Translation from Russian

Muscovite killed himself by vodka medicine dripper.

31 y.o. Moscow resident decided to choose very unusual way to end his days. He mastered a hand made medicine dripper and died from intravenous injection of 200 ml of vodka.

His father found a body who unsuccessfully tried to reach his son by the phone. When he came to the apartment and opened a door he found a blood chilling scene. His son was dead laying oh the sofa in his underwear. Blissful smile sparkled on his face. Intravenous needle was inserted in the left arm vein. A tube leads to 2 liter juice carton that stayed on bookcase near the sofa.

Experts determined that poor guy died more than 10 hrs ago. Cause of death - at least 200 ml of vodka that was injected through his hand made device. Carton still had 300 ml vodka remain.

Law enforcers did not found a cause of suicide. Man didn't left any note and didn't have any visible cause to die. He worked as an auto service managed and had a good income. He did not have a wife or a girlfriend. Murder was not ruled out yet.

By the way - it was not the first time this man was using a medicine dripper. But before he was not injected more than 100 ml of vodka

Submitted on 03/11/2005

Submitted by: Jelsomino
Reference: Moskovsky Komsomolets 03/11/05

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Daniel said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
If it was suicide, no DA, but if he just miscalculated... I've heard of Nungs injecting sake & opium, but a vodka IV is new.

Charles said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
I have to argue that if he has successfully done this before, then he had no grounds to suppose it would be fatal this time. All the same, it is an incredibly stupid thing to do...

Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm going to vote to keep this because there is no evidence for suicide, a self-administered vodka IV is indeed new, and - while he had sucessfully injected 100ml, 200ml via IV (with 300ml remaining in the carton) takes this out of the "previous experience" catagory in my opinion.

Kelly said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I'm going to agree with Jack. This is an almost perfect example of someone helpfuly cleaning the gene pool for the rest of us.

Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Wow - a new way to accidentally die!Bit concerned that it says "Blissful smile sparkled on his face" - will this lead to copycat suicides????

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