Posted on 05/16/2016 1:57:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman murdered by her boyfriend had the foresight to audio record her own slaying in Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Wesley Webb apparently began taping while she was engaged in a verbal domestic dispute with her boyfriend Keith Smith on May 2.
She was sitting on the couch and said she was going to take two of the children from the home on Buckwalter Road in Schuykill Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office.
“You want to record it now…?” Smith allegedly said in the recording.
Smith then grabbed his single-shot, 12-gauge shotgun and shot Webb in the chest. The shooting is heard in the recording.
“… How’s that. That’s where we just went,” Smith then allegedly said on the recording.
He then reloaded and turned the shotgun on himself.
Although Smith shot himself in the face, he survived. The three children upstairs – all younger than 14 – came downstairs to find their mother dead – and they called 9-1-1.
Smith allegedly confessed to responding authorities before he was taken to a hospital for treatment. He is being held without bail, and is charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, endangering the welfare of children and other charges.
“This case is a tragic example of technology and the law catching up to criminals,” said Tom Hogan, the Chester County District Attorney. “Until 2012 in Pennsylvania, a victim’s recording of her own murder would have been inadmissible under the Pennsylvania Wiretap Act. This law was changed in 2012, fixing a glaring omission.
“But that is slight Colace for the children and family of the victim in this case,” Hogan added.
Colase? Sounds like some kind of enzyme. I think they would be more interested in solace.
Yeah, the idiot reporter wrote what too many people say these days, referring to a digital recording as ‘taping’. Sheesh...
Got to check Spellcheck.
He assented to the recording.
Colace is a drug to treat constipation. The reporter meant “solace,” and I think he miscopied it from the press release
Wait, first AND third degree murder? Did he revive her and kill her again? Or is a botched suicide considered third degree murder?
I don’t know where the reporter really screwed up, but this is a very screwed up story.
Was this a suicide pact? Did the mother know she was going to be killed? Why are there first degree and third degree murder charges? Unless I’m missing something, it looks like they planned this, except he lived. It sounds like suicide by lunatic boyfriend.
Does it turn your COLon into an ACE or something?
From the internet -
What is Colace (docusate oral/rectal)?
Docusate is a stool softener. It makes bowel movements softer and easier to pass.
Docusate is used to treat or prevent constipation, and to reduce pain or rectal damage caused by hard stools or by straining during bowel movements.
Docusate may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
One would have thought 2nd would be in there too. Ah, the news has too much laxative in there.
Fixed it.
Honey, this is a video to die for?
She needed a firearm instead of a smartphone.
She had the foresight to record?
How about foresight to arm oneself?
I'm not saying the law is an ass, but...
In that case, I don’t mind using old school terms. I still say I Xerox things. Actually, I like to talk about “mimeographing” things. That was probably even obsolete in my day, but I remember hearing old teachers using it.
Ay— good friend of mine— Vito Colace, gumba.
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