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mukiha
#1 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:19:24 AM
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On March 23, 1994 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide. He left a note to that effect indicating his despondency….
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mukiha
#2 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:23:20 AM
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As he fell past the ninth floor his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window which killed him instantly. Neither the shooter nor the decedent was aware that a safety net had been installed just below at the eighth floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned….

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mukiha
#3 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:25:24 AM
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Ordinarily, Dr. Mills continued, a person who sets out to commit suicide
and ultimately succeeds, even though the mechanism might not be what he intended, is still defined as committing suicide. That Mr. Opus was shot on the way to certain death, but probably would not have been successful because of the safety net, caused the medical examiner to feel that he had a homicide on his hands….
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mukiha
#4 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:27:16 AM
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An elderly man and his wife occupied the room on the ninth floor, whence the shotgun blast emanated from. They were arguing vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun. The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger he completely missed his wife and the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.

When one intends to kill subject' A' but kills subject 'B' in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject 'B'….
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mukiha
#5 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:29:33 AM
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When confronted with the murder charge the old man and his wife were both adamant. They both said they thought the shotgun was unloaded. The old man said it was his long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her. Therefore, the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that is, the gun had been accidentally loaded….
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mukiha
#6 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:31:56 AM
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The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother.

Since the loader of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder even though he didn't actually pull the trigger. So the case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus….
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mukiha
#7 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:33:57 AM
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Now comes the exquisite twist: Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus. He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window!

The son had actually murdered himself, so the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
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Wendz
#8 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:49:13 AM
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That was good! Well written! Holds your suspense to the end! well, if that was the end...smile
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Jus Blazin
#9 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 9:58:02 AM
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Nice read...
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mukiha
#10 Posted : Monday, March 14, 2011 10:04:01 AM
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DISCLAIMER: I am not the author. It was sent to me by a friend 9 year ago.
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