Police: 'D.C. madam' kills herself in Fla. coastal town (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 05/01/2008 - 8:19pm

FILE ** In this March 9, 2007 file photo Deborah Jeane Palfrey reads a statement outside federal court in Washington.<br /><br />A woman police believe to be convicted Washington escort service operator Palfrey committed suicide, officials said Thursday May 1, 2008.<br /><br />Palfrey faced about five or six years in prison and was free pending her sentencing July 24. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - A woman convicted two weeks ago of being the "D.C.

Madam" hanged herself Thursday, apparently making good on her vow never to go to prison for running a high-end Washington prostitution ring.



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