Ellington

I was perusing the news headlines and found this

Headline: "Severed head flies from truck in 'bizarre and tragic' collision"

Short Intro:

A Boise police officer was driving behind Alofa Time's truck on a busy road when he noticed the man's erratic driving and then watched him slam into the car, police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said.

Time, 51, who was not injured, told officers he was involved in his wife's death, investigators said.

After searching Time's house in Nampa, police found the decapitated body of 47-year-old Theresa N. Time in a car inside the garage, authorities said. She likely had been dead for several hours, Nampa Police Lt. LeRoy Forsman said.

Money Quote:

An autopsy was scheduled next week to determine Theresa Time's cause of death, Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris said.

Now beyond the strange phrasing of that last sentence, I have only one thing to say. I may be way off base here...but I'm going to go with "head missing" as the cause of death.

What about you?

Previous Comments

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106562

Comment

I bet somewhere in Vegas there is a bookie who takes odds on causes of death. You might be able to make a little money on this one.

Author

GLB

Date

2006-06-16T19:02:41-06:00

ID

106563

Comment

Yup, ranks up there on the old "Gee, you think?!" scale.

Author

Ironghost

Date

2006-06-16T22:05:12-06:00

ID

106564

Comment

I probably watch Cold Case Files and The New Detectives way too much, but when I read the article I just took it as a matter of course that he killed his wife first and then decapitated the remains to make her body harder to identify. Cheers, TH

Author

Tom Head

Date

2006-06-17T23:54:18-06:00

ID

106565

Comment

Thank you, Captain Literal. ;)

Author

Lori G

Date

2006-06-18T00:13:11-06:00