Posted on 12/29/2006 6:19:21 PM PST by highimpact
The siblings shared a tiny studio apartment that offered little privacy. One slept on a chair, the other on a couch in a room separated by a sheet.
In these cramped quarters, police say, Kimberly Shine and her brother William A. Windsor argued frequently and with little provocation. Their final, fatal argument — which police said led to Windsor killing Shine with an ax — was over a pair of shorts.
Shine, 38, became enraged when Windsor told her he had to wear shorts to an appointment the pair had Wednesday morning for help paying a utility bill because he had no clean pants, according to court documents.
When Windsor began to cry during the argument, Shine continued to berate and belittle him, the documents state.
That's when Windsor grabbed an ax from the closet and repeatedly struck his sister, police say.
He said he attacked his sister, according to court documents, because "he had had enough mental abuse" and "he wanted to make it stop."
In the days leading up to the fatal argument, Windsor told police, he had not been sleeping well. He claimed his sister had been "blaming him and yelling at him for everything, including the cats in the home making noises and waking her up," court documents say.
As they argued Wednesday morning she began to throw things around the apartment, police said. When she went to her side of the room and sat down on the couch, Windsor went to the closet, retrieved his ax and pulled the curtain aside "to scare" his sister, according to police.
He told police he swung the ax at her several times until it became embedded in her skull.
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Burying an axe in her skull is a sure fire way to "make it stop." Then again, so is moving out.
I think he just wanted the bed for a change. Chairs can be so uncomfortable.
He'll be sharing a bed with "Bubba" for the next 25-to-Life in Walla Walla.
Alas, there is only one solution; BAN ALL AXES.
Gives me a great idea for a new rock band, the Banal Axes!
LOL! After a couple of years with "Bubba" Kimberly and the chair might not seem so bad. I think he should have given this a lot more thought before he acted. :O)
Never bring a berate and a belittle to an axefight.
I like "Saddam in Chains" better.
Reminds me of my HS days. I sent a letter to Alice in Chains when they were still unknown outside of the NW, and they sent me a demo tape. I lost track of it after a few years. Too bad, it would sell for a good price today on Ebay.
He could've just axed her nicely...
A brother and sister living together in their 30's? Something ain't right.
LOL! That's cold! Funny, but COLD!
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