Driver Who Decapitated Friend Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

[matcom]

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MARIETTA, Ga. -- A drunken driver who veered off the road and decapitated a friend who had leaned his head out the window was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday.

John Kemper Hutcherson, 21, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the death last August of 23-year-old Frankie Brohm, whose head was severed when the car grazed a telephone pole support wire.

The two men were on their way home from a bar after a night of drinking when Brohm stuck his head out the window because he thought he was going to be sick, authorities said.

Police said Hutcherson was apparently unaware of the decapitation and drove more than 10 miles to his parents' home, went inside and fell asleep with the headless body still in his truck. A neighbor discovered the body the next morning.

Investigators said Hutcherson's blood-alcohol level was probably more than twice the legal limit at the time of the accident.

Brohm's family had asked for leniency for Hutcherson, who was a childhood friend of the victim.

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[hlthe2b]

1. well, unless he's without conscience...

He's going to be facing quite the "self-punishment" for decades to come...

How horrendous...

[Deja Q]

2. Didn't Pickles do something like that when she was a tender young age too?

It's obviously affecting her royally as well...

(albeit in a parallel universe where she would care, if that's even at all possible...)

[hlthe2b]

7. Yup... vehicular manslaughter but never charged...

She plowed through a stopsign and hit/killed her (former?) boyfriend.

[johnnie]

3. Only five years?

Well, that's nothing to lose your head over I guess.

[ulysses]

4. **rimshot**

;-)

[johnnie]

5. Yeah

It was a really cheap "laugh".

[Blue_Roses]

6. he drove 10 miles without noticing

the guy's head was gone...sheesh. 10 miles:crazy: good grief...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

8. Why is committing murder with a vehicle different than anything else?

Good God! It's ridiculous. If you get behind the wheel after getting drunk, that should be automatic attempted murder charges, and if someone gets killed, FIRST DEGREE MURDER. And if we would suspend a person from driving immediately after their 2nd DUI or DWI it would solve a lot of these problems we are having with fucking drunk drivers killing innocent people on the road.
Duckie