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10.07.87: jumper,
the first
reported skyway suicide from the new span.
Louis Charles Huth, 30, died |
10.13.87, © St. Petersburg Times,
St. Petersburg, Fla.; Body found in Tampa Bay is identified;
BRADENTON - The Manatee County Sheriff's Department on Monday identified a body found floating in Tampa Bay last week as that of 30-year-old
Charles Huth of [address withheld]
in St. Petersburg.
Huth's body was found Thursday two miles east of Anna Maria Island.
The death has been ruled a suicide. The Sheriff's Department said Huth apparently jumped from the span of the new Skyway. Last Wednesday, the Florida Highway Patrol removed Huth's motorcycle from the top of southbound span of the bridge.
Authorities ruled Huth's death a suicide after relatives said Huth had been despondent because of a drunken driving arrest and turning 30 years old.
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07.24.87: jumper, male, lived •
St.
Petersburg Times,
the first
reported skyway jumper from the new span.
unnamed,
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10.30.86: save
Thomas R. Wilsie, 38, male |
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07.18.86: escaping jumper
William Frank
Kuttig, 24 |
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08.11.85: jumper
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The Ledger
Dene
Prachnick, 32, female, lived |
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tbo.com, Leaped from main span and was rescued 10 hours
later. Left suicide note in car on bridge.
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| 07.26.85: possible jumper |
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07.08.85: jumper
Jose Ramirez, 57,
male, died |
| 07.10.85, Orlando Sentinel, BODY IN BAY WAS THAT OF ST. PETERSBURG DOCTOR, Police have been looking for [Jose Ramirez]'s son Luis, 29, since May 20,
when a warrant was issued charging him with the misdemeanor of failing to report
a death. (detailed story leading up to this jump found
here and continued
here.) |
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tbo.com, Left Oldsmobile on bridge, jumped.
Body recovered next day.
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| 03.28.85: possible jumper |
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07.30.84: accidental jumper, lives
David Schwandner |
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09.09.83: jumper
William Cornelius, 30,
male, died |
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tbo.com, Car found abandoned on bridge.
Body found same day. |
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08.16.83: jumper
Robert Ceglar, 22,
male, lived |
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tbo.com, Former mental patient said he wanted to experience parachute
jumping. |
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07.25.83: jumper •
St. Petersburg Times
Robert Ted Ray,
34, male, died |
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tbo.com, Stopped truck on center span, jumped.
Body found two days later.
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05.03.83: jumper •
St. Petersburg Times
Lorna James,
29, female, died |
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tbo.com, Stopped car on center span, turned on
flashers, jumped. Died in hospital three days later. |
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| 02.20.82: faller,
male, 17 |
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