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TwilightGardener

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6. Anyone remember a story of a guy who

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 11:22 PM

Dec 2012

tied a rope to a tree and his neck, got in his car and stomped on the gas? That was disturbing--can't remember if it was actual news or an anecdote, but...gah.

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Decapitated Man Found in Calif. Being Investigated as a Possible Suicide [View all] jsr Dec 2012 OP

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