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U.S. Suicide Statistics (2004)
Suicide Methods by Gender
Men - Number of Suicides (25,566 total)
Firearms 56.8% 14,523
Hanging 23.4% 5,980
Poisons 12.5% 3,200
All other methods 7.3% 1,863
Women - Number of Suicides (6,873 total)
Poisons 37.8% 2,600
Firearms 32.4% 2,227
Hanging 19.7% 1,356
All other methods 10.0% 690
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In the DC Madame case, this is the second suicide by hanging of a woman. Sounds like a modus operandi of a killer more than a coincidental uncommon method of suicide.
If Paltry's reason for suicide was to avoid going to jail, you would think she would wait until it was closer to her time to report to jail, and that she might live it up in the meantime. She was not scheduled for sentencing until July 24th (almost three months away)...
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