Mark Madoff Suicide: What He Knew
For the two years since he turned his father Bernie Madoff in to authorities, the pressure on Mark has been relentless and increasing. Allan Dodds Frank on what drove him to suicide.
Financier Bernard Madoff with his wife Ruth Madoff and son Mark Madoff during November 2001 in Long Island, NY. Mark Madoff, son of convicted investment fraudster Bernard Madoff, has been found hanged in New York in an apparent suicide. (Photo by GI/BM/
Until Bernard Madoff’s giant Ponzi scheme collapsed, his family seemingly had no worries in the world. Now, on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest, Bernard Madoff’s older son, Mark, killed himself, police say.
Mark took his life after apparently exchanging disconsolate emails with his second wife Stephanie who was in Florida with their daughter. He hanged himself— NBC News says with a black dog leash—in their fourth floor apartment on Mercer Street in the Soho section of Manhattan as the couple’s young son slept. According to news reports, his father-in-law found the body and called police shortly before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, two years to the day Bernard Madoff was charged with the biggest Ponzi scheme ever.
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