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To: Siber who wrote (35320)	5/3/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: ISOMAN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 43774

She doesn't own me. I'm her charity contribution.

To: Siber who wrote (35320)	5/3/1999 3:15:00 PM
From: ISOMAN	Respond to of 43774

> > > > At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, > > AAFS president Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the > > complications of a > > bizarre death. Here is the story: > > > > On March 23, 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus > > and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. Mr. Opus > > had > > jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit > > suicide. > > He left a note to that effect indicating his despondency. As he fell > > past > > the ninth floor his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing > > through > > a window which killed him instantly. Neither the shooter nor the > > decedent > > was aware that a safety net had been installed just below at the > > eighth > > floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus > > would not > > have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned. > > > > "Ordinarily," Dr. Mills continued, "A person who sets out to commit > > suicide and ultimately succeeds even though the mechanism might not > > be what > > he > > intended" is still defined as committing suicide. The fact that Mr. > > Opus was shot in the course of what likely would have been an > > unsuccessful > > suicide attempt led the medical examiner to feel that he had a > > homicide > > on his hands. > > > > The room on the ninth floor whence the shotgun blast emanated was > > occupiedby an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously, > > and > > he > > was threatening her with a shotgun. The man was so upset that when he > > pulled > > the trigger he completely missed his wife, and the pellets went > > through > > the window striking Mister Opus. > > > > When one intends to kill subject A but kills subject B in the attempt, > > one is guilty of the murder of subject B. When confronted with the > > murder > > charge, the old man and his wife were both adamant. They both said > > they > > thought the shotgun was unloaded. The old man said it was his long > > standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had > > no intention to murder her. Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus > > appeared to > > be an accident; that is, the gun had been accidentally loaded. > > > > The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old > > couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal > > accident. It > > transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support; > > and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun > > threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father > > would > > shoot his mother. Therefore the case becomes one of murder on the > > part > > of the son for the death of Ronald Opus. > > > > Now comes the exquisite twist. > > > > Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus. > > He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt > > to > > engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story > > building on March 23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing > > through the ninth-story window. > > > > The son had actually murdered himself; so the medical examiner closed > > the case as a suicide. Very tidy of him. > > > > A true story from Associated Press, by Kurt Westervelt. > > > > > > > > > > >