Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Holding a grudge

The Indiana court of appeals has upheld a man's murder conviction in a case where he admitted to police that he'd smothered his infant son to death with plastic wrap. Now, there's rarely a good reason for murder, but this guy did it because of an incredibly petty grudge.
[Ronald] Shanabarger was convicted of murder in May of 2002 for suffocating his seven-month-old son, Tyler, in June of 1999. He said he did it to get revenge on his wife for skipping his father's funeral three years earlier, before the couple had married.
Dude, sometimes you just have to let these things go. Hopefully, he'll serve his whole 49 year prison term, though he could get out by 2023.

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