‘Rudderless and depressed’ son, 26, of NYC SCOTUS judge who jumped naked to his death after beating his ‘adoring’ mother with a lamp, drinking for days and getting high at home after dropping out of Rhodes, where he had a hard partying frat was boy
- Douglas Solomon (26) committed suicide after beating his mother to death last week
- The partying student boy left Rhodes in 2014 and spent his time at home drinking alone in his room and smoking weed
- His parents, Charles and Diane, talked about his future the night before he died
- Police sources say he beat Diane to death with a lampshade and then committed suicide
- He was found ‘butt naked’ on the street after jumping 16 floors to his death
- Friends say he had no purpose, without ‘something’s up’
- His sister Leah, 28, is successful and lives in Kips Bay, New York City
The son of a newfound New York City High Council The judge who jumped naked from his family’s 16th-floor apartment to his death after beating his mother to death with a lamp was ‘rudderless’ after dropping out of college, where he was a hard-to-divorce student, friends said .
Douglas Solomon, 26, was found dead and “butt-naked” on the street in front of his family’s Upper East Side apartment on Tuesday morning.
His 56-year-old mother Diane was found in the apartment. She had been beaten to death with a lampshade.
Douglas’s motive for the suicide murder remains unclear, but friends told… The New York Post huh was aimless and lived at home for years without purpose after dropping out of Rhodes, a prestigious liberal arts college in Tennessee.
Hard partying frat boy: Douglas Solomon is shown in 2014, during his first year on Rhodes, Tennessee. He dropped out of college in his freshman year
Diane Gallagher, 65, was beaten to death by her son with a lamp. Police say she and her husband had discussed what to do with their ‘rudderless’ son the night before
Douglas Solomon’s body was found in the courtyard of the apartment complex (featured)
Police outside the luxury apartment complex on 79th Street where the family has lived for years
His mother was “so proud” of him for attending school, friends said.
“He showed many signs of depression. He didn’t go to clubs or do much of anything.
“He was antisocial…it sounded like he didn’t want to be approached.
“You don’t want to ask what’s going on with someone who has nothing to do,” one of his former classmates told The Post.
Another said the only possible explanation for the violent murder was suicide “something snapped” inside him.
“Something snapped in Doug. It must have been a 30 second rating and his life changed. I can’t believe it was all premeditated.
Solomon, right, with friends outside the famous Peter Luger steakhouse in Brooklyn
Douglas (left) with his sister Leah, grandmother and mother. Friends said he didn’t have much going on and hadn’t for years
Diane, shown on holiday, was ‘so proud’ when Douglas was admitted to Rhodes in 2014, friends said:
Douglas and his sister in 2017, in a photo she uploaded to Facebook in honor of National Sibling Day. Unlike her aimless brother, Leah has a career in NYC working for an acquisition company
Solomon and Gallagher (left) are pictured with Charles Solomon (left), a retired New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon who oversaw many high-profile cases over his 30-year career
“He sees his mother unconscious and can’t live with himself. He didn’t want to rot for 30 years in prison. He was such a nice boy.
Now, to be remembered for this is terrible,’ said the friend.
His father, re-trial NYC Supreme Court judge Charles Solomon was not at home at the time of the couple’s death.
Last night, police sources say he and his wife had been discussing Doug’s future.
The 26-year-old appeared to have no job and was not studying. He had retired from Rhodes in 2014, during his freshman year, despite a promising future in the sport.
In the years that followed, he passed his time quietly with his family, but according to his friends, he tended to smoke and drink weed at home.
Doug’s older sister, Leah, also lives in town. She works for an acquisition company and lives in Kipsbaai.
Neither Leah nor Charles has publicly commented on the murders.