Posted on 01/16/2005 7:45:51 PM PST by Alouette
(Hazlet, N.J.-WABC, January 16, 2005) A gruesome discovery in New Jersey, as a severed head and body are found near a movie theater in Monmouth County.
Eyewitness News reporter Ken Rosato is live at the scene in Hazlet, with more on this murder mystery.
The police found a head in the woods in the wooded area behind a movie theater, on a busy movie night when hundreds of cars packed the parking lot.
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Yes, I've known some and seen some very sad family situations. Children being "disowned" for attending a high school dance and such. Dated one who had issues, but that was exceptionally "short term". That was the extent of my association with them.
True, true.
NJ and Dearborn,MI .....
I live in Hazlet My friends and neighbors knew Nothing about this Its all hush hush here.Yikes I live about a mile from the movie
Please get back to us if you hear anything on the "grapevine" about this very unusual suicide/homicide.
I mean, who could even think up that way to kill oneself?
See post #143 more info and a link there.
It's not an unheard-of method. In answer to your question, it's generally males who do it, and I would venture that it's those people who want to die and not just make a parasuicidal gesture.
WILL READ LATER
Interesting.
I know suicidal people are not rational, but this method has the risk of not doing a complete job, and having the suicidal person ending up in a pvs. Or injuring/killing innocent bystanders when the car goes out of control.
Some aren't, but this isn't a correct generalization.
...but this method has the risk of not doing a complete job...
Actually, the head comes off much more easily than you might imagine. One of the reasons skilled executioners were so highly valued is that the wrong drop would end up ripping the head off hanged convicts, which is unpleasant for onlookers. Once a table was devised, with drop heights based on weight, it was much less common, but with the vehicle, it's rather a moot point of "complete job"...it's more likely something else would go wrong. Or, as you said, kill innocents.
Surprising to many people is how "personal" methods are to suicidal people. They aren't interchangeable, and what is abhorrent to one person might be the preferred method of another.
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