A man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl and her grandparents by setting fire to their Youngstown, Ohio home in March of 2015 surprised officers following a pre-trial hearing Monday morning by shuffling quickly to the fourth-floor balcony railing at the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas and throwing himself over to the floor below.
NEW DETAILS:
Seman apparently committed suicide by leaping over a banister into the courtroom rotunda about 9:30… https://t.co/9pL9LOef2c— Lindsey Watson (@LindseyWatsonTV) April 10, 2017
Prosecutors were set to argue that Robert Seman had set the fire to kill the family because the 10-year-old was going to testify against him in a rape case.
Youngstown triple murder defendant jumps off courtroom balcony https://t.co/I2OUKPkWSK pic.twitter.com/1pUZzMcqHa
— WKBN 27 First News (@WKBN) April 10, 2017
Sheriff Jerry Greene briefs the media on the apparent suicide of Robert Seman pic.twitter.com/3TmY631Y7M
— joe gorman (@stormingorman67) April 10, 2017
Robert Seman Suicide in courthouse Footage https://t.co/OQ0al9bHEa
— Matt&Carrie Lewis? (@Mrmybucks) April 10, 2017
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WKBN reports that it was standard procedure that Seman wasn’t restrained by the deputies “due to the fact that the courts do not want individuals on trial to be seen with restraining devices on.”
https://twitter.com/vindicator/status/851456663395737600
Fuck any of you taking Seman's side and being pissed the media showed his suicide video. He's a coward and deserved a much worse death.
— Marcy Angelo (@marcy_angelo_) April 10, 2017