NY Woman Charged in Shoe Slaying

Newsday ^ | June 8, 2003, 11:11 PM EDT | Associated Press

[yonif]

NEW YORK -- A woman whose ex-boyfriend died after she beat him with her size-12 high-heel shoe was charged with manslaughter Sunday, police said. Roosevelt Bonds, 51, died early Saturday after the brawl outside a Brooklyn nightclub, police said. Anna Rhinehart, 40, apparently knocked him down and beat him repeatedly with the shoe, police said. The two had a child together but their relationship had recently become strained, police said. A spokeswoman for the city medical examiner said Bonds died of chest compression and blunt trauma to the head, neck and torso. Rhinehart was awaiting arraignment.

[Slings and Arrows]

I hope this doesn't sound ghoulish, but I wonder what kind of shoe? (I'm interested in improvised weapons for self-defense.)

[connectthedots]

The two had a child together but their relationship had recently become strained, police said.

Good detective work.

[capitan_refugio]

Shoes don't kill people. People kill people.

Where is Senator Feinstein when we need her?

/sarcasm off/

[SAJ]

Wow. Talk about your pump action!

[AZLiberty]

... size-12 high-heel shoe ...

Something like that should have been registered as a deadly weapon.

[Fawnn]

...she beat him with her size-12 high-heel shoe....

Something tells me that Anna is not a tiny woman.

[Cheapskate]

Even though i'm not a girt eatin,scum suckin lawyer(or a pencil necked geek)
I can get her off on that charge
"ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client was in the middle of a dream where she was in Iraq beating the statue of Saddam Hussein with her size 12 shoe."
She was performing a public service

[sarcasm]

Rhinehart was charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon - her big shoes.

[tictoc]

You win :-)

[PianoMan]

Close the loophole:

Women can buy these at Neiman Marcus without even registering!

[genefromjersey]

If the shoe don't fit, you must acquit !!

[basil]

How soon before NY outlaws shoes?

[Slings and Arrows]

D'OH! I've got to be more awake when I read these things!

Size 12 - that's a heaping helping of shoe.

[CaptainJustice]

Wow. Talk about your pump action!

Zing!

[TightyRighty]

She's a real heel!

[genefromjersey]

I wonder if those were ".50 caliber" shoes ?? CALIFORNIA ALERT !!

[Xenalyte]

Wow. And here I thought my size-tens were just for standing and walking! (Yes, yes, just like Rory Calhoun.)

[capitan_refugio]

Ding ding ding ding ding!

Friends, we have a winner in the Pun-of-the-Day contest!

[Librarina]

Say, up in Harlem,
At a table for two,
There were four of us,
Me, your big feet and you!
From your ankles up, I say you sure are sweet,
From there down, there's just too much feet!

Your feet's too big!
Don't want ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Can't use ya 'cause your feet's too big!
I really hate ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Yeah!

Oh, your pedal extremities are colossal!
To me you look just like a fossil!
You got me walkin', talkin' and squawkin',
'Cause your feet's too big, yeah!

Your pedal extremities really are obnoxious.