[BenLurkin]

You ask me -- he had tried to knock over a liquour store and was on the lam.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Yeah, it is kind of pointless to speculate on the motive of the murder, if there was a murder.

[Sacajaweau]

Copper Axe: I'm inclined to think he stole or found the axe and took off like a wounded animal. He wasn't the victim but the man in the black hat.

They left the axe "to make it look like an accident". And when was the coroner suppose to show up?? And the trial judge?

Fun stuff though!!!

[Welsh Rabbit]

It appears that Otzi was the victim of a hate crime: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_229.html