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Stephen B. Small. Stephen Burrell Small (18 March 1947 – 2 September 1987) [1] was a prominent American businessman in Kankakee, Illinois. In 1987, he was kidnapped and held for ransom by Danny Edwards and Nancy Rish. The conditions of his confinement caused him to die of asphyxiation.
Mary K. O'Brien (born 1965), Illinois state legislator and judge, was born in Kankakee. Daniel H. Paddock (1852–1905), Illinois state representative and lawyer, lived in Kankakee. George Ryan (born 1934), 39th governor of Illinois; Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois, practiced law in Kankakee and died there at age 79
The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
American skier, Olympic medalist, gunshot, struggled with depression and alcoholism due to child sexual abuse, and the death of his sister in 1987 Ed Piskor: 2024: American cartoonist and podcast host, died by suicide after accusations of sexual misconduct: Lawrence Phillips: 2016 American football player, hanged himself in his prison cell.
This is a list of people who died as a result of hanging, including suicides and judicial, extrajudicial, or summary executions. These deaths are notable due to history or due to media exposure. These deaths are notable due to history or due to media exposure.
Immediately, hundreds of thousands of unarmed Lithuanians went to the streets to defend the local parliament, TV tower, the radio station and other key buildings. 14 people died during the violence. In 2019, Lithuania sentenced 67 people for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Patrikeyevo massacree: 1991, July 14
On 20 December 1924, German authorities uncovered pieces of human flesh along with a list of 40 people Karl Denke had previously killed and cannibalized. 19 December 1926, fisherman Eli Kelly washed up on Santa Catalina Island after being lost at sea for 11 days. He had partially subsisted on the flesh of his fishing companion James McKinley ...
Here are the 815 people (and counting) who have lost their lives in jail in the year after Sandra Bland died. The Huffington Post documented the timing of 623 jail deaths. At least a third of them occurred within just three days. Number of deaths. 80.