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jsr

(7,712 posts)
10. That did happen:
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 11:34 PM
Dec 2012
http://abcnews.go.com/US/father-decapitates-yorktown-virginia/story?id=14421135

Aug. 31, 2011

A father of two set a trailer of his belongings on fire, then decapitated himself just blocks from where his wife and children lived in Yorktown, Va., about 15 miles from Williamsburg.

The 46-year-old man has not been identified by police because his death has been ruled a suicide, but police told ABCNews.com he had recently moved from Chicago to join his wife, teenage daughter and son, who is in middle school. York County Sheriff Danny Diggs said the couple had separated, but he didn't know if they had divorced...

"I was just shocked. Why would people do such stuff," said Merlyn Keefer, another neighbor. "We can't ask him what really went through his head."
Suicide? Well I'll be darned---not the first thing I would have thought of. virgogal Dec 2012 #1
Really? Helen Reddy Dec 2012 #2
This sounds like something from a Jeff Foxworthy routine. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #3
Are these cops on loan from The Benny Hill Show or The Three Stooges? LonePirate Dec 2012 #4
chainsaw and a piece of rope? snooper2 Dec 2012 #24
would he carry the guillotine in the car with him rurallib Dec 2012 #26
Will Have To Hunt Up "Long Dark Tea-Time Of the Soul".... The Magistrate Dec 2012 #5
Anyone remember a story of a guy who TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #6
I guess that would be a modern version of kentauros Dec 2012 #8
That did happen: jsr Dec 2012 #10
Good find, that's it. The people who witnessed that must still TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #11
was that the census taker? 2pooped2pop Dec 2012 #30
No, the census taker was a whole different thing--cancer survivor TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #32
Yeah, suicide frogmarch Dec 2012 #7
Do you have a link to any further information about this? Sounds like a homicide may have coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #13
The word locally is he hung a rope around his neck, kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #16
It was Saddam Hussein's half-brother jsr Dec 2012 #17
Ewww. Well, that would do it. nt Tigress DEM Dec 2012 #27
Here's a link frogmarch Dec 2012 #21
The case of Steven Haataja? jsr Dec 2012 #14
Yes. frogmarch Dec 2012 #20
Some guy spent 3 months buiding a guillotine, then killed himself with it. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #9
Sounds like the sleeping pills were critical to his plan because there was no way an ordinary person Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #12
Local reports are he hanged himself from a parking structure kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #15
That would do it. BlueStreak Dec 2012 #28
The victim did not have any gunshot or knife wounds Berserker Dec 2012 #18
Here's a story for you from my own hometown in PA markpkessinger Dec 2012 #19
Hmmm... Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #22
This is going to be interesting, if not good slackmaster Dec 2012 #23
It is deemed a suicide jsr Dec 2012 #25
Whut? lonestarnot Dec 2012 #29
Headless Body in Topless Bar Renew Deal Dec 2012 #31
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