The ex-Washington police officer who went on the lam Monday after allegedly killing his ex-wife and teenage girlfriend has shot himself while fleeing from law enforcement.
Elias Huizar, 40, was discovered near Eugene, Oregon, after the Oregon State Patrol located his vehicle driving southbound on I-5, the West Richland Police Department <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=747956870783789&amp;set=a.213965484182933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Facebook. Police pursued the vehicle, and Huizar got into a minor crash, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elias-huizar-manhunt-two-women-dead-child-abduction-washington-state-police/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Huizar and police exchanged gunfire before he was able to drive away again, with no one hurt. Huizar then crashed into another vehicle several miles away and was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Oregon State Police Cpt. Kyle Kennedy announced Tuesday night, according to CBS.
After allegedly killing his ex-wife and teenage girlfriend, Huizar abducted his 1-year-old son, Roman, who was taken into custody by state troopers and is reportedly safe.
The murders and abduction occurred on the day that Huizar was due in court to face allegations that he raped a 16-year-old girl, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/23/us-news/armed-ex-cop-accused-of-killing-his-ex-wife-girlfriend-is-on-the-run-after-being-due-in-court-for-rape/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Huizar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-cop-on-the-run-after-allegedly-killing-ex-wife-girlfriend-and-abducting-son-on-day-he-faced-child-rape-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly</a> shot his ex-wife Amber Rodriquez at the William Wiley Elementary School, where she is listed as a paraeducator, on Monday afternoon. Last Friday, Rodriguez filed documents for a change in custody for the two sons she shares with Huizar, who are 5 and 9 years old, the Herald reported. It is unclear where those kids are at this time. The couple divorced in 2020.
The school went into lockdown. A resident who lives near the school told the Herald that he heard everything from his backyard, including 4-5 gunshots.
“I thought it was someone hitting something with a hammer. It didn’t sound like a gun. Then a woman came flying out here before the cops even got here and started screaming that someone was shot…” the resident told the outlet.
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The shooting occurred as school was being let out and students were getting onto buses or picked up by their parents. The Herald reported that parents abandoned their cars in the parking lot to flee as police officers began searching for Huizar.
Hours after the shooting, police searched Huizar’s home and found the body of another person, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=747439727502170&amp;set=a.213965484182933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the West Richland Police Department. While the police declined to identify the second victim except to say they were an associate of Huizar, the Amber Alert released by police suggests that the second victim is Huizar’s teenage girlfriend.
Huizar was also being investigated for allegedly raping a teenage friend of his girlfriend. Police were also investigating the legality of his relationship with his girlfriend. The age of consent in Washington is 16, and Huizar’s girlfriend is alleged to have been 16.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to <a href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</a> for a list of additional resources.

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Ex-Cop Suspected Of Killing Ex-Wife, Girlfriend, And Abducting Son Shoots Himself After Police Chase

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More information has been revealed on the death of Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old girl whose death was exploited by the media to pretend anti-trans bigotry led to her death.
Originally, the media suggested she was gender non-binary. They claimed she was abused by other students at her high school, beaten up in a bathroom, and then died due to injuries from the fight.
It turns out, not one element of that was true. It turns out, Benedict started the fight in the bathroom. It turns out, Benedict had returned to her normal state of health after that fight.
And it turns out, Benedict committed suicide. So every major element of the mainstream media’s report was false.
New details have now come to light about the life of Nex Benedict, which demonstrate as per usual, when young people commit suicide, it is not because society is mean to them due to their gender non-binary status; it is largely because there are extreme mental health co-morbidities with that identification.
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That is particularly true in this case — a tragic, horrifying case. As RedState <a href="https://redstate.com/chad-felix-greene/2024/03/27/nex-benedict-n2172000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Now that we have the full autopsy report for Dagney (Nex) Benedict, many of the questions surrounding her overdose have been answered. The full report, released by the Chief Medical Officer and Board of Medicolegal Investigations on March 27th, 2024, confirms what the earlier Medical Examiner’s Office reported on March 13th, 2024. There were “massive” amounts of Diphenhydramine, more commonly known over the counter as Benadryl,” in Dagney’s blood.
Dr. Paul Wax, the Executive Director of the American College of Toxicology, reviewed the results and confirmed she could have consumed 50 to 100 pills to reach that toxicity level. Her routine medication, fluoxetine, for bipolar disorder was present and may have contributed, a second authority concluded. Her death was intentionally self-inflicted.
The report indicated, “The 11 pages released indicate handwritten notes ‘suggestive of self-harm’ were found in Nex&#8217;s room by family members, and that the teen has a history of ‘bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, self-harm (cutting).’
While advocacy groups remain insistent that her distress sourced from bullying at school, Dagney did not indicate this in her last notes. The Owasso Police Department released a statement saying, “Although the notes do not make any reference to the earlier fight or difficulties at school, the parents indicated that Benedict reported being picked upon for various reasons while at school.”
As is usual in these cases, there is much more to the story. A hint was provided by the Washington Post on February 21st, 2024, that never made it beyond that report. Describing Dagney’s funeral, the article states that Dagney&#8217;s cousin spoke “along with her mother and Benedict. Nex’s biological mother was among the mourners; their father, who is in prison for abuse, was not.” </blockquote>
So where was Dad? What happened to the father? RedState continues the story, saying:
<blockquote>On July 17th, 2019, when Dagney was 11 years old, an arrest warrant was issued for James Everette Hughes, Dagney’s father. He was arrested on July 31st, 2019, in Sebastian County, AR. The charge was for rape of a minor under the age of 14, during the time period between May 2017 and August 2017, when Dagney was nine years old. Among many witnesses was Sue Benedict, the grandmother who would adopt Dagney in 2019. 
Hughes would accept a plea deal to sexual assault in the second degree on November 27th, 2019. He was sentenced to five years in prison with ten years suspended. He would be placed on the sex offender list and have no contact with his daughter. He was arrested again on January 25th, 2024, by the Little Rock Police Department for failing to comply with reporting as a sex offender.</blockquote>
That was two weeks before Dagney took her own life. The details of the rest of this story are difficult to read.
<blockquote>Hughes’ new case, in Pulaski County, AR, 60CR-24-894: State v. James Everette Hughes, was filed on March 5th, 2024 for the offense of failing to register as a sex offender or report address change. … Case details are difficult to read, and the following information is graphic. In the report, Dagney, age 11, would tell investigators her father anally raped her when she was nine years old. She reported he had molested her for years prior.</blockquote>
This is obviously a story of horrific physical sexual abuse of a child by her own father that resulted in confusion, mental illness, and problems that deserve nothing but sympathy.
But the media treated this as a case of conservative anti-trans bigotry, which is insane, sick, and wrong. Will the media walk any of what they did back here?
Of course not because their original story backs their particular narrative. That particular narrative is that America is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad place.
And their proof of that is that Nex Benedict, a young girl, committed suicide and that she must have done so because society was too mean to her — as opposed to the very specific circumstances of what appears to be a deeply tragic life.

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Leftists have been quick to cheer the suicide of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-lights-self-on-fire-in-front-of-israeli-embassy-in-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25-year-old</a> man named Aaron Bushnell, who lit himself on fire and said he was protesting Israel&#8217;s &#8220;genocide&#8221; in the Gaza Strip, though no such genocide is happening.
Bushnell, a U.S. Air Force member and radical anarchist, set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, while shouting &#8220;Free Palestine.&#8221; Hours later, Bushnell succumbed to his injuries.
In the days following the shocking act of self-immolation, numerous politicos on the Left praised Bushnell and his self-violence.
&#8220;Let us never forget the extraordinary courage and commitment of brother Aaron Bushnell who died for truth and justice!&#8221; radical leftist and independent presidential candidate Cornel West posted to X. &#8220;I pray for his precious loved ones! Let us rededicate ourselves to genuine solidarity with Palestinians undergoing genocidal attacks in real time! #AaronBushnell #FreePalestine.&#8221;
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Let us never forget the extraordinary courage and commitment of brother Aaron Bushnell who died for truth and justice! I pray for his precious loved ones! Let us rededicate ourselves to genuine solidarity with Palestinians undergoing genocidal attacks in real time!… <a href="https://t.co/9F7dXOAYJt">pic.twitter.com/9F7dXOAYJt</a>
&mdash; Cornel West (@CornelWest) <a href="https://twitter.com/CornelWest/status/1762218781299122653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Rest in power Aaron Bushnell,&#8221; former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein commented in a deleted <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13127485/Air-Force-engineer-Aaron-Bushnell-set-fire-outside-Israeli-embassy-pro-Palestine-protest-belonged-Christian-cult-SUPPORTS-airstrikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>. &#8220;May his sacrifice deepen our commitment to stop genocide now.&#8221;
Controversial far-left racial activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/shaun-king" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shaun King</a> offered <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13127485/Air-Force-engineer-Aaron-Bushnell-set-fire-outside-Israeli-embassy-pro-Palestine-protest-belonged-Christian-cult-SUPPORTS-airstrikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praise</a>, too. &#8220;I want to honor a young man that was so disturbed by the genocide of Palestinians that he set himself on fire yesterday at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Instead of harming someone else, he made a choice that of course seems strange and disturbing to all of us, but I empathize with him.&#8221;
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders sounded off on the incident, too, largely by condemning Israel. &#8220;It&#8217;s obviously a terrible tragedy, but I think it speaks to the depths of despair that so many people are feeling now about the horrific humanitarian disaster taking place in Gaza, and I share those deep concerns,&#8221; the senator said, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-breaks-silence-aaron-bushnell-self-immolation-1873586" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Newsweek. &#8220;Children are starving. People are dying—29,000 Palestinians have died, two-thirds of them women and children. The United States has got to stand up to Netanyahu and make sure this does not continue.&#8221;
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Bushnell was reportedly a self-described anarchist and spoke to a friend, another anarchist, shortly before he decided to kill himself. &#8220;I hope you’ll understand I love you,&#8221; Bushnell said, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/26/israeli-embassy-airman-fire-death-gaza/">according</a> to The Washington Post. &#8220;This doesn’t even make sense but I feel like I&#8217;m going to miss you.&#8221;
Bushnell also reportedly sent his will and testament to another friend, gave his cat to a neighbor, and emailed numerous far-left sites and groups before he killed himself.
In a letter to left-wing CrimethInc., Bushnell identified himself using &#8220;he/him&#8221; pronouns, writing in part: &#8220;Today, I am planning to engage in an extreme act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people. The below links should take you to a livestream and recorded footage of the event, which will be highly disturbing. I ask that you make sure that the footage is preserved and reported on.&#8221;
CrimethInc. said the Twitch account <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aaron.bushnell.94/posts/pfbid02dksjbfd5JH96wUPcv4zvhW8k6tnqkRkPas7BrWM2GJqPdd7pfvFiqj2QewoH35ozl">displayed</a> the username “LillyAnarKitty&#8221; and the corresponding icon was that of an &#8220;A&#8221; with a circle around it, a symbol of anarchism.
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Bushnell also reportedly followed radical groups on Facebook and was praised by a radical group called &#8220;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/servethepeopleakron/?hl=en&amp;img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Serve the People Akron</a>.&#8221; The group &#8212; which describes itself as a &#8220;Queer revolutionary organization doing mutual aid with poor &amp; oppressed people in Akron, Ohio&#8221; &#8212; said Bushnell was a member, captioning two photos of the 25-year-old.
&#8220;Yesterday Aaron Bushnell self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC in protest of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people,&#8221; Serve the People said.
&#8220;Aaron was a valued member of our organization and the community who immediately jumped in to help the unhoused and any project that came up. He was dependable and [persistent] with the mutual aid work he did in a city that was still new to him. We will be forever grateful for the effort he put in to make Akron a better place,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;We are all still devastated to learn of his passing but we do not want his actions to go in vain. Please continue your education, advocacy, and support for the Palestinian people.&#8221;
&#8220;Rest Easy Comrade,&#8221; the group closed the post. &#8220;Free Palestine!&#8221;
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Additional reports indicate that Bushnell grew up on a religious compound in a Cape Cod town, where his family were members of the Community of Jesus church. The church has been <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/27/us-news/aaron-bushnell-raised-in-compound-allegedly-tied-to-mysterious-and-abusive-christian-cult/">accused</a> by some of being cult-like and abusive.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-lights-self-on-fire-in-front-of-israeli-embassy-in-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Man Lights Self On Fire In Front Of Israeli Embassy In D.C.</a>

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Leftists Cheer Disturbed Anarchist Who Fatally Lit Himself On Fire Outside Israeli Embassy. Here’s What We Know.

Leftists Cheer Disturbed Anarchist Who Lit Himself On Fire Outside Israeli Embassy. Here’s What We Know.

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Billionaire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-sits-down-with-elon-musk-for-exclusive-wide-ranging-discussion-on-dei-space-religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> posted about the side effects of hormonal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fda-greenlights-first-birth-control-pill-with-no-prescription" target="_blank" rel="noopener">birth control</a> pills on Friday, setting off a host of women to reply to the post with their own negative experiences from taking the contraceptive.
Hormonal contraceptive, a.k.a &#8220;the pill,&#8221; is extremely <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db327.htm#section_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">common</a> among women and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/safe-medicine-younger-girls-starting-birth-control/story?id=14116032#:~:text=Today%2C%20one%20in%20five%20American,is%20getting%20younger%20and%20younger.">girls</a>, and is sometimes even recommended for youths for something as benign as acne. However, side effects from the pill are hardly talked about, though some women in recent years have spoken out about <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/30/young-women-abandoning-birth-control-pills-for-mental-health/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ditching the pill</a> following such side effects.
&#8220;Hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression &amp; triples risk of suicide,&#8221; Musk posted to X. &#8220;This is the clear scientific consensus, but very few people seem to know it.&#8221;
The post has already been viewed more than 37 million times.
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Hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression &amp; triples risk of suicide.
This is the clear scientific consensus, but very few people seem to know it.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1758569518442701250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The SpaceX CEO followed up with a link to a Time magazine <a href="https://time.com/5030447/birth-control-side-effects-suicide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> highlighting the increased risk of suicide associated with the pill. He also linked to a <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29145752/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study in the American Journal of Psychiatry</a> that found hormonal contraception to double the risk of suicide attempts, and triple the risk of suicide.
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The responses to the post included women lauding Musk for bringing attention to the issue, and sharing their own stories.
Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director-turned-pro-life advocate, responded: &#8220;Hormonal birth control gave me pseudotumor cerebri, which causes debilitating headaches and if untreated, blindness,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I will have to be on medication for my entire life or otherwise lose my sight.&#8221;
&#8220;Fertility is a sign of HEALTH!!!,&#8221; Johnson stressed. &#8220;Don’t take a pill to break something that is working! I’m so thankful to have gotten off that crap and now have 8 beautiful children.&#8221;
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Hormonal birth control gave me pseudotumor cerebri, which causes debilitating headaches and if untreated, blindness. I will have to be on medication for my entire life or otherwise lose my sight. Fertility is a sign of HEALTH!!! Don’t take a pill to break something that is…
&mdash; Dr. Abby Johnson (@AbbyJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbbyJohnson/status/1758898799387566484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Ashley St. Clair of The Babylon Bee recounted her experience after being on the pill for nearly a decade, starting at age 14.
&#8220;I was placed on the pill at just 14 years old for acne. A few months later, I saw my first-ever therapist despite no prior history of depression,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Shortly after that, I was placed on an SSRI. Each time I would talk to my doctors about my deteriorating mental health, not a single one in nearly a decade of being on the pill suggested that it may in fact be the hormones I was taking every single day. Not one.&#8221;
&#8220;In retrospect, after being on birth control for nearly a decade, being placed on the pill for &#8216;acne&#8217; was akin to killing a mouse with a rocket launcher,&#8221; St. Clair continued. &#8220;Hundreds of thousands of women across the United States and the world have had a similar experience to mine — feeling completely out of their mind on a pill their doctor told them was relatively &#8216;harmless.'&#8221;
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I was placed on the pill at just 14 years old for acne. A few months later, I saw my first-ever therapist despite no prior history of depression. Shortly after that, I was placed on an SSRI. 
Each time I would talk to my doctors about my deteriorating mental health, not a single… <a href="https://t.co/Fj4hOj4qQQ">https://t.co/Fj4hOj4qQQ</a>
&mdash; Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) <a href="https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1758570914432659527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I’ve been (wrongfully) slandered time and time again as an anti-science conspiracy theorist for pointing out all the legitimate reasons why we shouldn’t shut off our natural hormonal functioning,&#8221; writer Andrea Mew posted, captioning screenshots of her columns on the topic published at Evie magazine. &#8220;Is the tide finally turning for mainstream opinions on hormonal birth control?&#8221;
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I’ve been (wrongfully) slandered time and time again as an anti-science conspiracy theorist for pointing out all the legitimate reasons why we shouldn’t shut off our natural hormonal functioning.
Is the tide finally turning for mainstream opinions on hormonal birth control? <a href="https://t.co/TZumHdReg4">https://t.co/TZumHdReg4</a> <a href="https://t.co/bHmvhgfvXU">pic.twitter.com/bHmvhgfvXU</a>
&mdash; Andrea Mew (@andreajmew) <a href="https://twitter.com/andreajmew/status/1758633220055466078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I CAN VOUCH FOR the weight gain and mood swings, etc. I took this stuff for about 2 years as a very young wife,&#8221; another woman <a href="https://twitter.com/lsfletcher21/status/1758852523690000795" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to Musk. &#8220;Hated the way it made me feel, and stopped taking it. I&#8217;m a grandmother now &#8230; never regretted getting off the pill. I feel the same way about many modern meds. Be careful folks and listen to your body.&#8221;
Other women discussed the <a href="https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/hormones/oral-contraceptives-fact-sheet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased risks</a> of both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/certain-birth-control-pills-increase-risk-of-breast-cancer-by-up-to-30-university-of-oxford-researchers-find">breast cancer</a> and cervical cancer associated with the pill.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/certain-birth-control-pills-increase-risk-of-breast-cancer-by-up-to-30-university-of-oxford-researchers-find" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Certain Birth Control Pills Increase Risk Of Breast Cancer By Up To 30%, University Of Oxford Researchers Find</a>

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Elon Musk’s Post On Hormonal Birth Control Goes Viral; Women Respond With Their Negative Experiences

Elon Musk Draws Attention To Side Effects Of Hormonal Birth Control; Women Unload With Their Negative Experiences

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Mark Epstein, the brother of convicted child sex predator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Epstein</a>, shared photographs of his brother&#8217;s body after he was found dead in his jail cell in August 2019 that he says raise questions over what really led to his death.
Mark Epstein made the remarks during an interview that aired on Friday with SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly more than four years after his brother&#8217;s death.
New York City&#8217;s Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson ruled in August 2019 that Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s cause of death was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/a947e0d85d31496eb5bd9ff4994c9718">suicide by hanging</a>. A forensic pathologist hired by Epstein&#8217;s family has pushed back on that conclusion, saying some of the evidence supports homicide. Sampson has publicly refuted that claim, saying she stands &#8220;<a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-0535243c19af4077a2081c6894d1a236">firmly</a>&#8221; behind her findings.
Mark Epstein said that he initially had no reason to doubt the official cause of death given by Sampson.
“I had no reason to doubt it,” Mark Epstein said. “He didn’t have any children. Our parents are gone. He would know he didn’t have to worry about me. … so, I respected that as his decision.”
Mark Epstein said that when he met with medical examiners in New York City, they told him that they could not call it a suicide &#8220;because it looked too much like a homicide.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;So, then the questions became if he didn’t commit suicide, then he was killed, and then who killed him? How was it done?”
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Mark Epstein then shared autopsy photos of his brother that showed the injury he suffered to his neck, which looked like a wire or thin rope was used to strangle him.
“I have a hard time, as a layperson, understanding how a sheet made that mark,” Kelly said after seeing the photo. “It’s almost like garrote was used or some sort of rope wire.”
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WATCH: Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Shares Autopsy Photos, Says They Raise New Questions Over His Death

WATCH: Jeffrey Epstein's Brother Shares Autopsy Photos, Says They Raise New Questions Over His Death

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Four current and former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Sheriff&#8217;s Department</a> employees have died by suicide over 24 hours in a shocking tragedy that has rocked the city&#8217;s law enforcement community.
Three current employees and one former employee died by suicide in a 24-hour span that began on Monday.
The first death was of Commander Darren Harris, who had served as the sheriff&#8217;s department&#8217;s chief spokesperson during his 25-year career. Harris was reportedly found dead in his Santa Clarita home Monday morning with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-07/four-current-and-former-l-a-sheriffs-department-employees-died-of-suicide-in-a-24-hour-span" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Later on Monday afternoon, authorities found the body of Sergeant Greg Hovland at his Quartz Hill home. Another employee was found dead just after sunset at a home in Stevenson Ranch. The next day, around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a fourth sheriff&#8217;s department employee was reported dead by suicide at a Pomona hospital. Sheriff’s homicide detectives responded to the scene.
Already this year, four other sheriff&#8217;s department employees had died by suicide, an agency spokesperson <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-07/four-current-and-former-l-a-sheriffs-department-employees-died-of-suicide-in-a-24-hour-span" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Sheriff Robert Luna said the department’s Homicide Bureau would investigate the deaths and urged deputies to check on each other in the wake of the deaths.
“We are stunned to learn of these deaths, and it has sent shock waves of emotions throughout the department as we try and cope with the loss of not just one, but four beloved active and retired members of our department family,” Luna <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-07/four-current-and-former-l-a-sheriffs-department-employees-died-of-suicide-in-a-24-hour-span" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Tuesday in a statement.
“During trying times like these it’s important for personnel regardless of rank or position to check on the well-being of other colleagues and friends,” the sheriff said.
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Luna said the department is “urgently exploring avenues to reduce work stress factors to support our employees’ work and personal lives.” The sheriff added that the department’s Psychological Services Bureau and the Injury and Health Support Unit is working to provide counseling and other resources to the families of the officers.
Since the pandemic, many in law enforcement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-police-hiring-crisis-is-gripping-u-s-cities-and-towns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">say</a> police departments have been suffering from flagging morale thanks to a wave of anti-police sentiment that peaked with the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. In some cases, city councils slashed police budgets, leaving some police chiefs feeling abandoned as they are stretched thin trying to keep residents safe.
Many police departments have also seen a mass exodus of officers over the last several years, along with difficulty hiring new officers.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to <a href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</a> for a list of additional resources.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/georgia">Georgia</a> man died after he shot himself just before police were able to question him about four escaped inmates who remain on the run, according to law enforcement.
Christian Demond Williams, 23, died Tuesday morning at a hospital in Macon, Georgia, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-jail-escapees-investigation-man-dies-c9ad785d905a4dc7ec6c1e0b0f775d0f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, citing Bibb County deputies. Williams is said to have shot himself after the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrived at an apartment in Macon to question him about the four escaped inmates.
Investigators received a tip that Williams had information about the escapees, and when they arrived at the apartment, a bullet fired through the door of the apartment, authorities said. A SWAT team was called, and a woman inside the apartment told officers that Williams had shot himself, and showed authorities where he was. Williams was wounded, but still alive, and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died.
No officers fired their guns, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis told reporters. Williams’ death was ruled a suicide.
Williams turned out to be a fugitive suspected of murder, and had been missing since March 5, the night before he was supposed to be tried for murder. Williams was accused of shooting to death a man at a convenience store in 2021.
It was alleged that Williams had been kidnapped that night, since a security camera showed him being attacked by two men on his front porch, but Davis and District Attorney Anita Howard both indicated they doubted the kidnapping theory.
The four inmates Williams was to be questioned about broke out of the Bibb County Detention Center on the morning of October 16 through a damaged day room window and a cut fence, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BibbCountySheriffsOffice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Facebook post</a> at the time. The escape occurred around 3:00 a.m., with a blue Dodge Challenger pulling up outside the jail and transporting the inmates away.
That Dodge Challenger <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-escaped-inmates-from-georgia-remain-at-large-getaway-car-recovered" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was recovered</a> on Friday, the sheriff’s office <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=725156426307014&amp;set=pb.100064379902001.-2207520000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. The vehicle was located in the parking lot of a Biomat USA – a facility that collects blood plasma donations. The building is less than two miles from the jail.
Sheriff Davis said in the post that he “appreciates the tips and every lead that we have received is being followed up on.”
The escaped inmates <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-inmates-including-a-suspected-murderer-escape-from-georgia-jail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> 52-year-old Joey Fournier, a white male with gray hair and blue eyes who was being held at the detention center for alleged murder. The other three inmates are 24-year-old Marc Kerry Anderson, a black man being held for aggravated assault; 37-year-old Johnifer Dernard Barnwell, a black man being detained for the United States Marshals; and 29-year-old Chavis Demaryo Stokes, a black man being held for possession of a firearm and drug trafficking.
The Sheriff’s Office asked anyone with information about the possible location of these inmates to call the FBI’s tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the United States Marshal Service at 1-877-WANTED2. Tips may also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov or through the USMS Tips app.

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A grand jury has indicted a Massachusetts mother who allegedly strangled her three young children.
Lindsay Clancy, 32, has been charged on three counts each of murder and strangulation for the deaths of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and Callan, who was only eight months old, Inside Edition <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-indicted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Clancy was previously indicted in Plymouth District Court on two counts of murder, three counts of strangulation or suffocation, and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
The new indictment, however, moves her case out of the district court and into Plymouth Superior Court.
Clancy has not entered a plea for the current charges, nor has she appeared in court. She previously pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges.
After allegedly strangling her children, she attempted to kill herself and was hospitalized. She is now receiving psychiatric care at Tewksbury Hospital and is expected to remain there until November.
Clancy used her cell phone to check the time it would take for her husband to return from errands so that she could strangle the kids and try to kill herself, prosecutors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/massachusetts-mom-accused-of-strangling-children-timed-how-long-husband-would-be-away-prosecutors-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in February.
She allegedly sent her husband to pick up dinner and medications from a CVS store so she could kill their children and herself, the Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/moms-searches-show-she-plotted-to-strangle-her-kids-prosecutors-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. While he was out of the house, she allegedly strangled her children with exercise bands, killing the older children in the home and sending the youngest to a hospital, where he died later.
“The defendant did not take advantage of the situation when her husband left the home that night,” Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague said during Clancy’s arraignment on Tuesday. “She created the situation. And she used Apple Maps to make sure she had enough time to strangle each child before her husband returned from where she sent him.”
Sprague added that it took at least four minutes to kill each child and that Clancy told a psychiatrist she “killed the kids because she heard a voice” and had &#8220;a moment of psychosis.”
Clancy’s husband, Patrick, said during the hearing that his wife only used the word “psychosis” after speaking with a doctor hired by her defense attorney, the Beast reported.
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Clancy appeared at her February arraignment from her hospital bed, where she had been left paralyzed from the waist down after jumping out of a window in a suicide attempt after allegedly strangling her children. She also cut her wrists and neck before she jumped.
Patrick reportedly returned home and found the house quiet. He searched for the children and found Clancy lying injured in the backyard.
“What did you do? Where are the kids?” the prosecution said he asked.
His wife allegedly responded, “In the basement.”
Patrick then called 911 and allegedly found the children in the basement with exercise bands still around their necks.
Clancy reportedly had “suicidal ideations in December of 2022 … and on one occasion had thoughts of harming her children,” the prosecution said, according to People magazine. She committed herself to a Boston psychiatric hospital on January 1, prosecutors added, but was released on January 5. On January 24, she allegedly killed her children and attempted suicide.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to <a href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</a> for a list of additional resources.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Country singer</a> Kellie Pickler gave her first statement since the tragic death of her husband, Kyle Jacobs, who died by suicide on February 17, 2023.
Jacobs, who was also a musician and songwriter, was 49 at the time of his death — and Pickler, 37, offered no public remarks at the time. Thursday&#8217;s <a href="https://people.com/country/kellie-pickler-husband-kyle-jacobs-dead-apparent-suicide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, given to PEOPLE Magazine, included her own personal feelings, as well as details about a memorial service for her late husband.
&#8220;One of the most beautiful lessons my husband taught me was in a moment of a crisis, if you don’t know what to do, &#8216;do nothing, just be still,'&#8221; she said, as if to explain her lengthy silence. &#8220;I have chosen to heed his advice.&#8221;
Pickler went on to express her thanks to friends, family members, and fans who had reached out to her in the months since Jacobs&#8217; death.
&#8220;Thank you to my family, friends, and supporters, for the countless letters, calls, and messages that you have sent my way. It has truly touched my soul and it’s helping me get through the darkest time in my life. As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers,&#8221; she said.
The &#8220;American Idol&#8221; alum then announced her plans to hold an &#8220;intimate memorial&#8221; for her late husband, explaining that it would likely be scheduled for this fall. &#8220;That is what Kyle would have wanted,&#8221; she said.
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According to previous reports, Nashville&#8217;s Department of Emergency Communications was called on the morning of February 17, 2023. Pickler had awakened that morning and when she was unable to locate Jacobs and found a door in the house they shared to be locked, her personal assistant made the call. When police arrived at the home, they found Jacobs to be deceased.
Authorities later revealed that the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text &#8220;STRENGTH&#8221; to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to <a href="https://988lifeline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="1">988lifeline.org</a>.

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Country Star Gives First Statement After Husband’s Suicide Last February

Country Star Gives First Statement After Husband's Suicide Last February

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If for some reason you&#8217;re still holding out hope that some of the &#8220;public health experts&#8221; you see all the time in the national news media actually care about the public, or health, consider the story that did not dominate the news cycle this week. Here&#8217;s the headline: “49,449 Americans killed themselves last year.” The data just came in a few days ago. That&#8217;s the highest number of suicides ever recorded in this country&#8217;s history.
If you viewed that as a problem worth solving as quickly as possible — as any decent person would — then you&#8217;d dive much deeper into that data. You&#8217;d want to know who exactly is committing all these suicides. You&#8217;d want to know their age, sex, race, occupation, and so on. And then you&#8217;d present your findings honestly, as a starting point to address the problem.
But no one from any major media outlet or public health institution is doing that. They&#8217;re not even trying. Instead, we&#8217;re getting quick-hit reports like this one, from Good Morning America:
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What the doctor tells us is that &#8220;veterans, physicians, and LGBTQ youth&#8221; are particularly at risk. She doesn&#8217;t delve more deeply into the numbers, though, and neither does anyone else in that segment, which lasts less than two minutes.
You have to wonder if that&#8217;s deliberate, because there&#8217;s a certain demographic group that&#8217;s somehow missing from the ones the doctor mentioned there. It&#8217;s a demographic group that commits suicide at a far higher rate than any other — and has for many years: men. Last year, men accounted for roughly 80% of suicides. Let me say that again: 80%. Men living in rural areas were particularly vulnerable. As of the latest data, men working in the professions of &#8220;mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction&#8221; have the single highest per capita suicide rate in the country, at more than 54 deaths per 100,000 men. Construction is the next-highest category. Ask yourself why Good Morning America made special mention of “LGBT youth” and “physicians” but forgot to mention that nearly all of the suicides are men, and blue-collar men in particular are at the highest risk.
You&#8217;d hate to think that media producers in New York don&#8217;t want you to hear about the fact that men are killing themselves. You&#8217;d like to believe they care about miners, or oil and gas workers, and not just physicians. But that doesn&#8217;t appear to be the case. Most outlets are doing exactly what Good Morning America did. In their writeup on the data, for example, Reuters didn&#8217;t mention the difference between male and female suicide rates at all. Instead, they implied — in the second paragraph of their article — that the problem is not enough gun control. The real problem, according to Reuters, is that you haven&#8217;t given the Democratic Party more power. This is a very dumb conclusion to draw, first because it’s an assault on our constitutional rights. But also because getting rid of guns would simply eliminate one of the dozens of possible ways for a suicidal person to commit suicide. It would not do anything to address the fact that he is suicidal in the first place.
This is a longstanding trend in the media. Scour through the last year of coverage on suicide rates in this country, and you&#8217;d be hard-pressed to find anyone talking about how many men are killing themselves. To the extent you do find any reports on men committing suicide, it&#8217;s always filtered through some forced lens of racial equity and BLM. Here are just a few examples from recent months:
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There&#8217;s an epidemic of suicides by black men, the media insists. Is that true? Here are the numbers from the CDC, to the extent you can trust them. Last year white Americans accounted for more than 37,000 suicides, while black Americans accounted for a little over 3,800 suicides. Accounting for population differences, that means white people are killing themselves at roughly twice the rate of black people. That&#8217;s in keeping with data we have going back the past few years — data that&#8217;s widely known. In 2017, the New York Times ran a whole story about how black people were about one-third as likely to kill themselves as white people. Of course, the Times suggested there was some unknown flaw in the data that explained the disparity. They hand-waved it away.
What&#8217;s going on here? Why are so many media outlets unwilling to talk, honestly and directly, about the suicide rate afflicting men in this country?  
Whatever the reason, they&#8217;re not just hiding data on suicide rates. They also rarely talk about all the other obvious, verifiable signs that men are suffering in this country, in ways they never have before. Approximately 70% of homeless people are men. And the total number of homeless people in this country has more than doubled in the last three decades. Meanwhile, men are far more likely than women to use — and overdose on — virtually every illicit drug that exists. The number of these overdoses has increased dramatically in just the past 20 years. 
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Look at this chart. Fewer than 20,000 people overdosed in 1999. In 2021, the number was over 100,000. Men account for the vast majority of these deaths. Women are nowhere close. Along the same lines, young men report that they&#8217;re single at more than twice the rate of young women. Statistics concerning unhappiness and depression are similar. We all know that men are far more likely to end up in prison, to drop out of school, to fall victim to violent crime, etc.
What&#8217;s causing this? Is it random statistical noise? Is it some combination of globalization, feminism, #MeToo and modern monetary theory? No one seems to care, which tells you a lot. To find anyone talking honestly about these problems, and what&#8217;s causing them, you have to turn to YouTube personalities. For example, here&#8217;s one YouTube channel&#8217;s attempt to address what&#8217;s happening to men in this country. This person begins by talking about social media, the rise of dating apps, and the decline of the economy, among other factors. Here&#8217;s her conclusion:
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There&#8217;s a lot of truth to what she&#8217;s saying, obviously. And that video has 1.5 million views in just the last week. You can tell that people are desperate to find answers to this problem, but they can’t look to the corporate media to provide it — or even to acknowledge that the problem exists. What this YouTuber, who goes by the name ShoeOnHead, talks about would go a long way towards explaining the rise of despair, loneliness, and listlessness among men. But she ends her video without offering any solution. So what is the solution, exactly?
That’s where this conversation really starts to break down. To show you what I mean, here’s one corporate media outlet that is willing to acknowledge some of the struggles men face, but the prescription they offer is downright terrible. It would be hilarious if the issue wasn’t so dire. The article from the Washington Post — written by a woman, of course — is impressive in one sense, which is that it manages to reach exactly the wrong diagnosis on every single aspect of the problem. The article is called, &#8220;Men’s groups are embracing an alternative conception of American masculinity.&#8221;
The whole thing reads like parody, so if you&#8217;re able to, check it out immediately. I can&#8217;t recommend it highly enough. The Washington Post wants to give us the real story about why men are lonely and how best to combat the epidemic. What&#8217;s their suggestion? They say dudes should lie around doing breathing exercises and smelling incense while some guy named Rua gropes them and whispers stuff like this:
<blockquote>“I invite you to maybe bring up an intention. How you want to live in this world. How you want to love in this world. How you want to be in this world.”</blockquote>
That&#8217;s not an exaggeration. It&#8217;s a direct quote from the article. The men’s groups that the article profiles are not Bible studies or flag football leagues. They are new age, touchy-feely group hugs, where men learn how to get in touch with their feminine side. Later in the session, the men start screaming and sobbing and letting their emotions &#8220;flow freely&#8221; as they are &#8220;released into the darkness.” The article goes on to quote a bunch of experts who all say the familiar things about how men are lonely and lost because of toxic masculinity that encourages us to be too stoic and reserved, and so forth. It laments the &#8220;cowboy mentality&#8221; that has allegedly contributed to the problem. The masculinity “expert” who coined that phrase is a woman named Niobe Way. 
She of course quickly identifies the real victims in the story of male loneliness: women. She says: 
<blockquote>“Women end up being the therapist for their husband, and more are getting sick of it.” </blockquote>
Yes, God forbid wives have to listen to their husbands and offer them solace and comfort. They’re “sick of it,” says masculinity expert Niobe. This is not a conflicting message at all, is it? On one hand, men need to open up more, but on the other hand, if they do open up then they are putting an unfair burden on their wives, who are being asked to do too much emotional labor. Okay then. By the way, women, if you feel like you’re sick of hearing about your husband’s troubles, just keep in mind that he hears about your’s about a thousand times more often.
Meanwhile, a consultant named Mark Green says this:
<blockquote>&#8220;If a boy expresses too much emotion or too much need for connection, is too giddy, is too joyful, what we say to that boy is, ‘What are you, a sissy? What are you, a girl? What are you, gay?’ It’s your job to dominate those around you, or you will lose status, and that will increase the number of individuals above you who can dish out dominance to you. And what we find is that in that system, in that structure, men are constantly in competition with each other and constantly driven by this sense of anxiety.&#8221;</blockquote>
The problem with this theory is obvious. If a &#8220;cowboy mentality&#8221; and too much macho stoicism is what is driving the epidemic of lost and lonely men, then why is the problem getting worse over time? Everyone agrees it&#8217;s worse now than ever before. I just went through some of the many statistics that prove this. There is a major problem. Men are in bad shape.
But if that is all getting worse, then how can we blame traditional notions of masculinity? There&#8217;s no doubt that it is far less common for boys to be called &#8220;sissies&#8221; these days, or labeled &#8220;gay&#8221; as a pejorative, than it was 50 years ago or at any other time in human history. Indeed historically, the push for a man to be strong, dominant, and unemotional was much more pronounced than it is today. In fact, if a man didn&#8217;t exhibit those traits, then he would die and his whole family would die. It&#8217;s only in recent times that it&#8217;s even been a feasible option for men to be feminine, soft, and in touch with their feelings. And it&#8217;s also in recent times that men have lost all sense of themselves and their purpose and place in the world. 
Speaking of the cowboy mentality, why didn&#8217;t actual cowboys have these problems? If a cowboy mentality leads to despair and suicide, then we should find a whole hell of a lot of it if we look back at the latter half of the 19th century, which was the era of the cowboy. But we find no such thing. The Post’s overall thesis can probably best be summarized in this sentence from the article: 
<blockquote>“American men’s isolation stems in large part from a pervasive cultural belief, experts say: that men should be self-reliant and hide their emotions, especially from other men.”</blockquote>
The absurdity of the premise could not be any clearer. Would anyone argue that the cultural belief that men should be self-reliant and hide their emotions is more pervasive today than it was half a century ago? Of course not. So, again: if that is the cause of the problem, why is the problem worse today? The trends are clearly going the other way. The correlation works entirely in the other direction. As society loses traditional notions of masculinity, suicides increase. This is undeniable. You can try to explain that correlation away all you want, but if you deny it or pretend it doesn’t exist, you lose all credibility in this discussion.
Now, these &#8220;experts&#8221; are correct that men need fellowship, and men are missing it these days. But they even miss the point on that end too, because they encourage men to fellowship in the way that women fellowship. They tell men to sit around and talk about their feelings and so on — do some yoga, listen to soft music, and hold each other and cry. This is not the kind of fellowship men need or want. We can’t expect corporate media’s masculinity experts to understand this, because their masculinity experts are all effeminate. But any normal man can attest that men tend to bond while engaging in a shared activity — usually one that doesn&#8217;t require a lot of talking. Sitting and watching the game. Fishing. Golfing. Playing pickup basketball, and so on.
I went out fishing with my brother-in-law a few weeks ago. When we came back my wife asked me what we talked about. I said we really didn’t talk about much of anything. Mostly we talked about fishing. She was shocked and confused, because women don’t operate this way. But men and women are not the same. And you cannot hope to help men, or offer them any road map out of despair, if you don’t start by acknowledging that basic fact.
When it comes to true male fellowship, the problem is that society has closed off many of the opportunities for this kind of fellowship. There are no men&#8217;s lodges anymore, few bowling leagues and that sort of thing. Most men&#8217;s spaces have either been shut down or feminized. It has been decided that men should socialize like women, and with women, or not at all. This is the message across the board. Society beckons to men and tells them that their salvation is to be women. And then we wonder why so many are killing themselves. We live ultimately in a matriarchal society with institutions either run by women or by effeminate men, who in their arrogance simply cannot accept the fact that men are different from women, and have different needs and desires.
So this is the real problem. It&#8217;s not that men are too focused on masculinity. It&#8217;s that masculinity has been neutered, castrated, driven out of society, leaving men feeling lost and without purpose. Our notions of masculinity aren’t too traditional. On the contrary, they aren’t nearly traditional enough. The solution isn&#8217;t that we sit around and talk about our feelings. It&#8217;s that we do a whole lot less of that sort of thing, and get back to being men again. And if we can be men in a society that embraces and values our masculinity, suddenly this tide of male loneliness and despair will start to ebb. That is the solution. There is no other.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/suicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Suicides</a> climbed to a record 49,500 last year, putting the suicide rate higher than it has been since the beginning of World War II, according to government data released Thursday.
Suicide deaths rose 3% in 2022, jumping by more than 1,000 deaths, the new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show.
The provisional data is based on U.S. death certificates and is almost complete, although it could change slightly before it is finalized.
Men took their own lives nearly four times as much as women.
A total of 39,255 men committed suicide last year, compared to 10,194 women. Both numbers are higher than in 2021, when suicides spiked 4% and a total of 38,358 men and 9,825 women took their own lives.
White men <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/disparities-in-suicide.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have</a> the highest suicide rate among male racial groups with about 50 suicides per 100,000 men, the CDC said.
Male suicidality has been a known crisis for years. Risk factors for men can be loneliness, social alienation, or a weakened sense of meaning or purpose in life, which can result from difficult events like losing a job or the dissolution of a man&#8217;s nuclear family, such as through divorce, <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-men/202109/the-silent-crisis-male-suicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to academics.
White people made up about 75% of all suicides last year, with more than 37,000 deaths. White Americans are also about 75% of the population, <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to last year&#8217;s U.S. Census data.
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However, Native Americans tend to have the highest suicide rate with about 28 deaths per 100,000 people, according to older data from 2021. White people had the next highest rate with 17 deaths per 100,000 people.
Older adults ages 45 to 64 had the highest jump in suicides last year, with nearly 1,000 more suicides for a total of more than 15,000 deaths. However, men 75 and older have the highest rate compared to other age groups, 42 suicides per 100,000 men.
In a rare bright spot, youth suicides were down more than 8% last year, but they still amounted to about 6,500 suicides of children and young adults ages 10 to 24.
During the pandemic, the suicide rate among children and young adults <a href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2023/youth-suicide-rates-increased-during-the-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> as schools closed and kids were stuck at home, many <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struggling</a> with remote learning and not being able to see their friends.
Historically, male youths are more likely to die by suicide, while teen girls tend to attempt suicide more often, with about a third of high school girls in the U.S. saying they seriously considered suicide in 2021, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-teen-girls-considered-attempting-suicide-2021-cdc/story?id=98901688" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CDC data. Notably, teen girls&#8217; rates of depression, anxiety, and self-harm <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/facebooks-dangerous-experiment-teen-girls/620767/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spiked</a> in the early 2010s just as social media use was becoming ubiquitous.
Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., according to the CDC.
Suicides rose every year starting in the early 2000s until 2019, when they dipped slightly before spiking again in 2021 as people struggled with the ongoing pandemic.
Drug addiction and homelessness have also spiked in certain places since COVID. Nearly 106,700 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db457.htm#:~:text=Vital%20Statistics%20System-,The%20age%2Dadjusted%20rate%20of%20drug%20overdose%20deaths%20rose%20more,standard%20population%20(Figure%201)." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CDC data. Homelessness has spiked in many major cities like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco since the pandemic began.
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Jimmie Johnson has spoken out for the first time following what authorities described as a &#8220;murder-suicide&#8221; involving his in-laws and nephew.
A month after the tragedy, Johnson released <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CvQSgjJp5Nt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a statement</a> on his Instagram account expressing gratitude for those who have reached out.
“Our family is devastated by the profound loss of [Terry] Lynn, Jack and Dalton Janway,” Johnson wrote. “We have been humbled by the outpouring of love and support during this unthinkably sad time and remain grateful for all of your compassion.”
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The parents of Johnson’s wife, Chandra Janway, along with the seven-time champion’s 11-year-old nephew, were found shot to death in their Muskogee, Oklahoma, home on June 26, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/27/jimmie-johnsons-in-laws-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Jack Janway, 69, his wife Terry, 68, and their grandson Dalton were found.
Reports indicate that it was Johnson’s mother-in-law, Terry, who shot and killed her husband and grandson before calling 911 to report that someone had a gun, then quickly ended the call. She then turned the gun on herself and took her own life, police said, according to the New York Post.
Police arrived at the home to find a body lying in the hallway just inside the front door. They then heard gunshots and pulled the body out of the home before asking anyone else inside to come out, the Post reported. They found the other two bodies in a different part of the house.
Police have not said which bodies were found where.
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Johnson canceled his participation in a race at a street event in Chicago the weekend of the tragedy.
Muskogee Mayor Marlon Coleman <a href="https://www.fox23.com/news/local/3-people-dead-after-shooting-in-muskogee/article_96008038-14d4-11ee-a67a-efcfc90e85e4.html?taid=649ac4c9f8ccd40001c24137&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox 23 that he knew the family since Jack was a prominent chiropractor in the town.
“It was traumatizing to find out that a long-standing family who had made so many contributions to our community was involved in this type of incident. It was even more bone-chilling to find out there was a child involved,” Coleman told the outlet. “I knew Dr. Janway. Dr. Janway has worked on me, we’ve been acquaintances for a very, very long time since I’ve been in Muskogee. Just knowing that it was him and his family took a different toll on me.”
It was not the first tragedy suffered by the Janway family.
In 2014, Jordan Janway, Chandra’s younger brother, was killed in a skydiving accident, KNSD-TV <a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/jordan-janway-san-diego-skydiving-accident-fatal-fall-midair-collision/1973471/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time. Jordan was described by the outlet as a seasoned skydiver who died following a midair collision. Jordan’s death came just hours after Johnson finished second in a race at Martinsville Speedway.
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