Faces of Death

GREEN BAY, WI--A sexual act that "just went wrong" killed Jennifer Gilbert, and her despondent husband may have thought about calling for help before killing his two young children and then himself, the family said Friday.

For the family, there was relief that the couple was engaged in a sex act gone horribly wrong.
The tragedy has focused attention on a rare behavior, known as erotic suffocation or strangulation, as a way to enhance sex.

Tami Gerondale, a cousin of Jennifer Gilbert's, said that after she died, her husband, Mike, "touched the phone several times" but nobody has come forward and said they talked to him.


"It took him awhile to decide what he was going to do. For at least six hours he contemplated different ways. We will always wonder why he chose to do what he did," she said.

The four family members, Jennifer, 25, Mike, 27, their 1-year-old daughter, Evangeline, and 2-month-old son, Ivan, were found dead by a relative Tuesday. They had been asphyxiated.

There will be a single funeral for the family at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Suamico where the couple was married 2 years ago, Gerondale said.

For the family, there was some relief in learning the couple was engaged in a sexual act that went horribly wrong and the tragedy unfolded from there, she said.

"The way she died, she was not threatened," Gerondale said. "It was a loving act on her part and Mike's part. It was a sexual act that just went wrong."
Why Michael, after accidentally killing his wife, would engage in more death remains a mystery.


She declined to be more specific, citing respect for the couple's privacy.

Police have only said Jennifer Gilbert apparently allowed Michael to asphyxiate her by putting something around her neck but he did not mean to kill her.

Police continued Friday to refuse to release any more details, other than saying investigators had recovered what they believe was used to strangle Jennifer Gilbert.

There is a form of sexual play called asphyxiophilia, in which one partner chokes the other during sex. It's designed to deprive the brain of oxygen, resulting in a form of giddiness and euphoria -- similar to alcohol or drug intoxication -- as a way to enhance orgasm, experts say.

"There is no evidence it does. The only possibility is the feeling of terror makes you feel more excited," said Dr. Janet Hyde, a professor of psychology with a speciality in human sexuality at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Studies and research indicate perhaps 300 to 500 people die each year from the behavior, Hyde said.

"People need to be warned it is dangerous. We have a great case to prove it," she said.

But why Michael Gilbert, after accidentally killing his wife, would engage in more death instead of contacting authorities or other relatives remained a mystery.
 
DULUTH, MN — Patricia Kay McCleary married, gave birth and died — all in less than a day.

The Lutheran Church of Bigfork was nearly full Saturday afternoon as friends and family members said goodbye to the 42-year-old McCleary, who died early Nov. 28.

She married Rick McCleary on Nov. 27, and suffered a brain aneurysm soon after. She was airlifted to Duluth, where her baby was delivered by caesarean section the next morning after his mother was pronounced brain dead.
She suffered an aneurysm after the wedding; her baby was born the next morning after she was declared dead.


The boy, Rocky, was born premature just six months into the pregnancy, and relatives said he was doing well.

"I still can't believe it," said Donna Wass, McCleary's mother. "She was in real good health. She was having these headaches but the doctor fixed her up for that. They thought she was having them because she was pregnant."

It was the third marriage for Patricia McCleary, and her fourth child. At her memorial service, she was remembered as someone who cared deeply about children. McCleary's family isn't sure what caused the aneurysm. "We think it was the excitement of getting married and everything," Wass said.
 
That's a freaky site! That Japanese suicide manual creeps me out...
 
This one deserves the Homer Simpson "D'oh!" of the week.

To Catch a Thief

Philadelphia Daily News, Dec 18, 1999

PHILADELPHIA, PA — The burglar cut a hole big enough to slip through the roof of the Logan market.

Or so she thought.

She slithered down into the building, her arms above her, but as she was about to break through the ceiling, a portion of it collapsed, trapping her by the neck on some pipes, police said.

The fall didn't kill her though.

The woman hung suspended from the ceiling by the neck for days without food or water.

Yesterday the wife of the store owner found her there dead. Her decomposing body was still dangling from the ceiling, police said.

Another attempted theft at the Bellwin Market, at 16th Street and Windrim Avenue, was the reason for the market's closure this week, police said yesterday.

On Dec. 7 owner Dong Woon, 52 of Lansdale, was shot once in the eye after an attempted robbery. That suspect is still at large, police said.

The store had been shut since.

Woon's wife had last checked on the store Dec. 9. She found the would-be burglar about noon yesterday during her latest check.

The victim, who was not identified, was believed to be between the ages of 25 and 30.
 
Faces of death?

I'm a little disapointed.
I thought this was about the "faces of death" series of videos.
The first one was the only one that was really worth watching, the rest were crap.
Inhumanities is the series you want to see.
 
Re: Faces of death?

IA951 said:
I'm a little disapointed.
I thought this was about the "faces of death" series of videos.
The first one was the only one that was really worth watching, the rest were crap.
Inhumanities is the series you want to see.

I agree. Most of the good death stuff can be found on the web for free. Did you see the little girl get run over by a train? A friend sent it to me saying it was porn. I almost threw up in my Cheerios. Definitely real.
 
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Marxist said:


I agree. Most of the good death stuff can be found on the web for free. Did you see the little girl get run over by a train? A friend sent it to me saying it was porn. I almost threw up in my Cheerios. Definitely real.


That bastard!
what a sick fucking joke..I mean there you are ready to see some hot fucking porn and it's some death shit...not that death shit is bad by any means..but when your expecting something else..I saw that one by the way...way real...very gruesome.
 
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The worst thing about that video is the way the little girl just starts walking towards the train and it gives her a glancing, devastating blow and she skids for a million miles. AWFULLLLL.......

I did watch it a few times though to make sure it wasn't a trick. Definitely not a trick.
 
Marxist said:
The worst thing about that video is the way the little girl just starts walking towards the train and it gives her a glancing, devastating blow and she skids for a million miles. AWFULLLLL.......

I did watch it a few times though to make sure it wasn't a trick. Definitely not a trick.


AWFULLLLLL.....entertaining...lol

I'm sure you watched a few times just to be sure it was no trick...tell me another..lol
 
Ok, it was entertaining but in a very disturbing way. I thought about it all day. They ought to show it as a PSA about the dangers of trains.
 
There is a MAJOR difference between morbid curiosity and thrill seeking entertainment.
:rolleyes:
 
Starfish chimes in.;)

Good to see your dubious face. Can you show us one of your "happy to be here" avs.? I'd appreciate it greatly.

I definitely wasn't entertained, but I was trying to figure out if I was being fooled. I hate being fooled.
 
Yes, I see. Actually, I don't know if I can, because my fucking website has been down all damn day.
Did you want geniune or crack whore beggin for some rock type of enthusiasm?
Here is genuine....
http://theworldofstarfishie.homestead.com/files/regular_smilie.jpg <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SOBER AS A SOCK :(


I just want you all to know that smokin pot is much better for sexual enhancement than choking your partner and you'll most likely not die, unless you choke to death... ON YOUR BONG HIT!!!!! HAAA HAAA HAAAAAA

*sigh*

I am about to burn one, so I'll feel better, but I can't waste my buzz yaking here at lit, I have to go finish my rendition of Monet's Sunflowers so I can show you folks how good I am when I am ripped.
 
Laurel said:
That's a freaky site! That Japanese suicide manual creeps me out...

Laurel, my bro and I once bought a Martial arts magazine that boasted "Seppuku: The Ancient Art of Suicide" it then had pictures of a guy doing it. So naturally I brought it to school to show my friends. Well, a lot of other people saw it and thougt that I was gonna do it.

I had a lotta 'splainin' to do after that....
 
AskACumSlut said:
GREEN BAY, WI--A sexual act that "just went wrong"

Michael Hutchins died that way

He was in some 80's band... I think I may have spelld the name wrong on left of a 'son'.

Anyways, he died of autoerotic asphyxiation...He hung himself while masturbating and well... went too far
 
The band was INXS (lol) and they found him hanging in a wardrobe in a Sydney (i think) motel room

and it is Michael Hutchence
 
Draco said:
The band was INXS (lol) and they found him hanging in a wardrobe in a Sydney (i think) motel room

and it is Michael Hutchence

There we go, I kinda thought it was something like that spelling.

He found his Devil Inside.
 
I dunno.. I guess I'm "odd".. but I don't take any pleasure or enjoyment in watching people get hurt or die...
 
Not odd

Moridin187 said:
I dunno.. I guess I'm "odd".. but I don't take any pleasure or enjoyment in watching people get hurt or die...

And it's not about enjoying seeing these things. It's more like why do we keep looking in spite of the fact that it's not enjoyable.
 
I don't keep looking, I shut it off or turn my head if I can't shut it off. And why do you go out and intentionally look for these things? ::is honestly trying to understand here, not trying to persecute::
 
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