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Thought you would find this interesting...........
Do you like to read a good murder mystery? Maybe this explains the true
meaning of Convoluted! For those who have served on jury - this one is
something to think about. Just when you think you have heard everything! Not
even Law & Order would attempt to capture this mess - an unbelievable twist
of fate!
At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, (AAFS)
President, Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal
complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story:
On March 23, 1994 - the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus &
concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. Mr. Opus had jumped
from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide.
He left a note to the effect indicating his despondency.
As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast
passing through a window, which killed him instantly.
Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been
installed just below the eighth floor level to protect some building workers
& that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way
he had planned.
The room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied
by an elderly man & his wife.
They were arguing vigorously & he was threatening her with a shotgun!
The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger, he completely missed
his wife & the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.
When one intends to kill subject 'A' but kills subject 'B' in the attempt,
one is guilty of the murder of subject 'B.'
When confronted with the murder charge, the old man & his wife were both
adamant & both said that they thought the shotgun was not loaded.
The old man said it was a long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the
unloaded shotgun.
He had no intention to murder her.
Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident, that is,
assuming the gun had been accidentally loaded.
The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's
son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.
It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support &
the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun
threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would
shoot his mother.
Since the loader of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder
even though he didn't actually pull the trigger.
The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of
Ronald Opus.
Now comes the exquisite twist.
Further investigation revealed that the old couple's son was, in fact,
Ronald Opus.
He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to
engineer his mother's murder.
This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23rd, only to be
killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window.
The son, Ronald Opus, had actually murdered himself.
So, the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
A "true" story from Associated Press.
Do you like to read a good murder mystery? Maybe this explains the true
meaning of Convoluted! For those who have served on jury - this one is
something to think about. Just when you think you have heard everything! Not
even Law & Order would attempt to capture this mess - an unbelievable twist
of fate!
At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, (AAFS)
President, Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal
complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story:
On March 23, 1994 - the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus &
concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. Mr. Opus had jumped
from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide.
He left a note to the effect indicating his despondency.
As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast
passing through a window, which killed him instantly.
Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been
installed just below the eighth floor level to protect some building workers
& that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way
he had planned.
The room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied
by an elderly man & his wife.
They were arguing vigorously & he was threatening her with a shotgun!
The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger, he completely missed
his wife & the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.
When one intends to kill subject 'A' but kills subject 'B' in the attempt,
one is guilty of the murder of subject 'B.'
When confronted with the murder charge, the old man & his wife were both
adamant & both said that they thought the shotgun was not loaded.
The old man said it was a long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the
unloaded shotgun.
He had no intention to murder her.
Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident, that is,
assuming the gun had been accidentally loaded.
The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's
son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.
It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support &
the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun
threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would
shoot his mother.
Since the loader of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder
even though he didn't actually pull the trigger.
The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of
Ronald Opus.
Now comes the exquisite twist.
Further investigation revealed that the old couple's son was, in fact,
Ronald Opus.
He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to
engineer his mother's murder.
This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23rd, only to be
killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window.
The son, Ronald Opus, had actually murdered himself.
So, the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
A "true" story from Associated Press.
