16 Year Old Kills Self |
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16 Year Old Kills Self on Zoloft |
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16 Year Old Kills Sister: Attacks Niece |
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16 Year Old Murders Nurse in Mental Hospital; Gets Life |
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16 Year Old: Paxil Still in Body 2 Months After Discontinuing
Drug |
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16-year-old Attacks A Family |
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17 Year Old Accepts Responsibility for Fire |
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17 Year Old and Family Sue Lilly |
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17 Year Old Attempts Suicide |
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17 Year Old Attempts Suicide in Clinical Trial |
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17 Year Old Commits Murder: Life Sentence |
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17 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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17 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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17 Year Old Commits Suicide on the Internet |
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17 Year Old Driven Crazy by Psych Meds |
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17 Year Old Girl Attempts Suicide: Joins Group to Petition for
Prozac Warning |
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17 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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17 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide: Was Suspect in Murder Case |
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17 Year Old Girl Exhibits Bizzare Behavior on Meds |
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17 Year Old Girl Hangs Self |
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17 Year Old Girl Kills Self |
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17 Year Old Girl Murders Her Father |
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17 Year Old Girl Shoots Step-Mother |
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17 Year Old Goes Crazy and Dies |
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17 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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17 Year Old Has Car Crash: Kills Teammate |
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17 Year Old Jumps From Freeway Bridge |
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17 Year Old Jumps In Front Of Train |
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17 Year Old Kills Himself |
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17 Year Old Kills his Father |
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17 Year Old Kills Self in Youth Facility |
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17 Year Old Murders Driver of Van |
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17 Year Old Murders her Baby |
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17 Year Old Murders His Friend |
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17 Year Old Murders School Tennis Coach |
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17 Year Old Shoots Himself |
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17 Year Old Stabs 91 Year Old Former Mayor |
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17 Year Old Tries to Hang Self |
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17-Year-Old Attacks Two Muslim Men |
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18 Year Old Asphyxiates Himself |
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18 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide |
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18 Year Old Girl Dies; Mother Campaigns |
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18 Year Old Girl Kills Boyfriend & Self |
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18 Year Old Girl Kills Self: Lawsuit Could Be Decisive |
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18 Year Old Goes Berserk: Shot by Police |
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18 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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18 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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18 Year Old Hangs Self in Hospital |
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18 Year Old Jumps to his Death |
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18 Year Old Kills 5 Family Members |
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18 Year Old Kills Girlfriend, Then Self |
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18 Year Old Kills Himself: Coroner Rules Wellbutrin May Have
Been a Factor |
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18 Year Old Kills Mother & Self |
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18 Year Old Kills Parents: Injures 3 Siblings |
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18 Year Old Kills U. of Florida Research Analyst |
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18 Year Old Murders His Best Friend |
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18 Year Old Murders His Father |
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18 Year Old Murders Woman |
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18 Year Old Robs Bank |
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18 Year Old Shoots at Police: Is Killed During Attack |
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18 Year Old Student Attempts Suicide on College Campus |
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19 Year Old a Suspect in Death of Friend's Parents |
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19 Year Old Berkeley Student Steps in Front of Train |
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19 Year Old Chess Champion Falls From 8th Floor |
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19 Year Old Commits Suicide After Drastic Behavioral Change |
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19 Year Old Gifted Student Kills Self |
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19 Year Old Girl Dies from Tylenol Overdose |
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19 Year Old Girl Shoots Self |
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19 Year Old Kills Herself Using Methods Learned on Internet |
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19 Year Old Kills his Psychiatrist |
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19 Year Old Kills Inmate While in Prison |
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19 Year Old Kills Self: Lawsuit |
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19 Year Old Kills Self: Tests CA Medical License Law |
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19 Year Old Runs Down Student and Injures Others |
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19 Year Old Sets 8 Fires |
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19 Year Old Woman Shoots Boyfriend & Self |
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20 Year Old Attacks Father with Ax |
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20 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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20 Year Old Honor Student has Adverse Reaction |
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20 Year Old in Ax Attack |
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20 Year Old Jumps from 24th Floor |
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20 Year Old Kills Two 18 Year Old Girl Cousins |
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20 Year Old Man Kills 18 Year Old Wife |
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20 Year Old Police Officer Commits Suicide |
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20 Year Old Shoots Self; Lawsuit Filed |
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21 Year Old College Student Commits Suicide |
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21 Year Old Complained of Headaches on Med |
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21 Year Old Given Med for 'Irritable Bowel': Kills Self |
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21 Year Old Holds 3 Women as Hostages |
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21 Year Old Niece of State Senator Kills Self |
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21 Year Old Student at U. of Maryland Kills Self |
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21 Year Old Woman Shoots Herself |
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22 Year Kills Self |
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22 Year Old Attempts to Drown Self |
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22 Year Old Given Med for Back Pain: Kills Self |
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22 Year Old Kills Self after Change in Personality on Med |
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22 Year Old Kills University Freshman |
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22 Year Old Lunges at Police Officer with Scissors |
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22 Year Old Sets Fire to Bldg. |
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22 Year Old Starts Fire at Gas Station |
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22 Year Old Woman Attempts Suicide |
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22 Year Old Woman Burns herself to Death |
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22 Year Old Woman Kills Self |
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23 Year Old Becomes a Danger to Himself & Others on Prozac |
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23 Year Old College Senior Kills Self |
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23 Year Old Kills his Aunt |
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23 Year Old Kills his Grandmother |
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23 Year Old Woman Becomes Violent: Then Dies of Unknown Cause |
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23 Year Old Woman Dies From Complications of Med |
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23 Year Old Woman in Mystery Suicide |
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23 Year Old Woman Stabs Boyfriend |
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24 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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24 Year Old Honor's Studen Commits Robbery: Then Suicide |
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24 Year Old Kills Self |
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24 Year Old Kills Self |
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24 Year Old Woman Kills Herself |
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25 Deaths Reported In England & Canada |
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25 Year Old Attacks Man with Hammer |
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25 Year Olds Suicide Sparks Mental Health Drive |
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26 Year Old Burns Down Church |
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26 Year Old College Student Kills his Father, a Physician |
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26 Year Old Commits Suicide |
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26 Year Old Murders 10 Year Old: Plans for Cannabilism |
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26 Year Old Shoots Husband |
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27 Year Old Charged with Killing his Brother |
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27 Year Old Hangs Himself |
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27 Year Old Man Overdoses on Meds |
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28 Year Old Stabs Girlfriend |
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28 Year Old Woman Playwright Hangs Self |
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29 Year Old Commits Suicide; Mother Believes Med Contributed |
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3 Dead; 2 Injured including Deputy |
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30 Year Old Woman on 12 Psych Drugs Dies |
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31 Year Old Man Attempts Suicide By Cop |
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32 Year Old Teacher Runs Off with 16 Year Old |
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36 Year Old Man with Gun Barricades Self in House |
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36 Year Old Mother Hangs Self; Lawsuit |
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37 Year Old Dies of Multiple Organ Failure: Also Involved
Antipsychotic |
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37 Year Old Man Commits Suicide: Lawsuit |
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38 Year Old Man Barricades Self in House |
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4 Year Old Girl Dies From Overdose of Meds |
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40 Year Old Dies of Serotonin Syndrome |
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40 Year Old Husband & Father Kills Self |
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40 Year Old Kills Self |
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5 year Old Goes from Anxious to Angry |
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53% of Teens Who Committed Suicide Had Psychiatric Drugs
Mentioned in Toxicology Report |
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6 Year Old Dies on Psych Cocktail |
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61 Year Old Woman Kills Self |
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63 Year Old Woman Shoots Friend |
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64 Year Old Man Kills One in Road Rage Incident |
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64 Year Old Woman Stabs Herself |
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65 Year Old Man Kills Wife & Self |
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68 Year Old Man Kills his Girlfriend |
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69 Year Old Widower Murders Friend |
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7 Day Withdrawal: Top Distance Runner Kills Self |
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70 Year Old Man Strikes & Kicks Pregnant Woman |
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70 Year Old Shoots at Policeman |
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70 Year Old Woman Drives Almost Two Miles With Woman On Hood of
her Car |
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71 Year Old Grandmother Robs Gas Station |
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71 Year Old Man Attacks Wife with Hammer |
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73 Calls to Attorney's Office About Prozac Suicides |
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75 Year Old Man Kills Wife with Mallet |
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77 Year Old Kills Self: Lawsuit |
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80 Year Old Man Sets Himself on Fire |
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81 Year Old Man Given Prozac for Chest Pains Commits Suicide |
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81 Year Old Man Kills Self on Celexa |
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81 Year Old Man Kills Wife of 60 Years |
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81 Year Old Man Stabs Wife |
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83 Year Old Attacks his Wife with a Pipe |
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83 Year Old Man Kills Wife |
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86 Year Old Woman Steps in Front of Speeding Train |
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87 Year Old Man Commits Suicide |