Madoff son commits suicide, hangs himself with dog leash

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Madoff son commits suicide, hangs himself with dog leash

Edited on Sat Dec-11-10 03:48 PM by Liberal_in_LA

Madoff son found dead in NYC in apparent suicide

The eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself by a dog leash in his Manhattan apartment on Saturday, the second anniversary of his father's arrest in a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that swindled thousands of investors of their life savings, law enforcement officials said.

Mark Madoff, 46, was found hanging from a ceiling pipe in the living room of his SoHo loft apartment as his 2-year-old son slept in a nearby bedroom, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

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