FBI: Child sex offenders turn violent, suicidal

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Gray Alan Combs Jr. was shot to death after he threatened Fairfax County police with a sword last month. Willis E. Coley, 27, of Alexandria, hanged himself in August. George N. Kiriacon, 50, committed suicide in a truck in New Carrollton. The common thread among these three men is that all had been charged with child sex crimes shortly before their violent and/or self-destructive actions. [...]

A new FBI study found that in 106 cases where an individual committed suicide after he became aware that he was being investigated, 54 killed themselves within 30 days of being contacted by law enforcement. About half of the sample did not have a prior criminal history. [...]

A 2005 study in the United Kingdom found child sex offenders who had no other criminal records were 183 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population.

source: Artikel 'FBI: Child sex offenders turn violent, suicidal' by Scott McCabe; washingtonexaminer.com/article/746291; WashingtonExaminer.com; 18 June 2012