We simply don't bat an eyelash when we hear of common murder weapons. For example - a stabbing with a knife, a shooting with a gun, explosives, drownings, poisons, intentional fires, or even rope for strangulation doesn't intrigue us. However, sometimes the use of uncommon murder weapons can pull us in, send questions racing through our minds, and tickle our sense of curiosity just enough to satisfy the evils inside of us. Here is a list of unusual murder weapons that have been used.
Katana - In 2004, Michael Desiderio was literally "hacked to death" by Ricardo Richardson in an argument sparked by nothing more than a pillow. Not surprisingly, this all took place in the middle of a cocaine high. No one really knows where the katana came from, but it must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Chainsaw - Although we only think this happens in movies, it actually has been used a few times in reality. One man decided to be remembered for his use of the chainsaw when he used two of them to slaughter and dismember his wife. A random phone call was received by Carla Corona stating that her father had killed her mother and was about to drag her next door. The caller was her father, himself. Taking place in Lewisville, Texas, Carla and her husband raced to make it to her father's house where they found her mother in pieces. No explanation was found, nor was her father.
Microwave - Another story of a careless, negligent mother murdering her innocent child is a heart-breaker. However, that's what we've got here. China Arnold pleaded not guilty at her arraignment. Her defense argued "temporary insanity" due to alcohol. She stated that if she "hadn't gotten so drunk" that Paris Talley, her baby, "wouldn't have died." When her autopsy was performed, coroners reported that there were high-heat burnsinside her body, but there were not burns scarring the outside. Talley's DNA was found in Arnold's microwave.
Spatula - In Salt Lake City, Angeles Cadillo-Castro beat her 5 year old daughter to death. The spatulas were nothing special; they were just standard metal and plastic. Angeles was charged with 1st degree murder.
Corkscrew - This murder remains unsolved. A 55 year old man died in 2008 due to a corkscrew to the side of the head. The murder weapon was lying only inches away but no one was ever accused, nor could anyone - including the police - come up with motive.
Nail gun - With this weapon comes another fictional story plot to our imaginations. However, this was also used to end someone's life in the nonfiction world. In Australia, a 27 year old Chinese student was on the receiving end of 35 nails to the head. Because it is impossible to link any nail to a specific nail gun, police never found the perpetrator.
"There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy." -Ambrose Bierce
We, as humans, love to believe that the world is a perfect place. Well, maybe not perfect but we do like to believe that not everything that we hear is true. Especially when we tune into the news. How can teenagers kill other teenagers? How can teenager kill younger kids? How can adults kill kids? How can anyone take anyone's life, for that matter? Sometimes, crimes blow our minds. Let's take a look at young George Junis Stinney, his tragic fate, and the fate he chose for two others.
Being only 14 years old, George Junnis Stinney was the youngest person executed in the US in the 2oth century. In 1944, race was still an immense social barrier. Stinney was black and was accused of killing two white girls - Mary Emma Thames, age 8, and Betty June Binnicker, age 11. Search parties were organized and hundreds of people volunteered to join in the search when the two girls never returned home after riding their bikes searching for flowers. It is documented that the girls rode past the Stinney property and asked George and his sister, Katherine, where they could find a certain type of flower. When the girls were finally found, it was the next morning, they'd both suffered multiple head wounds, and they were lying in a ditch caked full of mud. Stinney was arrested, and after a long interrogation, he confessed. As the confession goes, George Junnis Stinney wanted to "have sex with" Betty but realized he could not do so until Mary Emma was out of the picture; therefore, he decided to kill her. When he attempted to complete the murder both girls "fought back" causing him to revert to killing them both. He hit them repeatedly with a 15 inch railroad spike that was found in the ditch alongside the girls. Stinney was charged with first-degree murder. His defense argued that he was simply too young to be held responsible for the crimes. The jury quickly returned a guilty verdict, and Stinney was sentenced to death by the electric chair. George Junnis Stinney walked to the the execution room with a Bible under his arm.
This is one of many true crime stories that proves people are capable of anything. Even if you don't believe it, you are capable of murder. It all comes down to the Lucifer Effect. The choice of crossing the line that divides good and evil is constantly being challenged. What would it take for you to snap?
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