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Wood Chipper Kills Santa Cruz Worker
NBC Bay Area ^
| Mon, Jun 7, 2010
| KATHERINE HALL
Posted on 06/08/2010 2:21:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: sten
unless the wood chipper sprouted legs, ran over, grabbed him and ate himYou never know.
To: sten
Of course, journalists are supposed to avoid passive voice as much as possible...
To: nickcarraway
Boy, for a minute there I thought Santa Clause might be short-handed!
To: JennysCool
One of my all time favorite films.
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posted on
06/08/2010 2:49:07 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!)
To: nickcarraway
So he was wood chippered down, was he?
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posted on
06/08/2010 2:50:46 PM PDT
by
chris37
To: nickcarraway
Man oh man...
There are probably worse ways to go, but right now I can't think of any.
But it brings to mind:
SAFETY FIRST!!!
ALWAYS!
ALWAYS!
ALWAYS!!
SAFETY FIRST!!!
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posted on
06/08/2010 2:58:39 PM PDT
by
djf
To: nickcarraway
There was a case in 1986 in Connecticut in which an airline pilot murdered his wife, froze her body, cut it up in pieces using a chain saw, then fed the pieces through a rented wood chipper on a bridge over a lake in the middle of the night during a snow storm. Unfortunately for the murderer, a snow plow operator remembered where he'd seen a chipper in the night. The murderer got 99 years after the prosecution matched teeth found in the chipper output to his wife's dental records.
The Woodchipper Murder Case
Dr. Henry Lee, of OJ and JonBenét fame, led the forensics team.
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posted on
06/08/2010 2:59:48 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: 999replies
If that happened to me, I would be all mixed and and in pieces. I wouldn't feel too chipper about it, myself.
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:00:07 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: djf
no kidding! I can’t imagine. The sleeve on his shirt probably got caught and he probably got pulled in by his hands first.
Can you imagine your horror realizing you’re getting pulled into one of those things?
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:03:56 PM PDT
by
MNDude
To: cynwoody
They had that case on Forensic Files. They fed a pig carcass through the wood chipper to estimate where the remains would go. (in this case the edge of a creek) The culprit also left some of their mail at the scene of the crime, I think.
To: MNDude
Yes. Don’t they have a kill switch?
To: MNDude
I’m still kicking myself in the backside... earlier this week I had to drill out a washer to fit a bigger nut and I started and was about a minute and a half into it until I realized I had no safety glasses on!
So I put em on and finished the job but damn... I’m normally way more cautious than that.
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:09:22 PM PDT
by
djf
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:12:37 PM PDT
by
999replies
(Thune/Rubio 2012)
To: nickcarraway
Yes. Dont they have a kill switch? Nick, it already kills.
I think it needs a "don't kill" switch instead.
Just sayin'.
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:12:39 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:13:08 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: djf
To: djf
BOY, talk about letting a headline lead you astray...
I thought Tigers wife was chasing him down the driveway again with one of his chipping irons.....oh well....
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:14:55 PM PDT
by
xrmusn
((6/98 ) FIRE ALL INCUMBENTS)
To: nickcarraway
The culprit also left some of their mail at the scene of the crime, I think. That's true. When they located the scene, one of the first things Dr. Lee found was a scrap of paper with the victim's name and address. So, maybe the corpse was fully clothed with a letter in a pocket. Or maybe the killer decided to shred some other stuff along with the body. From Chapter 10:
In the end, Dr. Lee said, "Our team's efforts at Lake Zoar eventually led to the discovery of 2,660 strands of blond hair, 69 slivers of human bone, 5 droplets of human blood, 2 teeth, a truncated piece of human skull, 3 ounces of human tissue, a portion of human finger, 1 fingernail, and 1 portion of toe nail."
The shredding took place 19 November, and Dr. Lee and his team began examining the site on 30 December.
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:17:10 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: nickcarraway
Back many years ago I had to use one of these.
Scared the @&$# out of me everytime I had to use it.
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posted on
06/08/2010 3:17:17 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: nickcarraway
A life tragically cut short.
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