Beef, Pork, or That 50 Year-old Dude in the Freezer

Detroit, Michigan Around here, what’s in your freezer serves as badge of honor. We don’t go to the grocery store to purchase meat, we slaughter our own. Unless you’ve had local farm raised beef, pork, etc., you would have no idea what I’m talking about. And venison. Deer run crazy around here and a couple kills will feed a family for a long time. We also have our share of gaming birds, pheasant, quail, dove. Needless to say, if I were to rummage through one of my neighbor’s freezers, that shit better be marked because there’s no telling what I’m likely to pull out of there. (All of it good though) But I’ll have to admit, I may look a little closer and ask a few more questions from now on. Especially after reading about the contents this freezer held. I’m fairly sure defrosting one of these packages would have put me off meat for a while. [Read more...]

Charles Dodson Was Burnin’ Down The House

Charles David Dodson

Rogers, AR  – On Tuesday morning, 50-year-old Charles David Dodson and his wife, Brenda, had a marital spat.   First there was the yelling.  Then there was Brenda Dodson, outside in her nightgown, with a head wound.  Police arrived to find both Dodsons on the front porch – Brenda holding her bloodied head, and Chuck waving a gas can around.  As officers approached, Charles Dodson walked inside his house, emptied the gas can, and set his house on fire.  With the couple’s disabled teenage daughter inside.  Merry ChristmasMerry Christmas reviews!  [Read more...]

Alberto Rios Had A Barbecue

Update 8/22/08 – Alberto Rios has plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter in a plea deal that should get him about two years for the death of his son, Diego Rios-Santana.  Sentencing is scheduled for OctoberOctober reviews 3. Read the original charging documents.

Seattle, WA.-While this case has more questions than answers, two facts are alarmingly clear: Diego Rios, a 7-month old baby, is dead from smoke inhalation and burns over 100% of his body after ending up in an open fire pit. And Diego’s father, 38 year old Alberto Rios, is being held in King County Jail on $1M bond, for investigation of first-degree manslaughter.

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