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Police Find Man's Body, Guillotine

2007 Reader Submission
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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/14099445/detail.html

Police Find Man's Body, Guillotine In Wooded Area

POSTED: 2:45 pm EDT September 12, 2007 UPDATED: 7:44 pm EDT September 12, 2007

ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The body of a 41-year-old man was found in a wooded area next to a guillotine he built and used to kill himself, police said.

The man, from the Detroit suburb of Melvindale, was discovered Monday by workers from a shopping center near his home.

Allen Park Deputy Police Chief Dale Covert said the roughly six-foot tall guillotine was bolted to a tree and included a swing arm. Covert said police also found several store receipts detailing the materials used to assemble the device.

"I can't even tell you how long it must have taken him to construct," he said. "This man obviously was very determined to end his life."

Submitted on 09/12/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: WDIV TV - Detroit - 9/12/2007

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
While we generally frown on suicide, this one is bizarre enough to merit Darwin's opinion. Going through the trouble of constructing a guillotine just to do what any number of far less complicated methods can achieve is, well...an achievement in itself!


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
While Darwin usually asks us to reject stories of suicides that show up here, I agree with James. This one is sufficiently out of the ordinary to ask Darwin herself to take a look. Thanks for sending the story.


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