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| ::darkshadows:: (blood@thirsty.net) |
2008/06/01 19:32 |
On March 23 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and
concluded that he died from a gunshot wound of the head caused by a
shotgun.
Investigation to that point had revealed that the deceased had jumped
from the top of a ten story building with the intent to commit suicide
(he left a note indicating his despondency). As he passed the 9th
floor on the way down, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast
through a window, killing him instantly. Neither the shooter nor the
deceased was aware that a safety net had been erected at the 8th floor
level to protect some window washers and that the deceased would not
have been able to complete his intent to commit suicide because of
this.
Ordinarily, a person who starts into motion the events with a suicide
intent ultimately commits suicide even though the mechanism might be
not what he intended. That he was shot on the way to certain death
nine stories below probably would not change his mode of death from
suicide to homicide. But the fact that his suicide intent would not
have been achieved under any circumstance caused the medical examiner
to feel that he had homicide on his hands.
Further investigation led to the discovery that the room on the 9th
floor from whence the shotgun blast emanated was occupied by an
elderly man and his wife. He was threatening her with the shotgun
because of an inter-spousal spat and became so upset that he could not
hold the shotgun straight. Therefore, when he pulled the trigger, he
completely missed his wife and the pellets went through the window
striking the deceased.
When one intends to kill subject A, but kills subject B in the
attempt, oneis guilty of the murder of subject B. The old man was
confronted with this conclusion, but both he and his wife were adamant
in stating that neither knew that the shotgun was loaded. It was the
longtime habit of the old man to threaten his wife with an unloaded
shotgun. He had no intent to murder her; therefore, the killing of
the deceased appeared then to be accident. That is, the gun had been
accidentally loaded.
But *further* investigation turned up a witness that their son was
seen loading the shotgun approximately six weeks prior to the fatal
accident. That investigation showed that the mother (the old lady) had
cut off her son's financial support and her son, knowing the
propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the
gun with the expectation that the father would shoot his mother. The
case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of
Ronald Opus.
Further investigation revealed that the son became increasingly
despondent over the failure of his attempt to get his mother murdered.
This led him to jump off the ten story building on March 23, only to
be killed by a shotgun blast through a 9th story window.
The medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
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This story occurred on Melbourne radio some time ago. One of the FM
stations has a competition where they ring someone up, ask them three
personal questions, ring their spouse or partner, ask them the same
three
questions, if the answers are the same, the couple win an overseas
holiday. Last week the competition went like this:
Presenter: Hey its XXX-FM, do you want to play the game ?
Brian:Yeah, sure.
Presenter: O.K., Question 1 - When was the last time you had sex?
Brian: Ha Ha, well, about 8 o'clock this morning.
Presenter: And how long did it go for Brian ?
Brian: Hmmmmm .... about 10 minutes.
Presenter: 10 minutes? Good one. And where did you do it?
Brian: Ohhhh , I can't say that.
Presenter: There's a holiday to Bali at stake here Brian !
Brian: O.K. ... O.K. ... On the kitchen table.
Presenter: (and others in the room - much laughter).
Good one Brian, now is it O.K. for us to call your wife ?
Brian: Yeah, alright.
Presenter: Hi Sharelle, how are you ?
Sharelle: Hi. Good thanks.
Presenter: (Explains competition again)
We've got Brian on the other line, say hello.
Sharelle: Hi Brian.
Brian: Hi Sharelle.
Presenter: Now Sharelle, we're going to ask you the same three
questions
we asked Brian and if you give the same answers, you win a trip for
two to
Bali.
Brian: Just tell the truth Honey.
Sharelle: O.K.
Presenter: Sharelle, when was the last time you had sex?
Sharelle: Oohhhh, noooooo. I can't say that on radio.
Brian: Sharelle, it doesn't matter. I've already told them.
Sharelle: O.K. ... About 8:00 this morning before Brian went to work.
Presenter: Good, nice start ! Next question. How long did it go for
Sharelle?
Sharelle: (giggling) About 12, maybe 15 minutes.
Co-Presenter: That's close enough ... Brian was just being a
gentleman.
Presenter: O.K. Sharelle, final question. Where did you do it?
Sharelle: Oh no I can't say that. My mum could be listening. No way,
no.
Presenter: There's a trip to Bali on the line here.
Brian: Sharelle, I've already told them so it doesn't matter anyway..
just tell em.
Sharelle: Ohhhh .... alright .... Up the ass!
Radio Silence
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