Man beheads rival, puts head on hood of car

the Sun Sentinel ^ | 2/4/02 | Staff

[Luis Gonzalez]

ST. PETERSBURG -- A man beheaded his rival during an early morning fight Monday and then placed the severed head on the hood of a car for neighbors to see, police said.

Officers came upon the scene as the man was trying to arrange a mirror in front of the decapitated head. Police said the suspect, Dennis George Roache, 34, has a history of mental illness.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Is there a full moon tonight?

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Goin' out of my head, over you!
Out of my head, over you!
Out of my head.
Day and night, night and day."

[ChuteTheMall GawdSortaMount]

Two less Floriduh voters.

[Rain-maker]

Candidate for exploritory brain surgery!

[SauronOfMordor]

Somebody, somewhere will turn this into a reason for gun control

[oldvike]

Holy cow! That's just insane!!!!!!

[Rubber Duckie]

Let me guess . . . a "peace-loving" Muslim and/or a Al Qaida recruit . . .

[headsonpikes]

'Headsontoyotas" just don't have that swing!

[HairOfTheDog]

One officer at the scene said this was the most gruesome thing he'd seen in a really long time...

I would hate to work in his district. Really long time? What has he seen more gruesome than this?

[onyx]

Imprison the man alongside of the terrorists we're detaining in Cuba. Let them see a "real" American!

[RightWhale]

He was adjusting the mirror so the head, if it were alive, could see itself

And the result was?

[45Auto]

Police said he'd bought the machete Sunday at a Pinellas Park flea market.

I know, don't tell me, we "gotta close the flea market-machete loophole."!

[Own Drummer]

Of course.... no one needs a knife blade longer than 4"... and machetes are "military weapons"--I mean, they're issued to Marines, even.

Thank goodness there is a Brady Bill--otherwise this loony might have [gasp] shot this poor man, instead of just decapitating him.

[boothead]

Getting ready to hang a sign below the head-I ain't got no body.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Do your boys know you're playing on the computer? =^)

[mvonfr]

He is one honest man; he did it and did not attempt to hide. Between this roach and condit, whom do you invite to dinner?

I think we should pardon him, give him a bigger knife, and send him to Iraq.

[real saxophonist]

Well, that's one way to do it...

[Lazamataz]

The woman told police Roache was wielding a 2½-foot machete. Police said he'd bought the machete Sunday at a Pinellas Park flea market.

Those damned unregulated knife shows! We need a three day waiting period and a criminal background check before people can buy knives at one of those shady knife shows!

[Luis Gonzalez]

"...her former boyfriend broke into the home of her current boyfriend, Gregory L. Shannon, 18."

Hair of the Dog?

I guess old Greg just found out that he was messing with...

a sonofabitch!

[Lazamataz]

The woman told police Roache was wielding a 2½-foot machete. Police said he'd bought the machete Sunday at a Pinellas Park flea market.

Those damned unregulated knife shows! We need a three day waiting period and a criminal background check before people can buy knives at one of those shady knife shows!