Eau Claire, WI - Nothing will kill a good buzz quicker than some blunt force trauma and a knife to the chest – wouldn’t you agree? Old pals Wayne Rouillard, 62, and Stephen Dalstrom, 61, were just hangin’ out, sharing a bottle of vodka, and catching up last Saturday when things went to shit in a hurry. According to Rouillard, the two were getting along just fine when, out of the blue, Dalstrom “went berserk and attacked him.” Rouillard alleges that his friend attempted to stab him with an ice pick or a screwdriver. So, Rouillard whacked his friend in the head with a claw hammer. That wasn’t the end of it – Rouillard also allegedly stabbed Dalstrom in the chest with a knife and tied his ankles to a work bench so “he would not be able to come after him if he woke up,” before beating his brains out with a wood-splitting maul. Ummm, can you say ‘overkill?’
After making sure his ‘friend’ was no longer able to retaliate, Rouillard then called another friend and told him that there had been a fight and Dalstrom had been stabbed and that friend called 911. When police arrived on scene, they found Rouillard standing in his blood-spattered garage, with blood on his pants, hands, and face. He was sporting one small puncture wound on an unspecified part of his body. Dalstrom was dead on the floor, ankles still tied to the bench, his shirt up around his neck and a knife sticking out of his chest. Nearby, a bloodstained maul. “It is one of the more gruesome, disgusting crime scenes I’ve ever been in,” Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore said. During a police interview, Rouillard was asked why he didn’t seek medical help for his dying friend. “Well, he was dead,” was Rouillard’s reply. He did, however, admit that he may have “gone too far” and may have overreacted a bit. Noooooo. Ya think? An official cause of death has not yet been determined and authorities believe that alcohol may have played a factor in the murder.
Rouillard, with priors that include child abuse, assault, and operating a firearm while intoxicated, is now booked on a charge of first-degree murder. Pffffft…what a waste of vodka.

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