"Cause of death undetermined"
A remarkably restrained account of the demise of a Louisiana man who had been holding his kidnapped ex-wife hostage since last Wednesday in a shack in a canefield. The police couldn't find her but, unluckily for the guy, her family could. They applied a very direct approach to the situation. The authors of the story leave a lot to the imagination.
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As Hank Williams, Jr., might have put it: "That's how they do it in Dixie."
When you care enough to send the very best . . . :)
LittleRed1
Reminds me of the movie "Next of Kin" with Liam Neeson and Patrick Swayze.
Some people really do need to be removed from the gene pool permanently.
Perfect example to point to when people suggest you ought to 'let the professionals handle it' or 'let's wait for the police'.
I agree that the story left out a lot. Did the man (was he her husband? ex-husband? baby-daddy?) have a criminal history? What was the nature of their relationship? Did he make any demands?
The story seems to expect a particular narrative assumption on the part of the readers, and that narrative might be true, but I'd like more information.
Baby-daddy. Here's an update from a USA Today report:
'Arceneaux had a protective order issued June 17 against Thomas, court records show. Thomas was arrested Aug. 8 for violating the order and also was charged with aggravated assault and aggravated flight from an officer then.
'"He keeps threatening to kill us," Arceneaux wrote in her June 15 complaint to police that resulted in the protective order. "He put a knife to my neck countless times," choked her, dragged her by the hair and held herself and her son hostage.'
But really, all I needed to know was that witnesses saw him abduct her, and when her family burst in he was in the middle of stabbing her after holding her without food or water for half a week. The only thing wrong with this kill is that it was somewhat overdue.
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