57 blows with a pick axe.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:23 am
I was watching a TV show last night, one of the "American Justice" shows on I believe A&E. It concerned the Karla Faye Tucker case. If you think the Borden murders were atrocious the Tucker case certainly rivals if not beats it hands down.
The victims, one male, one female were murdered with a pick axe. The male was struck 31 times, the female 26. The final blow to the female left the pick axe imbedded in her chest through her heart.
Both Tucker and her boyfriend were convicted and sentenced to death. He died in jail of "natural causes" and she was executed.
What struck me as odd was the choice of murder weapon. Like the Borden case it was an unusual choice. A pick axe would certainly indicate a level of pre-meditation as one does not normally carry a pick axe around with them.
It showed the pick axe being placed on the evidence table in the court room. I could almost hear the faint echo of the axes in the Borden case clanking together in 1893 as they were placed in evidence.
The victims, one male, one female were murdered with a pick axe. The male was struck 31 times, the female 26. The final blow to the female left the pick axe imbedded in her chest through her heart.
Both Tucker and her boyfriend were convicted and sentenced to death. He died in jail of "natural causes" and she was executed.
What struck me as odd was the choice of murder weapon. Like the Borden case it was an unusual choice. A pick axe would certainly indicate a level of pre-meditation as one does not normally carry a pick axe around with them.
It showed the pick axe being placed on the evidence table in the court room. I could almost hear the faint echo of the axes in the Borden case clanking together in 1893 as they were placed in evidence.
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