A woman who has committed suicide was left hanging dead on a tree for nearly 12 hours as by-passers mistook the body as a Halloween decoration. The unidentified woman, 42, hanged herself from a tree near a fairly busy road. It was not until hours later did a local resident call local authorities, out of concern for the rotting body.

A former Kansas bar owner is sentenced to nearly four years in prison, after a woman dies of alcohol poisoning from a signature drink. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Juanita Goodpasture died after she was served a red, yellow and green mixed drink called the "Stoplight Challenge. "

Four years after fleeing his trial, a man charged in a traffic accident that killed three Washington State University students has been captured in Ireland. The Irish National Police arrested 27-year-old Frederick Russell Sunday at a store where he worked in Dublin. He was working under the alias of David Carroll.

A 20-year old University of Minnesota student was killed Saturday in a post-game celebration after the field goal post was torn down and struck the student in the head. Richard Thomas Rose, of Benton City, Wash. , was pronounced dead at a hospital after attempts to revive him on the field failed. No one else was reported hurt in the freak accident.

According to police, a 94-year-old man hit a pedestrian on his way to a McDonald's in St. Petersburg, Fl. , and continued to drive with the dead man's body on the roof of his car until he was stopped at a toll booth. Investigators say Ralph Parker hit the man on 34th Street in St. Petersburg Wednesday night, then drove several miles with the victim partially on the roof of the car and through the windshield.