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Body Found Hanging Outside VFW Post in Kentucky (just hours after flag burning)
Ap via Yahoo News ^
| 3/22/06
Posted on 03/22/2006 2:43:28 PM PST by Libloather
Body Found Hanging Outside VFW Post in Ky.
2 hours, 17 minutes ago
WINCHESTER, Ky. - A man apparently hanged himself outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post early Wednesday morning, just hours after someone burned an American flag in the same place, Winchester police said.
Detective James Hall said foul play was not suspected.
Hall said the dead man was found by a passer-by about 1 a.m., about two hours after the flag was burned. He was dressed in civilian clothes and found hanging by the flagpole rope, Hall said.
The man had not been identified Wednesday afternoon. Clark County Coroner David Jacobs said he appeared to be in his late 20s or early 30s but was not carrying identification.
The body was sent to the state medical examiner's office in Frankfort for an autopsy.
Winchester, a city of about 16,000 residents, is about 20 miles east of Lexington.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: body; burning; flag; found; hangaround; hanging; kentucky; outside; post; vfw
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To: Libloather
21
posted on
03/22/2006 3:01:43 PM PST
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: Jaysun
"Cleaning all of those jumper's bodies off the streets and sidewalks is going to be a real pain in the ass."
It will be messy, but enimas usually are. Anyway, knowing that the end result will mean a better America because of fewer DemoFoamers, the clean up effort will become instead a labor of love for us all. We just have to hope we're not passing by when one of the loons decides to take a swan dive off a building.
22
posted on
03/22/2006 3:03:55 PM PST
by
MikeA
(Remember: In the 2008 elections we won't beat a superstar with a dimbulb)
To: msnimje
No...it doesn't.
I read it as outside the front door(-ish) of the building. That does NOT seem respectful in my NEVER so humble opinion.
:)
To: Libloather
Have you heard the one about the plastic surgeon who
hung himself? And, if so, how many times and how
many years ago?
24
posted on
03/22/2006 3:06:12 PM PST
by
davisfh
To: Brad's Gramma
Right, but this is an AP article so nothing can be assumed (or even believed).
25
posted on
03/22/2006 3:08:39 PM PST
by
msnimje
(SAMMY for SANDY --- THAT IS WHAT I CALL A GOOD TRADE!!!)
To: Petronski
Didn't you notice that she looked a little better than usual?
26
posted on
03/22/2006 3:09:11 PM PST
by
magslinger
(Pray for your enemies, It's like taking a B52 to a gun fight.)
To: MikeA
Haha.. you owe me a keyboard! Great description. Thanks for the chuckle!
To: Uddercha0s
My pleasure and sorry about the keyboard. Just put it on my tab.
28
posted on
03/22/2006 3:19:05 PM PST
by
MikeA
(Remember: In the 2008 elections we won't beat a superstar with a dimbulb)
To: Libloather
Attorney General's Warning:
Flag burning may be hazardous to your health.
To: msnimje
It does, however, state that "a flag" was burned, and that the flag was burned at 11:00 pm, thus making it very unlikely that it was a ceremonious disposal of a worn flag.
30
posted on
03/22/2006 3:24:08 PM PST
by
webheart
To: dead
ROTFLMAO!!!!
I couldn't place what man she reminded me of--you did it! Ed Begley Jr.
31
posted on
03/22/2006 3:30:39 PM PST
by
GWfan
To: webheart
One can dream and hope, that the flag burner was caught and hung at the scene of his crime....
Semper Fi
32
posted on
03/22/2006 3:30:59 PM PST
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: dead
...she does kinda look like him.........
To: dead
Mr. T as Cindy Sheehan? I can see the resemblence actually,,,,,(sorry T)
To: Petronski
I didn't catch it either...sorry Ed.
To: Spiff
"Did his hands smell like lighter fluid and smoke?"
No, stars and stripes.
36
posted on
03/22/2006 3:59:03 PM PST
by
lawdude
(2006 Republican bumper sticker : Vote Republican: We are NOT democrats!)
To: cyborg
37
posted on
03/22/2006 3:59:22 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: Libloather
Promote that detective. I agree it was clearly suicide.
Only a suicidal man would burn the VFWs flag.
Here's hoping nobody saw nothing.
38
posted on
03/22/2006 4:06:12 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: dead
I hear Droopy Dog is going to play her.
To: msnimje
http://www.winchestersun.com/articles/2006/03/22/local_news/news02.txt
Winchester police are investigating an apparent suicide that occurred at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post at 116 Sterling St. this morning.
Police say an unidentified white male in his 30s was discovered hanging from the flag pole at the VFW post at approximately 1 a.m.
The first officer who arrived on the scene cut down the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner David Jacobs.
At 11:08 p.m. Tuesday, police and the Winchester Fire Department had responded to the same location, where an American flag had been lowered and set on fire. Detective James Hall says he suspects that the same person set fire to the flag and later hanged himself on the flag pole.
Foul play is not suspected, according to Hall.
Hall says the man was 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-8 and weighed between 140-160 pounds.
Police say the man was not carrying identification. They are asking anyone who might know the man's identity to contact the Winchester Police Department at 745-7403.
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posted on
03/22/2006 4:20:58 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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