Warning signs of suicide can help family members prevent unnecessary death

After the three suicides by hanging and one suicide call that occurred over the weekend of April 9 to 11, emergency responders and family therapists in the Fallbrook and Temecula Valley area are concerned.

“This is a very upsetting situation,” said John Buchanan, public information officer for North County Fire Protection District. “We are concerned for peoples' wellbeing.”

Buchanan said the first suicide occurred on Friday, April 9 and was a 40-year-old Temecula woman. “It's very unusual for a woman to kill herself this way,” said Buchanan.

Sheriff's sergeant Amy Brown said one woman in the G...