Posted on 04/12/2005 1:42:56 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man was beaten to death after catching his wife's lover living in a closet in their home, police said Tuesday.
Rafael DeJesus Rocha-Perez, 35, was charged with homicide in the slaying of 44-year-old Jeffrey A. Freeman over the weekend.
"From time to time, you come across a case with very unique - even bizarre - circumstances," police spokesman Don Aaron said. "This one probably rates right up there with them."
Freeman's wife had allowed Rocha-Perez to live in a closet of the Freemans' four-bedroom home for about a month without her husband's knowledge, police said. On Sunday, her husband heard Rocha-Perez snoring and discovered him, authorities said.
Freeman ordered his wife to get the man out of the house while he went for a walk, authorities said. Martha Freeman told authorities that when her husband returned, Rocha-Perez confronted him with a shotgun, forced him into a bathroom and bludgeoned him.
The Freemans were co-owners of a company that does background checks for apartment rental and job applicants.
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Whoa. I saw that movie. Really weird. 1975-ish.
He drew pictures of the girl whose family lived in the home on the walls of his "home."
Didn't he wind up dating the girl at the end of the movie?
The husband just didn't buy the guy's excuse that he wanted to come out of the closet all his life and was just waiting for the right time.
This sounds like the basis for a great country song.....
So, if you ever find that your wife has been letting some guy live in your closet, shoot first go for a walk later.
The husband was killed by the closet guy
I thought everyone in the closet was gay.
Apparently Mrs. Freedman should have done a more thorough background check of her own "renter."
That country song would be "Revenge of a middle aged woman" by Tracy Byrd.
NO, the story is correct, the man living in the closet, killed the wifes husband, who was living in the rest of the house.
In a manner of saying, he's *stiff*.
*LOL* Thankfully, I don't recall how it ended! (It's bad enough I remembered that much of it!)
the "man in the closet" killed the husband. better read it again
Yipes! I guess I should read these things a little slower.
Soooo, I wonder if the guy in the closet an illegal? Why was he in their closet?
I mean other than he was the wife's pet?
I find the fact that this event merely "rates right up there" rather than tops them all both disturbing and intriguing...particularly since this was in Tennessee and not California.
I'm surprised the wife isn't being charged also. There had to be some conspiring, how did the guy get the shotgun?
I've read the article three times and still can't figure out "who's on first."
No, the closetee killed the husband of the closeter.
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