Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Update: Woman kills hubby with sherry enema

Oh my gosh:

Investigators say a Lake Jackson woman caused her husband's death by giving him a sherry enema, leading to alcohol poisoning. The enema caused his blood alcohol level to soar to 0.47 percent — almost six times the legal intoxication limit, a toxicology report showed. Tammy Jean Warner, 42, was indicted on a charge of negligent homicide. She is also charged with burning the will of her husband, Michael Warner, a month before his death on May 21. Michael Warner, a 58-year-old machine shop owner, had a long history of alcoholism, but couldn't ingest alcohol by mouth because of painful medical problems with his throat, said Lake Jackson police detective Robert Turner. The enema was a way he could become intoxicated without drinking alcohol, Turner said.

That's a pretty bizarre way to go.

"I heard of this kind of thing in mortuary school in 1970, but this is the first time I've ever heard of someone actually doing it," Turner said.

Is this what mortuary school students do? Just sit around and come up with crazy, disturbing ways to off someone?

Update: I am again reminded of how great our readers are. Gregg of lawyer joke fame writes:

Matt, Mexican food gives me heartburn. But I love it. Is there such thing as a fajita enema? The chips and salsa with jalapeno might burn a little so get the ice cream enema ready for dessert!

He goes on to speculate where one would apply the salt for a margarita.

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