Posted on 04/12/2005 1:42:56 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man was beaten to death after catching his wife's lover living in a closet in their home, police said Tuesday.
Rafael DeJesus Rocha-Perez, 35, was charged with homicide in the slaying of 44-year-old Jeffrey A. Freeman over the weekend.
"From time to time, you come across a case with very unique - even bizarre - circumstances," police spokesman Don Aaron said. "This one probably rates right up there with them."
Freeman's wife had allowed Rocha-Perez to live in a closet of the Freemans' four-bedroom home for about a month without her husband's knowledge, police said. On Sunday, her husband heard Rocha-Perez snoring and discovered him, authorities said.
Freeman ordered his wife to get the man out of the house while he went for a walk, authorities said. Martha Freeman told authorities that when her husband returned, Rocha-Perez confronted him with a shotgun, forced him into a bathroom and bludgeoned him.
The Freemans were co-owners of a company that does background checks for apartment rental and job applicants.
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Bad Ronald?
Anyone recall that movie?
Again, you need to have pictures of the miscreants to truly appreciate the situation.
Well, I guess it's better than living in a van down by the river.
Am I the only one here to notice this poignant irony...?
Out of the closet ping.
Have you ever known a brother who have another like ah girl or wife
And you just had to stop and just 'cos he look just as nice
You looked at him, he looked at you and you knew right away
That he had someone but he was gonna be yours anyway
You couldn't be seen with him and honestly you didn't care
'Cos in a room behind a door no one but y'all are there
When y'all are finish, y'all can leave and only y'all would know
And then y'all could throw the skeleton bones right in the closet do'
Now don't be shocked 'cos if you're down I want your hands up high
Say OPP (OPP) I like to say with pride
Now when you do it, do it well and make sure that it counts
You're now down with a discount
He wasn't going to lose his happy closet-home just because he snores!
They were no doubt kickin' it old school.
Also "Hider in the House" with Gary Busey
Sadly, yes. (Checking my memory: made for TV movie, about a sick teenager who had a hidden room with peep holes, inside of a house that had changed ownership?)
skeletons in the closet ping
He used to live under the bed but his dog wouldn't keep quiet.
now she gots a corpse
His friends all claimed he was "a kept man."
"Freeman's wife had allowed Rocha-Perez to live in a closet of the Freemans' four-bedroom home for about a month without her husband's knowledge...".
What a gal...
"this is way beyond weird"
No kidding! The way I see it, the man in the closet wasn't charged with murder, he was murdered. Yet the title of the thread is "Man living in closet charged with murder".
No one else sees this?
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