Posted on 08/31/2011 6:21:28 PM PDT by Libloather
Fort Bragg Suspect Wanted in Second Murder, Was Growing Opium Poppies
By Jay Barmann in News on August 31, 2011 2:30 PM
Aaron Bassler, suspected of shooting Fort Bragg city councilman Jere Melo last Saturday, remains at large, and now his father has come forward to tell reporters that his son is schizophrenic, and that he was likely responsible for a second murder that occurred 30 miles away on August 11. James Bassler says his son had refused psychiatric treatment, and had moved into the woods after going broke four months ago. Furthermore, investigators have found two small poppy fields in the woods where Bassler was confronted by Melo and another witness who survived. They say the fields aren't "sophisticated" and look like they were for personal use.
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Northern California is a funny place.
Just a thought. If drugs were legal, Melo would probably be alive today. They want a War On (some) Drugs, they’ve got one. Toss another body on the body count, and keep on fighting.
Do you mean funny ha ha or funny peculiar?
I once asked my German sister-in-law what kind of comedians they had in Germany. "Nothing is funny in Germany," she replied.
It is not illegal to grow opium poppies. The little black seeds you some times see on buns are in fact from opium poppies. Is is just incredibly labor intensive to harvest the opium that no one would bother in the US. You could make more working at McDonalds.
Fergot my pistola and felt pretty naked out there dry camping in Muir Woods II with no heat!!!
Not a really remote place, but it sure feels like it!!!
bunkers and snipers nests?
wow..
or should I say.. WoD.
Northern California is a funny place.
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SoCal is a hoot too.. :-]
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