Sex offender commits suicide after being sought in Newburgh rape

12-12-2012 New York:

CITY OF NEWBURGH — A sex offender wanted in an attack on his ex-girlfriend apparently killed himself, according to police.

Rosendo Perez-Villalobos, 28, was wanted for strangulation, burglary and first-degree rape as the prime suspect in a Sept. 13 incident. Police said he had slipped into his ex-girlfriend's apartment and choked her unconscious in the shower. Detectives circulated a wanted poster with his information and picture on Sept. 21.

Ten days later, police found a man's lifeless body hanging from a tree in a wooded area off of Anderson Street in the north end of the city. A DNA analysis has now confirmed the dead man was Perez-Villalobos, Detective Joseph Rutigliano said in a statement. Police said he apparently committed suicide. ..Source.. by Doyle Murphy

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Sex offender wanted in violent assault confirmed suicide victim

NEWBURGH – Police have confirmed that a man, wanted for a violent burglary in September, killed himself in October.

Rosendo Perez-Villalobos, who was deported from the United States five times was most recently wanted by Newburgh City Police in connection with a September 13 violent burglary, in which he strangled and assaulted his victim and committed burglary.

One week later, police released a wanted posted for Perez-Villalobos on charges of strangulation, burglary and rape.

On October 1, officers found a man hanging from a tree, the victim of an apparent suicide. After receiving DNA confirmation, city police on Tuesday announced the body was that of Perez-Villalobos.

In addition to the Newburgh charges, he had been wanted on an outstanding warrant for sexual misconduct and was a sex offender in New York State.

Newburgh Police were assisted in the investigation by the State Police Violent Felony Warrant Squad and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ..Source.. by Mid Hudson Radio.com

Wise County murder suspect found hanging in jail

11-22-2012 Texas:

A murder suspect who led authorities to the buried body of his girlfriend Sunday apparently took his own life inhis Wise County Jail cell Wednesday night, sheriff's officials said.

Jailers found David Wayne Malone, 29, of Bowie hanging from a bedsheet in his single cell, Wise County Sheriff David Walker said.

Walker said Thursday that resuscitation efforts were made but that Malone was pronounced dead at Wise Regional Hospital a short time later. His body has been sent to Dallas for an autopsy. Walker said the death is believed to be a suicide.

Malone faced a murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, Samantha McNorton, 28.

Investigators found McNorton's buried body Nov. 18 in a remote location off Greenwood Road and County Road 2535 in Wise County after Malone, incarcerated on other charges, directed them to the spot.

Authorities have not released how McNorton was killed.

McNorton's family reported the mother of three children missing Nov. 14 to that Richland Hills Police Department.

Wise County sheriff's authorities joined in the investigation the next day after it was learned that she had last been seen with Malone on Nov. 2 at Runaway Bay in Wise County.

Malone was arrested Nov. 15 in Cooke County on outstanding felony warrants, including a warrant alleging sexual assault on McNorton. Walker said Malone had allegedly sexually assaulted McNorton in the Springtown area.

"Basically when she got out of the hospital, her family put her up with family members in Richland Hills," Walker said.

Investigators believe that McNorton and Malone got back together in late October or early November.

Walker said investigators discussed retaliation for the sexual assault charge as a motive in the slaying but "whether we could prove it or not, who knows."

Malone told WFAA/Channel 8 in a jailhouse interview that he killed McNorton in the heat of passion because he believed she was seeing other people.

"My thinking is it's a typical deal of 'If I can't have you, nobody else can,' which we've seen over and over in family violence and things of that nature," Walker said.

Walker said that Malone had shown no suicidal tendencies but that jailers checked on him every 30 minutes. Wednesday night, a jailer saw Malone talking on the phone 17 minutes before he was found hanging in his cell, Walker said. ..Source.. by Deanna Boyd

Accused ‘rough sex’ killer found dead in Weber County jail cell

11-15-2012 Utah:

An Ogden man facing trial in the alleged rough sex-turned-slaying of his girlfriend was found dead in his Weber County jail cell.

Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Lowther said Thursday that Jeffery Dean White, 43, was found by jail staff "unresponsive in his cell" at 9:11 p.m. Wednesday. Jail medical staff responded but declared White dead a short time later.

Lowther said the cause of death appears to be hanging. He said White was housed in the maximum security cell alone. White was not under any kind of suicide watch, Lowther said.

That surprised White’s Ogden defense attorney, James Retallick. "That’s rather baffling," he told The Salt Lake Tribune, insisting that testimony offered during bail hearings clearly indicated that White was unstable.

"There were concerns about his mental stability and that he might hurt himself," Retallick said, adding that he wanted to know how his client got hold of the towel that he apparently used to hang himself. "I’m not sure where the disconnect in communicating [his mental state] may have been."

Initially, bail for White had been set at $1 million cash only. At his video arraignment, that was reduced to a $250,000 bond. "That still was pretty steep for his family," Retallick said, so White had remained behind bars.

However, Lowther disputed that jailers had reason to believe that White was suicidal.

"I have been in contact with the jail administration. Mr. White’s conduct and behavior during booking did not indicate a risk of suicide," Lowther said. "I [have reviewed] other paper work [and] at this time can find no indication that the jail was notified of any concerns of suicide that were discussed during court proceedings outside of the jail.

"I also can find no indication at this time that Mr. Retallick contacted the jail with any concerns that Mr. White may harm himself," Lowther added.

However, he stressed that the matter would be investigated by the Weber County Attorney’s Office. The State Medical Examiner’s Office also was to conduct an autopsy. ..Source.. by bob mims

Inmate committed suicide, sheriff’s says

11-14-2012 California:

An inmate charged with sex crimes with a minor committed suicide in jail, Riverside County sheriff’s officials said.

Corrections deputies found Larry Rivers, 46, unconscious and unresponsive in his cell at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside early Friday morning, Nov. 9, a sheriff’s news release stated Paramedics were called to administer first aid, but Rivers was later pronounced dead.

A preliminary investigation indicates that Rivers committed suicide, though the sheriff’s news release did not mention how the inmate died. There was no evidence of foul play or that Rivers was assaulted. An autopsy and coroner's review is pending.

Rivers was booked into the jail for investigation of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 on Oct. 31. ..Source.. by DAVID KECK

FBI says Alaska man killed for fun

12-7-2012 Alaska:

Investigators who spent hours interviewing an Alaska serial killer say he may have murdered close to a dozen people, and that he killed for pleasure and was only conflicted about how his notoriety would affect his loved ones.

Israel Keyes (34) confessed to killing eight people across the country before he committed suicide last weekend in an Anchorage jail, but FBI and Anchorage police investigators said Friday they think he may have had up to three additional victims.

"Based on some of the things he told us, and some of the conversations we had with him, we believe the number is less than 12," FBI Special Agent Jolene Goeden said. "We don't know for sure. He's the only one who could have ultimately answered that."

Keyes slit his wrist and strangled himself with bedding Sunday at the Anchorage Correctional Facility. He was facing federal murder charges in the kidnapping and death of an 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand Feb. 1.

Goeden and Anchorage Police officer Jeff Bell conducted up to 40 hours of interviews with Keyes after his March arrest in Texas. During that time, Keyes confessed to killing Koenig, along with Bill and Lorraine Currier in Vermont, and five other people — although details for those victims were scarce.

The interviews also revealed Keyes' motivation, which was simple, Goeden and Bell told The Associated Press.

"He enjoyed it. He liked what he was doing," Goeden said. "He talked about getting a rush out of it, the adrenalin, the excitement out of it."