Article: Murder-Suicide, What Are The Warning Signs?

BY MEGAN BURKE, ALISON ST JOHN
July 12, 2011
Resources
Access and Crisis Line (800-479-3339), 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week suicide prevention/intervention hotline. Calls are FREE and answered by trained professionals. Service is available in multiple languages.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-TALK/8255), 24 hours a day/7 days a week, confidential, nationwide network of crisis centers.
San Diego Domestic Violence Hotline (888-385-4657)
Up2Us San Diego: Support advice, warning signs, resources
It's the sort of news that puts a hole in the pit of your stomach. Stories of murder-suicides are not common, but we have had five of them in our region in the past seven weeks, starting with a family found dead in the Skyline area. Most recently a husband and wife in Oceanside. Are there any common threads that run through these tragedies and increased awareness we can gain to prevent them?

Guests

Jessica van der Stad, area director, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Kenneth R. Woods, Steering Committee member for the San Diego Domestic Violence Council & Director of City Heights Dads’ Club for Price Charities