Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Man faces trial on charges he shot wife over dirty dishes
Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^ | Thursday, August 11, 2005 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/11/2005 12:47:31 PM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy

Man faces trial on charges he shot wife over dirty dishes Thursday, August 11, 2005

The Associated Press

WAYNESBURG -- A man charged with shooting his 17-year-old wife after an argument over dirty dishes was ordered to stand trial on criminal homicide and other charges.

At a preliminary hearing yesterday, state police said James Russell Petrie, 27, of Richhill Township, told them he was watching "Dr. Phil" on television when his wife came downstairs July 7 and also started watching the show.

Petrie said he asked his wife, Jessica, why there were still dirty dishes in the sink. She told him she would "get to them," angering her husband who felt he was being ignored, police said.

That's when Petrie took a .22-caliber gun and shot his wife in the head, police said.

Petrie at first told investigators he checked to make sure the gun wasn't loaded, but later acknowledged that he hadn't checked the gun before pulling the trigger, police said.

Jessica Petrie died about 10 hours later at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: dishes
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-66 next last
Yeah, ok.


1 posted on 08/11/2005 12:47:32 PM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy

I blame Dr. Phil!


2 posted on 08/11/2005 12:48:58 PM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy (Be not afraid...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy

27 with a 17 year-old wife? That explains it all.


3 posted on 08/11/2005 12:49:46 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy
Petrie said he asked his wife, Jessica, why there were still dirty dishes in the sink. She told him she would "get to them," angering her husband who felt he was being ignored, police said.

That's when Petrie took a .22-caliber gun and shot his wife in the head, police said.

Well, that solved the problem didn't it. Wanna bet the dishes are still there?

4 posted on 08/11/2005 12:50:17 PM PDT by The_Victor (I'm adrift, my tagline just snapped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #5 Removed by Moderator

To: pittsburgh gop guy

A 27-year-old male marrying a 17-year-old girl is mentally unstable to begin with.


6 posted on 08/11/2005 12:52:11 PM PDT by Millee (Earth First! We'll log the other planets later!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy; mhking

BTTT


7 posted on 08/11/2005 12:53:02 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy

I can understand a poorly ironed shirt but not this. ;-) (sarc)


8 posted on 08/11/2005 12:53:16 PM PDT by sierrahome (Life is tough enough without being stupid.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Millee
A 27-year-old male marrying a 17-year-old girl is mentally unstable to begin with

Depends on what she looks like ... :-)

9 posted on 08/11/2005 12:53:18 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Nemo me impune lacessit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy
If there is justice in the world, he will get to wash dishes in prison for 40 years and become the "wife" of another inmate.
10 posted on 08/11/2005 12:54:32 PM PDT by msnimje
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dotsiluv
Welcome to FR?

Nice comment

11 posted on 08/11/2005 12:54:51 PM PDT by JimWforBush (Alcohol - For the best times you'll never remember)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Millee

Maybe they were even cousins...

Oops! Did I say that one out loud?


12 posted on 08/11/2005 12:54:54 PM PDT by Kurt_D
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy

27 year old with a 17 year old wife....Sounds like Waynesburg to me.....

Or maybe some of the backwoods areas of northern Armstrong County, hehehehehe


13 posted on 08/11/2005 12:56:09 PM PDT by PAMadMax (Islam is the enemy of all mankind...AlJazeera is its PR Firm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy
I blame Dr. Phil!

And I thought watching "Dr. Phil" together was supposed to be good for your marriage...
14 posted on 08/11/2005 12:56:25 PM PDT by Thrusher (Remember the Mog.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Millee
A 27-year-old male marrying a 17-year-old girl is mentally unstable to begin with.

This has to rank in with one of the stupidest statements I have ever read on FR, not the dumbest but close. Granted this guy was an idiot but lots of marriages have 10 years between the partners without it showing any mental instability on either ones part. What crap!

15 posted on 08/11/2005 12:56:47 PM PDT by calex59 (If you have to take me apart to get me there, then I don't want to go!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy

Terrible thing...him shooting his first cousin like that.


16 posted on 08/11/2005 12:57:30 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JimWforBush
Welcome to FR?
Nice comment


"This account has been banned or suspended."

Wow, that was fast!
17 posted on 08/11/2005 12:57:56 PM PDT by Thrusher (Remember the Mog.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: AliVeritas
27 with a 17 year-old wife? That explains it all.M

No it doesnt
Tragic end to a troubled life

Seventeen-year-old Jessica Morris Petrie, who died Thursday of a bullet wound to the head allegedly inflicted by her husband, lived a hard life, said several people who knew her.
Petrie survived cancer of the kidney, then cancer of the lungs, Betty Ealy of Waynesburg said Friday. Ealy owns the property on Chapman Road in Richhill Township where Petrie and her husband, James, 27, lived.
18 posted on 08/11/2005 12:58:16 PM PDT by boxerblues
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy
Well that was stupid! Now he can't have kids that could do the dishes, mow the lawn and clean out the garage! Doh!
;-)
19 posted on 08/11/2005 12:58:33 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pittsburgh gop guy

I DID expect to see "Cletus" or at least a middle name of "Bob" somewhere in the article.


20 posted on 08/11/2005 12:58:34 PM PDT by digger48
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-66 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson