The most unexpected weapons of real murders (21 photos)
Death can strike at the most unexpected moment. And its tools can be objects whose purpose is completely different, not lethal.
And even vice versa.
Student Drew Clark helped his friend in a fight and hit his opponent with a fire extinguisher. A few days later the man died in hospital.
A stranger poked a man in the back with an umbrella as he calmly walked around Hannover. Through the built-in needle, mercury entered the victim's body, causing coma and death.
In 2004, Jimmy Hackley from Florida strangled a young woman with sweatpants.
A Chinese student named Chen Liu was killed with a pneumatic hammer. The boy's body was found wrapped in a carpet. An autopsy showed that there were 34 nails in the victim’s skull.
A teenager from Texas killed his five-year-old neighbor just because the boy seemed annoying to him. The murder weapon was a bowling ball, and the killer received 23 years in prison.
In the winter of 2008, the relatives of Brooklyn resident Murat Saint Hilaire found a man dead. An ordinary corkscrew was sticking out of the dead man's head.
Jason Webster '21 performed like Othello and spared his 26-year-old girlfriend Rebecca Love the trouble of making excuses during a jealous fit after drinking heavily. When she was found, the corpse had more than 90 wounds, which the guy inflicted with an ordinary pen.
Danny Kirk, who served as pastor of the Texas Baptist Church, has died. He was killed by Derrick Birdow, who was overcome by a paranoid attack. Derrick beat the unfortunate church minister to death with an electric guitar.
This useful tool has even inspired filmmakers. Meanwhile, there are cases of its real use: in 2010, Jose Corona used as many as two chainsaws to cut his own wife into pieces.
Debra Hewitt from Louisiana managed to deal with her boyfriend using a prosthetic leg, balancing on one leg during the blows.
Two guys quarreled in the hostel on domestic grounds - they did not share a pillow. As a result, Michael Desiderio dealt with his friend Riccardo Richardson in a very epic way - with the help of a katana.
Actor Ramon Novarro, who starred in the film “Ben Hur,” was deprived of his life in an equally original way. A dildo was stuffed into the man's mouth, blocking the air supply. The killers turned out to be ordinary robbers who snuck into the house for the purpose of making money, but ended up with only twenty.
Richard Clare tried to rob disabled Timothy Maggie. But the disabled man began to resist. Then the attacker hit the victim on the back of the head with a dessert spoon, which tore the artery and was fatal.
Donna Lang strangled her boyfriend with her own breasts after falling asleep on him while drunk. Witnesses claimed that he screamed, but the woman did not react.
This is certainly terrible, but China Arnold used a useful kitchen appliance to take the life of her own child, her daughter Paris, who was not even a month old. To do this, it was enough to run the microwave with the baby inside for two minutes. The killer went to serve life without the right to parole.
The guy killed his 20-year-old girlfriend using a game console. He just beat the unfortunate woman to death.
The matter is old, but legend says that two Vikings, Faber and Sowden, who had quarreled during a game, began throwing pieces at each other. Then Faber grabbed a heavy chessboard and hit Sowden on the head, from which the northerner died instantly.
Edith Maxwell hit her father with a high-heeled shoe in the heat of an argument. The man died, the girl went to prison for a quarter of a century. Apparently the devil really doesn't mind using Prada.
Little Monique Fulham was abused and then strangled with a jump rope. The child's body was found hanging in the closet by the grandmother.
Martin and Christina quarreled. It would seem like an ordinary case in a couple. But the man was categorical and put an end to it with a blow to his ex-lover’s head with a toilet lid.