1. The mom who jumped to her death clutching her son after a botched nose job
Friends say the surgery was the catalyst for the failure of her marriage, leading to a split from her husband and a chain of events which left her without hope. Although she found a new boyfriend, she feared her ex was about to secure custody of her son, Gleb. She jumped to her death from her parents' ninth floor apartment in the Siberian city of Omsk holding the boy in her arms. (Source)
2. The baby who survived a bullet in the chest after her parents killed her brother and themselves
While the toddler and his parents were deceased, the infant had not only survived a shot to the chest but went without food or water for three days. Amazingly, her condition improved once she was taken to the hospital and today she is fine.
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3. The father who abducted and killed his sons before turning the gun on himself
Cadenbach was already wanted by police on a $100,000 domestic violence arrest warrant. (Source)
4. The father who called 911 to report three murders and one suicide
Buckley was the subject of a bizarre missing persons case a year earlier. At the time, he was a Howard University doctoral student who vanished on his way from his home to the Washington, D.C. school. His wife Amy had given birth to their second daughter only eleven days prior. He was later found at a campground in Brunswick, MD, near the state's border with West Virginia, about 60 miles northwest of the university. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance remain unclear. (Source)
5. The struggling family of 5 that survived baby's heart transplant and died in a murder-suicide
That changed in August 2016. Two years after defying death, police found the toddler and her two older siblings, Liana, 8, and Mark, Jr., 5, dead in the living room of their Pennsylvania home. Nearby were their parents, Megan and Mark Short, also dead. It's not clear whether Mark or Megan Short killed the rest of the family. A handwritten note was found in the home appeared to be a “murder/suicide” note, but police didn't specify who wrote it. (Source 1 | Source 2)
6. The struggling mom who killed her autistic son and herself
The bodies of 40-year-old Angie Robinson and her son, Robert, 16, were found inside their home in Prince Rupert, BC in April 2014. Robert could not speak and would often express his frustration by head-butting walls and people, and shoving his loving, 100-pound single mother. A suicide note left by Angie coupled with her final Facebook post showed she felt she could longer manage Robert, and that Family Services could not provide adequate support. (Source)
7. The millionaire who murdered his wife and then jumped to his death
Vacationers who flock to the area every weekend were shocked to see Larsson, a Swedish national, throw himself off the cliff. As firemen scrambled to recover the body, no one appeared aware of the full extent of the tragedy. Hours later, a security guard at Quinta Patiño found the body of Larsson's 60-year-old wife inside the house.
Police believe Larsson killed her and then drove to Cabo da Roca to jump. Larsson's wife was a Brazilian property magnate, who owned a São Paulo company called Tranesco Empreendimentos. Quinta Patiño is “one of the most expensive and exclusive condominiums in the country.” (Source)
8. The father who drove his car off a pier killing himself and his two boys
The murder-suicide left wife and mother Melissa Little alone and grief-stricken as she tried to come to terms with an event that resulted in "three lives taken too soon." She used the circumstances surrounding the incident to write a new book aimed at children. Little's manuscript is in the hands of an editor, and she expects to publish it in 2017. (Source)
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