Tag: suicide

John Swoboda identified as man who jumped from 36th floor of Four Seasons in downtown Nashville in apparent suicide

Jason Steen

Metro Nashville Police have identified 29-year-old John Christian Swoboda as the man who jumped from the 36th floor of the Four Seasons Residences building in downtown Nashville on the morning of December 8th in an apparent suicide. Swoboda was from Mt. Juliet, where here was reported missing to local police on December 7th. He reportedly left his phone, identification, and cash at his residence. Police say Swoboda took an elevator to the 36th floor, where witnesses who were working in a vacant room noticed him walk through the room and straight out onto the balcony, where he reportedly jumped to his death. The witnesses initially assumed he was another construction worker when he walked onto the floor.

Police: Man raised his head to watch oncoming train before it ran over him Friday in Madison

Jason Steen

Metro Nashville Police say a 43-year-old man appears to have committed suicide Friday morning as he was struck and killed by a train near the Nesbitt Lane Crossing in Madison at approximately 1:15 a.m. Detectives interviewed the train crew and reviewed footage from the train’s forward-facing camera. The footage shows the man lying on the tracks alone, and he is seen raising his head to watch the oncoming train before laying back down on the tracks as the train approaches him. Police say his body did not have any other obvious injuries other than those consistent with having been run over by a train.

Man asks wife to “eat the bullet” so he doesn’t have to “scatter her brains” — Wes Migletz arrested

Jason Steen

50-year-old Wesley Migletz is charged with domestic assault with bodily injury after police responded to his wife, Winny, who was hiding in a nearby parking garage. She explained her husband was threatening to carry out a murder/suicide. The wife played a recording on which Wes can be heard saying “you are a parasite, if you had any decency you would eat the bullet and not make me scatter your brains” before punching her, and her crying out in pain.

Officers documented the victim’s injuries and located Wes Migletz walking his dog nearby, and took him into custody. He is free on a $2,500 cash bond.

Antioch man covers wife with apple smoothie during 7AM argument — Zachary Glover arrested

Jason Steen

38-year-old Zac Glover is charged with domestic assault after admitting to pushing an apple smoothie into the face of his wife during an argument Monday morning. She threw the cup back at him, but not before the smoothie mixture had covered her face, body, floor, and walls. Glover is free on a $1,000 cash bond.

MNPD Officer arrested for DUI was attempting suicide with duty weapon after breakup, court documents reveal

Jason Steen

Metro Nashville Police issued a simple statement that one of their officers had been dismissed after he was charged with DUI when his “pickup truck hit another vehicle’s side mirror, and he left the scene”. Court records show Officer Jerram Plastow had actually driven to an East Nashville Public Housing Community to commit suicide with his Glock 22 duty weapon after his girlfriend broke up with him. MNPD only disclosed the DUI narrative and did not release any of the other details on the mental stability of the 32-year-old officer they had recently given a gun and badge to protect the city.

Double-Murder Suicide in Senior Living Neighborhood on Cana Circle near Belle Meade.

Jason Steen

Gail Andrews-Miller, 65, had driven to Cana Circle near Belle Meade, a senior-only residence, shared by her sister and mother, Rachel Andrews, 97, & Barbara Andrews, 69. She brought a 5-shot revolver with her, leaving her holster at her home on Sneed Rd. She walked to the rear of the home, to the TV room, and opened fire on her mother and sister, shooting them both in the chest. She then turned the gun on herself.

Hip Donelson, Inc (Non-Profit) State License to Solicit Donations is EXPIRED, 2016 IRS Filings 3+ Months Past Due

Jason Steen

One thing Frank Trew did for the community was to create a non profit called ‘Hip Donelson, Inc.’ – many people may be more familiar with the facebook group of the same name, from which the non profit organization evolved. After Frank’s recent suicide, some things came to light – specifically that the 2016 IRS forms were extremely past due, and the organization’s license to solicit charitable contributions (i.e. donations) was not renewed, despite the fact they are still soliciting donations via social media and their website. We sent an…

Frank Trew: Another $87,000 Debt – How It Happened.

Jason Steen

A tip to EastNashville.news led us to discover another debt that was perhaps leading to the admitted ‘dire financial circumstance” that Frank Trew referenced in divorce proceedings in the weeks preceding his suicide on 08/15. In addition to spending a $150,000 settlement in 3 years as a couple, and Frank nearly maxing out a half-dozen credit cards on an affair, the extent of which is still not known, Frank Trew was also dealing with a nearly $90,000 debt that he had been paying on for a few years now. Before…