I'm putting this in here coz it is too bizarre for any other category. I'm sure some of you would have read about it, but are still to gob-smacked to post...
Gerald Krein (pictured) manage to convince 32 other North Americans to commit suicide en-masse on Valentines Day.
Quote:Krein was arraigned Thursday on a charge of solicitation to commit murder. That charge stems from one woman he contacted who apparently planned to kill her two children before she killed herself, said Capt. Chris Montenaro of the Klamath County Sheriff's Department.
Montenaro said authorities were alerted to the plan on Tuesday by a Canadian woman who was to participate in what Krein called his "suicide party. "
"When she discovered that (the killing of children) was to occur, she got uneasy," Montenaro said. After Krein's arrest, police searched his parents' home, where he lived, and seized his computer.
Montenaro said Krein had moved from Northern California -- investigators were still trying to determine from where -- and his parents had previously lived in Sacramento and its suburb of Citrus Heights. Krein was reportedly unemployed and moved to Klamath Falls to care for his father.
The Canadian woman printed conversations from a Yahoo chat room where Krein allegedly discussed the killing of children as part of the mass suicide, Montenaro said, adding that authorities are trying to locate those children.
So far, sheriff's investigators have identified several individuals who planned to travel to Klamath Falls for the mass suicide. Krein solicited as many as 32 people for the event, authorities said.
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