Leonard Little Attempted Suicide

On October 19th, 1998, St. Louis Rams defensive end Leonard Little was driving drunk when he struck and killed Susan Gutweiler. Little was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served 90 days in jail.

"A few weeks later, I tried to kill myself," Little said.

"It was like I was in one of those movies where the good angel is on one shoulder and the bad one's on the other," he said. "Well the bad one kept telling me, 'Just go ahead Leonard, turn the wheel. It'll be easy. Crash into those trees and all this pain will be over.

I actually did turn the wheel," he said. "I did it. I tried to end my life. I swerved the steering wheel. But like I said, I guess there was a good angel on my other shoulder, because just as soon as I swerved, I turned the wheel right back."

October 19th is also Little's birthday, but that date serves as a constant reminder for the damage that he caused.

Before each Rams home game, Little drives by the intersection that forever changed the lives of the Gutweiler family.

"I could go any number of ways to the game," Little said. "I go because I need to remind myself of what I did."

To be fair, Little does sound very contrite for his actions even though he knows that the Gutweiler family will likely never forgive him for what he did.

However, driving by that intersection on his way to every home game didn't prevent Little from being arrested for suspicion of drunk driving in 2004, and was cleared on what was essentially a technicality.