Posted on 04/03/2009 10:16:31 PM PDT by Steelfish
April 3, 2009 Police: Butcher may have been paid to slice man in love triangle
Two arrested in attack on father of three who gave unemployed security guard a place to live.
By KIMBERLY EDDS THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
FOUNTAIN VALLEY – A grocery store butcher arrested on suspicion of slicing a 47-year-old delivery driver with a large jagged knife, crushing his skull and nearly cutting off his nose may have been hired by the man's roommate as part of love triangle, authorities said.
The butcher and his accused accomplice are both behind bars in lieu of $1 million bail.
Blood-curdling screams for help woke neighbors in the 17300 block of Euclid Street just before 6 a.m. March 3. Frank Sharpski, a married father of three, had just left his apartment to go to work as a FedEx contract driver when he was attacked by a man with a large knife, said Fountain Valley police Lt. Jim McNeff said.
The screams were "chilling," neighbors told investigators. Some even said they heard the blows of the knife pounding Sharpski's body as he fought for his life.
Sharpski's body had been sliced over and over by a large knife. His thumb, index finger and middle finger on his left hand had been severed.
His skull had been fractured and his nose had nearly been cut from his face. His attacker left him for dead. Officers found his battered and bleeding body in the alley near carports at the apartment complex in which he lives, McNeff said.
He was semiconscious when officers found him but remained in critical condition for several weeks after the attack, McNeff said.
"Right off the bat, we felt this was a very personal attack, based on the severity.
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“Butcher May Have Been Paid To Slice Man In Love Triangle”
He was only able to attempt the one shape, rectangle just wasn’t gonna work.
So this isn’t a humorous story, but seriously, does any editor read the headlines before they put them out?
Dear Lord, I’m sorry. I hope the guy recovers. First thing my sick mind thought of? “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover”....
wayyyyy past bedtime.....
LOL! Neat observation
Very sad. I hope the perps get plenty of jail time.
I would have rather been shot to death.
I saw that too.
He’s alive? Holy smokes.
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