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Man's body found stuck in store ceiling
Star-Telegram ^
| 3-22-07
| BILL MILLER
Posted on 03/22/2007 10:54:37 AM PDT by Dysart
The body of a young man, whose legs were found Thursday morning dangling from a vent hood in the ceiling of a Dallas convenience store, appears to have suffocated while trying to enter the store from the roof, police said.
The discovery was made by an employee of the Express Mart in the 7400 block of Harry Hines Boulevard, said Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther, police spokeswoman. The neighborhood is between Interstate 35E, also known as Stemmons Freeway, and Dallas Love Field airport in northwest Dallas.
"We know the lady closed the store at 10 oclock last night, and then opened it again at 9:25 a.m.," Crowther said. "When she walked in she found the lower portion of the mans body, his legs, hanging from the vent hood in the ceiling above her grill.
"It appears the man attempted to enter building from the roof, and it appears he suffocated."
But, Crowther noted, the Dallas County Medical Examiners Office will determine the exact cause of death. Meanwhile, she added, investigators must try to learn the mans identity because he didnt have any identification.
The victim appeared to be a Latin male in his late teens or early 20s, Crowther said.
"It took the fire department quite a while to get him out of there," Crowther said. "They had to cut through the roof and the vent hood with special tools and then they had to pull him up back through the roof."
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aninconvenientroof; boyinthehood; ceilinghisfate; darwinaward; dumbcriminalfile; stuckonstupid
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Growing up--dreaming who he might become one day and where life's twists and turns(sorry) may lead him--I bet our hero here never imagined that he'd go out like this.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:54:39 AM PDT
by
Dysart
To: Dysart
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:55:33 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Fred Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86)
To: Dysart
Oh, those wacky immigrants!
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:56:51 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Republicans - the battered wives of Democrats.)
To: Dysart
But you likely could find one of his teachers who wouldn't be surprised.
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:57:31 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
To: Dysart
"Sostenga mi cerveza y mire esto."
< /Bad Spanish translation>
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:58:08 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Fred Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86)
To: Dysart
"We know the lady closed the store at 10 oclock last night, and then opened it again at 9:25 a.m.He died at 7:11
To: Dysart
appears to have suffocated while trying to enter the store from the roof
Sounds like a wrongful death lawsuit - they should have installed a vent large enough that it wouldn't have posed such a hazard. (/sarcasm)
To: LIConFem
"Darwin Award nominee. And likely winner!!
To: LIConFem
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posted on
03/22/2007 10:59:51 AM PDT
by
Ladysmith
((NRA, SAS) "These lefties are terminally inebriated on dishonesty." The Nuge)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
He died at 7:11
ROTFLMBO!!
To: GrandEagle
Don't give 'em any ideas.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:00:34 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: Dysart
Any lawyers already on the case? Can't let people get away with death traps for burglars on their roof.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:00:35 AM PDT
by
sumocide
To: Dysart
Tough way to get a slurpee.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:01:14 AM PDT
by
rod1
(uake)
To: Dysart
One less schmuck in the world.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:02:51 AM PDT
by
petercooper
("Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime." - Nicole Gelinas - 02-10-04)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
"We know the lady closed the store at 10 oclock last night, and then opened it again at 9:25 a.m."He: Wait a minute. Your sign says, "Open 24 hours".
She: Not in a row!
(rim shot)
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:02:53 AM PDT
by
robertpaulsen
(With thanks to Steven Wright.)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:03:43 AM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
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To: Dysart
Ooh! I hate it when that happens.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:03:51 AM PDT
by
Palladin
(Surrender is not an option.)
To: GrandEagle
they should have installed a vent large enough Heartless bastards! At least a source of oxygen and an emergency supply of water are required in such situations.
If there going to have openings on the roof, it is only right to assume that someone will eschew the normal entrance and attempt other means of entry in order to enjoy the promise of a better life inside.
To: rod1
"Tough way to get a slurpee."
Or cold remedies for making crack. Or maybe steal an ATM machine. Heck, the possibilities are endless.
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posted on
03/22/2007 11:05:35 AM PDT
by
poobear
(This "culture of corruption" has been festering on both sides for too long.)
To: Dysart
Maybe he was just shy and wouldn't use the front door....
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