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Husband says he was 'possessed' while killing wife with nail gun
ap on Riverside Press Enterprise ^ | 11/9/07 | AP

Posted on 11/10/2007 6:19:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge

GRASS VALLEY

A Grass Valley man on trial for murder says he felt possessed while he strangled his wife and shot her three times with a nail gun.

Richard Williams says he felt like he was on autopilot during the killing in October 2005.

Williams told jurors he had stopped taking his antidepressant medication when he shot his wife, then himself with the nail gun. Williams wrote a suicide note before trying to kill himself.

He cried as he described shooting the first nail into his wife. But he otherwise showed little emotion during Friday's testimony.

Nevada County prosecutors say Williams planned the slaying weeks in advance.

The case is being tried in Napa County because there was too much media coverage in Nevada County.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: husband; killing; nailgun; possessed
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1 posted on 11/10/2007 6:19:30 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Will he call Linda Blair as an expert witness?


2 posted on 11/10/2007 6:22:54 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hit the nail on the head? One hates to pry....


3 posted on 11/10/2007 6:23:47 PM PST by DainBramage
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To: NormsRevenge
Great excuse....but not as good as the black assistant who said she murdered her boss because she used a racial slur toward her.
4 posted on 11/10/2007 6:25:25 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

This guy needs to be on a new game show, “You take ‘em out!” as a participant at the receiving end of a high velocity object or two.. what a piece of .. we’ll have to wait and see what they say he was or was not taking as far as medications, he may have been a basketcase anyway.


5 posted on 11/10/2007 6:26:20 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Testimony like that will get your sentence upgraded from life in prison to execution.


6 posted on 11/10/2007 6:28:27 PM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: DainBramage
That was really common, and not very bright, are you finished. I'll give you a penny if you are
7 posted on 11/10/2007 6:28:38 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: NormsRevenge

8 posted on 11/10/2007 6:29:49 PM PST by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: Gay State Conservative

‘hate crime’ defense maybe or a spin on it, is that case still going on or what happened? Thx.


9 posted on 11/10/2007 6:30:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: Clintonfatigued

You nailed that one!


10 posted on 11/10/2007 6:31:01 PM PST by The Duke (I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
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To: NormsRevenge

...’possessed’ from of a lack of ‘trim’?


11 posted on 11/10/2007 6:31:20 PM PST by Libloather (Hillary donors find their way to the cover of Time. And the very next day they're doing it...)
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To: NormsRevenge
he shot his wife, then himself with the nail gun.

Article doesn't mention where he shot himself.

12 posted on 11/10/2007 6:34:20 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (Doomage on you)
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To: P8riot

Shes a punch.


13 posted on 11/10/2007 6:36:06 PM PST by DainBramage
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To: NormsRevenge
'hate crime’ defense maybe or a spin on it, is that case still going on or what happened? Thx.

Just the other day there was a story about a big time real estate agent in Manhattan,an "agent to the rich and famous",who was murdered by her assistant.The assistant,who was black,claimed,according to the NY press,that she did it because her boss called her some kind of racial slur.

14 posted on 11/10/2007 6:37:06 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: NormsRevenge

The guy blew it. You gotta cry a whole hell of a lot for the jury. Women know this and are experts at it.

Pluse if the guy isn’t good looking, even the crying probably won’t work for him.

Men just can’t use women’s phony tactics (if they really do cry they are crying ‘cause they got caught) and get away with it like women do.


15 posted on 11/10/2007 6:38:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man
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To: NormsRevenge

Oh, shoot! I have some nice x-rays of heads full of nails and for some reason I can’t post pics lately. Of of the people lived. This guy must have done it wrong. I think the strangling part must be the problem.

He said he planned it for weeks. What’s to plan. Just drag the compressor into the living room and ask her to look into the gun and see if she can see if there’s a nail stuck in it. Then double tap and see how it goes.


16 posted on 11/10/2007 6:39:09 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: DainBramage
Ah, now you're drifting.
18 posted on 11/10/2007 6:41:05 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I saw that. two lives ruined. over words... We’ve all heard of fighting words,, but .. killing words?


19 posted on 11/10/2007 6:42:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: P8riot

I think I have galvanized the facts pretty well. Screw you.


20 posted on 11/10/2007 6:43:52 PM PST by DainBramage
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