DC Madam Kills Self Rather Than Face Jail

In the end, it was a punishment that definitely didn’t fit the crime. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also known as the D.C. Madam for running a high-priced call girl ring in the nation’s capital, faced up to 55 years in jail. She was scheduled to be sentence this summer. But Palfrey, defiant to the end over her prosecution, was determined not to give in to the Feds. So, sometime yesterday, she walked out to a shed behind her mother’s house near St. Petersburg, Fla, and based on a preliminary investigation, she hanged herself. Read More.