LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder after planning and executing a failed suicide pact with her family Monday, deputies said. 2-year-old hit, killed by ...

Barbara Bates picked a horror movie and steak as part of their last family activity, she allegedly told police Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal writer at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work also appears in ...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (Gray News) - A mother in Florida was arrested after she was accused of planning a suicide pact with her family. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Barbara Bates, 59, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Lehigh Acres husband and wife attempted to kill their disabled son and commit suicide to avoid an imminent eviction and ...

A Florida woman "experiencing the stress of family difficulties" and "medical ailments of her son" with Asperger's syndrome decided the best thing to do would be carrying out a suicide pact with him ...

Neil Bates in court (left); and Barbara Bates. A Florida couple are under arrest after allegedly trying to kill themselves and their adult son in a suicide pact prompted by an eviction threat. Police ...