A prisoner awaiting execution in the Taipei Detention Center was found dead yesterday, January 18, with more than 50 rubber bands around his neck. Chen Yu’an (陳昱安) was handed the death penalty by the Supreme Court, January 2013, for the murder of his father in 2010. Chen, 37 years old at the time, had been kicked out home, and bore resentment over favoritism shown to his brothers. In September of that year, Chen cut his father down with a meat
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Driver stops bus and jumps to his death in front of startled passengers
The driver of a hospital shuttle bus stopped his vehicle on an elevated expressway ramp and jumped 20 meters to his death in front of passengers and his girlfriend in Keelung City last night, December 31. At around 11:45pm, the 38-year-old driver named Zhang took 7 passengers, all hospital staff of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, towards Keelung City. Zhang’s girlfriend, a 33-year-old Vietnamese national named Chen, sat beside the driver. Just minutes before midnight, when most people were counting down
Read more11 Year-old Dead in Suspected Suicide
A fifth-grade boy is suspected to have jumped from a fourth-floor window of an elementary school in Taipei City this morning. The 11 year-old was rushed to hospital unconscious, but declared dead around 2 hours later. According to Apple Daily, the boy with the family name Shen had quarreled with his parents over the use of a cellphone last night. His mother took him to school at 11:00am, but he didn’t go to his classroom, and at around 11:45 fell
Read morePatrol Car Hit while Running Red Light: Forgot to turn on Siren
A police car escorting an ambulance and a civilian car was hit by another car while running a red light in Miaoli County last night. According to Apple Daily, the police officers had forgotten to turn on the siren. Earlier in the evening, officers had received a report from concerned family members that a 38 year old man named Lee intended to commit suicide. Police located the man’s car near Jiuwenshui Bridge, and found Lee in the riverbed at around
Read moreMan Decapitates himself in Gruesome Suicide by Car
A man in Miaoli County tied one end of a steel cable around a utility pole, and the other end around his neck, before getting into his car and stepping on the gas this afternoon, January 16. Shortly after 3:00 pm police in Zhunan Township received a call from a horrified member of the public who reported stumbling across a human head on the sidewalk on Kezhuan Road. Upon investigation, police located the head, and found the headless body of
Read moreMan Rescued From Burning Car: Wife Jumps to Her Death
A man attempted to commit suicide by setting his car alight but was rescued by police. When the man’s wife was informed of the incident, she jumped to her death from their 9th floor apartment. Shortly before 3:00am, police in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung city attended to a report of a car on fire under a bridge. When the officers arrived, they heard a call for help, and found a man beside the burning car. The officers pulled the man away
Read moreAmerican Kills Himself in Court After Marijuana Conviction
An American cram school teacher killed himself in a courthouse in Changhua County this morning after being sentenced to a four year prison term for growing marijuana. Upon hearing the judges decision, 41 year-old Tyrel Martin Marhanka, Chinese name 李瑪翰 (Li Mahan), pulled a pair of scissors out of his pocket and stabbed himself in the neck. Marhanka was rushed to hospital but the damage to blood vessels and his windpipe was too severe and doctors were unable to save
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