Fireman Who Was Suspended for Posing Topless on Charity Calendar Commits Suicide

A fire-fighter who was disciplined for posing shirtless on a charity calendar has committed suicide, it was announced today.

John Slivinski was found dead at his Lawndale, Philadelphia home on Saturday, with Police and colleagues saying the cause was suicide.

It is not known why he took his own life.

In April the 31-year-old former Marine was suspended from the city’s prestigious ‘Rescue One’ unit after posing topless for a national fund-raising calendar.

Fire bosses were angry the popular fire man – despite his plans to donate the money to a widow’s fund – had not gone through the chain of command – instead only asking permission of his union boss Billy Gault.

A petition with 1000 signatures of support was collected before the hearing.

But in May he was let off with a verbal reprimand, and allowed back to his old job.

The suicide has left former colleagues stunned, with several saying they don’t understand why he took his own life.

Speaking to the Philadelphia Metro, local 22 fire president Bill Gault said: ‘There were no outward signs.

‘We never saw the guy not smiling. It’s so baffling.’

Former Marine friend Kate Rizzo – who met Slivinski at Camp Pendleton from 1998 to 1999, said the fight for his job hit him hard.

She said: ‘I know this whole thing hit him pretty hard, with the calender.

‘I think that really pushed him over the edge.’

A Facebook tribute page was flooded with messages of shock and condolence at the tragic death.

A fellow calendar participant Mr Charlotte, aka Tommy DeFrancisci, wrote: ‘Rest in peace Mr. Philly, you will be missed. Semper Fi – Mr. Charlotte.’

Lenny Daigle, another calendar entrant wrote:  I’m a Firefighter in New Orleans.

‘This calendar that we are working on is a great project that will help worthwhile causes across the country.

‘I didn’t know Jack and regret that I’ll never meet him. We would have in August.

‘He was contributing to a good cause and deserved the support that our respective Departments have shown the rest of us. R.I.P Jack Lenny Daigle, Mr New Orleans.’

Speaking to the Philadelphia enquirer, Mike Kane – executive board member at the local Fire-fighters Union – said: ‘If you or your family members were in danger, this was the kid you’d want showing up at your house.

‘He gave you 110 percent, whether he was washing dishes or going down a smoky hallway.

‘When I heard yesterday morning, I had to sit down. It took my legs out.’

The calendar, which is due to be published this summer, will go ahead.

Publisher Katherine Kostreva said she would let the family decide whether Slivinski’s picture as Mr May would still appear.

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Korean lecturer commits perfect crime...almost

HE THOUGHT he had committed the perfect murder. After all, he is a computer expert and believed he had covered up his tracks well.

But on Tuesday, the law caught up with the university professor in Busan, South Korea.

The lecturer, identified by Korea Times as Kang, 53, hatched an elaborate plan to kill his wife with the help of his mistress.

The newspaper did not say how his wife was killed.

Before committing the crime, Kang searched for an ideal spot to get rid of her body.

He decided to dump her corpse in the waters of Eulsukdo, a sandy island on the estuary of the Nakdong River, which drains into the sea.

He roped in his mistress to help dispose of the body using her car.

Kang made sure that he went to different shops to buy ropes and a large bag to contain the body. He also went all the way to Yangsan, a town west of Busan, to buy a metal chain.

Ten days before the murder, he avoided using his mobile phone to contact his mistress, calling her from public telephones instead.

And aware of how CCTVs were the downfall of many criminals, he went into the management office of his apartment building and downloaded CCTV footage to his USB drive to study.

Kang was said to have carefully selected where he would meet his wife and planned an escape route that could not be captured on the CCTV.

Police said they studied more than 160 video recordings but could not find Kang in any of them.

Airtight alibi

The suspect also hatched an airtight alibi.

He arranged the murder to coincide with dinner with his mountain-climbing group.

After killing his wife, he went to a bar at 1.30am and stayed there till 5am the next day.

He was said to have deliberately asked the bar owner if it was 12.30am, to fudge the time that he actually went there.

The lecturer changed his mobile phone after he murdered his wife.

He allegedly even went to the headquarters of telco KakaoTalk to erase text messages he had sent his mistress.

Despite his careful preparations, Busan police managed to find a trail that led to him.

Traces of his wife's blood were found in his car. While he avoided being caught on CCTV near his home, he overlooked the CCTV in the shop where he bought large bags to hold the body.

Investigators also managed to recover his SMSes from KakaoTalk.

Police said that Kang's biggest mistake was to pick Eulsukdo as the dump site.

Due to the large differences in the tides, the body bag was swept to shore and discovered.

"Kang may be an expert in computer crimes but he does not have professional knowledge and experience to cover up a murder," one police officer told Korea Times.

"It was impossible for him to commit the perfect crime."

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