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Man Builds Guillotine to Kill Himself
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 9/12/07
| AP
Posted on 09/12/2007 8:37:34 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
(09-12) 14:05 PDT Allen Park, Mich. (AP) --
The body of a 41-year-old man was found in a wooded area next to a guillotine he built and used to kill himself, police said. The man, from the Detroit suburb of Melvindale, was discovered Monday by workers from a shopping center near his home.
Allen Park Deputy Police Chief Dale Covert said the roughly six-foot tall guillotine was bolted to a tree and included a swing arm. Covert said police also found several store receipts detailing the materials used to assemble the device...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: acutabove; adropinthebasket; bratwurstisbetter; cuttingedgedude; cuttingremarks; darwinwinsagain; guillotine; headedforhell; lose10uglypoundsfast; suicide; weirdstuff
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posted on
09/12/2007 8:37:36 PM PDT
by
TFFKAMM
To: TFFKAMM
Horrible. Just terrible.
Terrible story.
Any way you slice it.
2
posted on
09/12/2007 8:39:11 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
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To: TFFKAMM
Only a guy would do all this.
3
posted on
09/12/2007 8:41:31 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(Romney longed to serve in Vietnam, ask me for the quote.)
To: TFFKAMM
Wonder if he placed the catch bag so that his last visions would be of his blood spurting neck above him or the treetops? This had to be one sick pup but you gotta admit he is smarter than Kivorkian.
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posted on
09/12/2007 8:41:35 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
To: TFFKAMM
Prayers for this misguided soul.
5
posted on
09/12/2007 8:41:35 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: TFFKAMM
The body of a 41-year-old man was found in a wooded area next to a guillotine he built and used to kill himself, police said.The "body" was found? What about the head?
6
posted on
09/12/2007 8:41:55 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Allen Park Deputy Police Chief Dale Covert said the roughly six-foot tall guillotine was bolted ......
I wonder if the police chief is a covert officer.
7
posted on
09/12/2007 8:42:04 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: AmericanInTokyo
I can’t believe it was so bad he lost his head over it.
8
posted on
09/12/2007 8:42:04 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(The DemocRAT party is the party of TREASON! Overthrow the terrorist's congress!)
To: TFFKAMM
I wonder if anyone was holding his beer?
9
posted on
09/12/2007 8:43:16 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(Ars longa, vita brevis. Too brevis.)
To: TFFKAMM
To: TFFKAMM
“receipts detailing the materials used to assemble the device...”
Just wondering, did he buy the stuff on credit?
11
posted on
09/12/2007 8:44:12 PM PDT
by
rusureitflies?
(OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD! There, I said it. Prove me wrong.)
To: garyhope
This is a horrible thing. Why am I laughing at these lame jokes?
To: liege
To: rusureitflies?
Was that on an episode of DYI??? Musta missed it.
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posted on
09/12/2007 8:45:30 PM PDT
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: liege
I don't know!
No need for us to be cutting up like this on FR!
15
posted on
09/12/2007 8:45:30 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
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To: liege
This is a horrible thing. Why am I laughing at these lame jokes?
Now that's funny
16
posted on
09/12/2007 8:46:09 PM PDT
by
dc27
To: liege
This is a horrible thing. Why am I laughing at these lame jokes?
Now that's funny
17
posted on
09/12/2007 8:46:11 PM PDT
by
dc27
To: shankbear
Hope nobody tries to mail a video of this into Jackass and MTV!
18
posted on
09/12/2007 8:46:17 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
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To: TFFKAMM
I am terribly sorry but when I read this story I laughed so loud I think the neighbors might be awake. All this time and effort to kill yourself???
19
posted on
09/12/2007 8:46:31 PM PDT
by
Xenophon450
(They say it's lonely at the top, then I am as lonely as can be.)
To: TFFKAMM
Some people are taking the housing bust pretty hard.
20
posted on
09/12/2007 8:46:39 PM PDT
by
Nachoman
(My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
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