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Monday, July 10, 2006

Denice Denton’s suicide was, like most suicides...

...mysterious. But some suicides - or suicide
attempts - are extremely easy to understand.

The one in New York City this morning,















for instance, in which a doctor blew himself
and his entire building up (he seems to have
survived the blast), was apparently an act
of vengeance.



'The first two floors of the four story building were occupied by a doctor's office and the top two were converted into a duplex apartment owned by Dr. Nicholas Bartha and his wife.

Bartha was alone at the time and was found barely alive. The fire department say the blast is being investigated as a suicide attempt.

The doctor's suicide plans were apparently spelled out in an e-mail to his wife's lawyer.

Sources say Bartha is in the midst of a messy divorce.

Nicholas Scoppetta, FNDY Commissioner: "[S]ome communication with somebody outside the building … leads us to believe there was a potential for suicide."

Sources say the divorce was proceeding since 2002 and that a judgment was just handed down against the doctor on Friday. The building was set to be put on the market for sale at the end of the month as part of the settlement.'



If he couldn’t have the building, she couldn’t have it either.
Posted at: 7/10/2006 03:13:00 PM