Man chops up his ex-girlfriend...

...and claims it was because of a Wiccan "blood oath".

Quote :

A man who was charged Friday with killing his ex-girlfriend earlier
this month asked a friend to drive him around a rural area of Snohomish
County so he could dispose of the victim's dismembered body, according
to prosecutors.


The friend led police to numerous places around the Reiter Road
gravel pit, east of Gold Bar, where the body parts were recovered by
investigators, prosecutors said in court documents. Some had been
buried and some had been left on the ground, according to court
documents.

That's.... um, not how you dispose of something. Much less a body.
Then again, this guy isn't just vicious, he's dumb as a box of rocks, too:

Quote :

Eric Christensen, 40, of Gold Bar, was charged in Snohomish Superior
Court on Friday with first-degree murder in the slaying of his
35-year-old girlfriend, Sherry Harlan.

...

Christensen told police the text message was evidence Harlan had
broken a "Wiccan blood oath" she'd made to break off a relationship
with the other man, prosecutors allege.

I... um, I'm pretty sure Wiccans don't do those.

Quote :

Two days later, a friend of Christensen's called police to say he'd
helped him dispose of Harlan's dismembered body. The friend led police
to the places where Christensen had left the remains.

Wow.

Is it bad I'm just pissed that the Catholics will be on this one like Oprah on a Twinkie?
I hate to see idiots like this one giving weapons to the fundies. I'd love to ask this guy to describe the major Wiccan holidays and see how many he can name.
Does he think that the jury will be easier on him because he's a heathen? Most of the jurors wouldn't tell a Wiccan from a Laveyan satanist from a Neopagan from an otakin.

A guy my husband used to know was killed with a pickaxe to the neck, dismembered with a chainsaw and dispersed in several trash bins around the city (hubbie said it couldn't have happened to a nicer person, BTW). The killer was about to get 17 for non-planned murder, but a clerk remembered he had bought the pickaxe two days in advance and testified, so he got the maximum penalty. I hope this guy rots in jail.

The Unoriginal wrote:

Is it bad I'm just pissed that the Catholics will be on this one like Oprah on a Twinkie?

Probably, since Washington State is a predominantly non-denominational state and the Seattle archdiocese is fairly liberal.

Penguin wrote:

The Unoriginal wrote:

Is it bad I'm just pissed that the Catholics will be on this one like Oprah on a Twinkie?

Probably, since Washington State is a predominantly non-denominational state and the Seattle archdiocese is fairly liberal.

Oh, I didn't mean it state-wide (if that is a word). Stories like these do get reported in the media in other parts of the world, especially if there's a slow news day and the crime is particularly gruesome.
Here we don't care much for professional golf and you'd say Tiger Woods' sentimental troubles would not get reported, but they were. Same goes for OJ Simpson (no one knows which team he played for) and the Bobbitt guy.

The Unoriginal wrote:

Is it bad I'm just pissed that the Catholics will be on this one like Oprah on a Twinkie?
I hate to see idiots like this one giving weapons to the fundies.

If any fundies jump on it, I would think that they'd likely be Protestant, not Catholic. It's like with Harry Potter: sure, some Catholics have whined about it, but by far the most ridiculous and vitriolic criticism has come from Protestants, most notably the type of Protestants who lump HP in with Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia - as in, they're all OF THE DEEEEVIIIIL.

Am I the only one who sees a potential "Bones" plotline here?

I am pretty sure you're the only one who watches "Bones" here, so yes.

What was posted:

Chris91 wrote:

Am I the only one who sees a potential "Bones" plotline here?

What I read:

Chris91 wrote:

Am I the only one who sees a potential boner here?

You need glasses, dude. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Nihilist wrote:

What I read:

Chris91 wrote:

Am I the only one who sees a potential boner here?

What I thought of involved the Joker.

Penguin wrote:

I am pretty sure you're the only one who watches "Bones" here, so yes.

I do but not by choice. I want to murder Angela and Bones. They are terrible characters.

e: maybe ^this will be the final episode of Bones. I can only hope.