Man Accused of Murdering 90-Year-Old Woman Blames 'The Walking Dead'

thedailybeast.com ^ | Oct. 1, 2016 | Katie Zavadski

[PROCON]

An Arkansas murder was a practice run for the zombie apocalypse, according to an unusual accusation made by prosecutors in an Arkansas courtroom.

Prosecutors allege that Richard Jordan Tarver, 31, kidnapped a 90-year-old woman from her home in July 2015 and forced her into the trunk of her car. When they got to a nearby cornfield, he allegedly pointed a .38-caliber handgun at the back of her head and fired, killing the elderly woman. Lavinda Counce wasn’t found for ten days.

Prosecutor Grant DeProw told jurors that Tarver binged on zombie television shows and decided to see how he’d fare in the event that truth mirrored fiction.

“He wanted to feel what it felt like to kill someone,” DeProw said.

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Z nation is fun.

[EinNYC]

Let this useless sack of chemicals get another real-life experience-—the death sentence. I don’t care how they do it, this waste of space and oxygen needs to stop breathing. I can’t imagine the terror and agony that poor 90 year old woman experienced, who didn’t deserve a second of it.