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Charlene Mess Charged With Murder After Husband's Body Is Found Under A Pile Of Manure

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Police have charged a local woman with the second degree murder of her husband of 30 years.

Officials responded to 48-year-old Charlene Mess’ residence on Exchange Street Monday after a report of a missing person was filed for her husband Douglas Mess, .

When they arrived they were told that Charlene’s husband Douglas W. Mess, 52, had failed to show up to work and hadn’t been seen since 8 p.m. Sunday.

After conducting an air and ground search, authorities found Douglas’ body concealed within a mound of manure near the edge of his farm property. His cause of death and how his body was transported to the manure has not yet been determined.

Police are investigating everyone who may have been connected to the family and may have information about what happened.

“To learn that their father is deceased is very traumatic. To learn that their father was murdered at the hands of their mother is even more traumatic,” New York State Police Captain Steven Nigrelli said.

Charlene was arraigned early Tuesday morning in Warsaw Court and is being held without bail in the Wyoming County Jail. Police remained on the scene Monday morning. Part of Exchange St. near the Mess’ home is closed to traffic.
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http://wivb.com/2015/04/21/breaking-news-attica-woman-charged-in-husbands-death/
 
Now, there's a metaphor for a marriage that hit the skids. No behavioral therapist needed to interpret that one! :cow::yuck: And "Mess"? Really? I feel like an ass for lol.
 
Burying a body in manure is an ancient trick to both cover the smell of a rotting corpse and to speed up decomposition as chemical reactions inside the pile raise the temperature and break down the flesh. Of course, these days a body doesn't need to be recognisable by its face in order to be identified, and the old "a hobo must have crawled into the manure heap to keep warm and died there" excuse just doesn't fly anymore.

Nice try, though.
 
Azryhael said:
Burying a body in manure is an ancient trick to both cover the smell of a rotting corpse and to speed up decomposition as chemical reactions inside the pile raise the temperature and break down the flesh. Of course, these days a body doesn't need to be recognisable by its face in order to be identified, and the old "a hobo must have crawled into the manure heap to keep warm and died there" excuse just doesn't fly anymore.

Nice try, though.
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I wondered if she actually did it for that reason, but couldn't resist the irony factor (name + burying him in shit). I was actually in a cow pasture as a kid when a pile of manure spontaneously ignited. Sounds weird, but the chemistry of animal manure is actually pretty interesting (did I just type that out loud?).
 
For a while, Greek and Roman physicians actually prescribed being buried to the neck in a manure pile for fevers.
 
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WNY woman allegedly killed farmer husband, buried body in manure pile
A western New York woman was arrested Tuesday after New York State Police found her husband's body buried in a pile of manure on their farm.

....Charlene Mess, 48, was charged with second-degree murder after police uncovered her husband, Douglas Mess, from the dung. He was 52.

Officer Victor Morales tells the Daily News that Douglas' son reported his father missing Sunday night after he did not arrive to work.

Authorities conducted an aerial and ground search of the family farm in Wyoming County and found Douglas dead and hidden in a mass of manure......

Police say Douglas had been killed by his wife, but declines to detail the motive or cause of death, as an investigation is in progress.
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http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/ind...armer_husband_buried_body_in_manure_pile.html
 
More on the story...
According to a press release from the New York State Police, cops went to the Mess residence on the afternoon of April 20. The original report came from the son of Doug Mess, who said his father was missing, having not been seen since the previous night. After an “aerial and ground search,” Doug Mess was found dead and covered in manure at around 6:30 p.m.
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The following day, Charlene Mess was charged with murder in the 2nd degree at the Village of Warsaw Court. She’s held without bail. In the New York State Police release, it’s stated that the couple had been married for 30 years. According to New York law, she could face a maximum of 25 years in prison.
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The Wyoming County Daily News reports that the incident is being treated as an argument that got out of control. Speaking to the Daily News, Doug Mess’ boss Bill Baskin said, “You won’t find anybody who didn’t like him, you won’t find anybody who didn’t respect him, you won’t find anybody he didn’t get along with.”
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A Go Fund Me Page has been set up in memory of Douglas Mess. The page, set up to help his children, reads:
Doug Mess was a hard working man whose life was surprisingly cut short by a terrible tragedy. Doug worked full time with Baskin Livestock in Batavia, NY and ran his own family farm.

Doug was a very kind man. Always willing to give you the shirt off his back if need be. He will surely be missed by many.

This fund is to help the children of Doug with arragements and whatever else they need to help put this great man to rest.
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Doug Mess (Go Fund Me)

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I love a good compost heap. Grass clippings, manure and straw from the chicken house, plenty of water, toss well to incorporate fresh air. In 36 hours that baby is 150 degrees!
 
A farmer's wife who killed her husband with a pitchfork before burying him in manure has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Charlene Mess, of Attica, New York, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the April 2015 slaying of Douglas Mess, her husband of 30 years.

The 49-year-old was arguing with her 52-year-old husband at their dairy farm when she hit him several times with a pitchfork.

She then shot him in the head with a .22-caliber rifle inside a barn.

In court last Thursday, District Attorney Donald O'Geen said Mess then tied her husband's hands and feet with bailing wire.

She then used an electric feed cart to drag his body to another part of the barn, where she scooped it up with another piece of equipment and drove it to the manure pile.

The mother of the victim's children had hoped the body would quickly decompose and never be found, the prosecutor said.

One of the victim's sons reported him missing, setting off a seven-hour search that ended when the body was found about 100 yards from the couple's home.
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'This sentence will not bring Doug back to his family but at least it will keep his killer away from society for a very long time,' O'Geen said in a statement.

'The family will now go forward remembering Doug as a hardworking, gentle and kind man who was always there for his family and community.'

The victim's sister Laura Scott and a family friend spoke in court.

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'They lost their father to a murder and the more horrifying thing is it's their mother who did it.'
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