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Fla. Man Kills Roommate Over Toilet Paper
Tue Feb 21, 6:18 AM ET
A man accused of fatally beating his roommate with a sledgehammer and a claw hammer because there was no toilet paper in their home has been arrested.
Franklin Paul Crow, 56, was charged Monday with homicide in the death of Kenneth Matthews, 58, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
Capt. Thomas Bibb said Crow initially denied his involvement, but confessed during questioning.
Crow told investigators that the men were fighting about the toilet paper over the weekend when Matthews pulled out a rifle. Crow said he then began beating Matthews with the sledgehammer and claw hammer, according to an affidavit.
Matthews was beaten so badly he had to be identified through his fingerprints, detectives said.
Crow was being held at the Marion County jail without bond. It was not immediately known whether he had an attorney.
QuotePublished Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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Man, 56, Charged in Roommate's Death
A 56-year-old man accused of beating his roommate to death with a sledgehammer and a claw hammer was arrested Monday morning.
Franklin Paul Crow was charged with homicide in the weekend death of Kenneth Matthews, 58. Crow is being held without bail in the Marion County Jail.
Authorities with the Marion County Sheriff's Office said the suspect beat the victim in the head with a sledgehammer in their Southeast 95th Street Road home after getting upset there was no toilet tissue in the home.
Capt. Thomas Bibb said Crow initially denied his involvement in the crime, at first blaming it on a local motorcycle gang.
Crow confessed after detectives knocked holes in his story and alibi, Bibb, said.
Detectives said Matthews had been beaten so badly that officials had to identify the body through a set of fingerprints.
Too bad the dead guy didn't manage to get a shot off and take his roommate with him.
I hope this serves as a lesson to all of you that there are repercussions when you farg with a man while he has to take a shtein.
talk about a mid-life, or mid-terd crisis. :sly
This nut gives new meaning to the term hammer time.
Home Depot: You can do it, we can help.
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You guys are judging too harshly. Who among us hasn't claw-hammered a roommate or two over much smaller trangressions?
Holy shtein...he actually beat the guy to a pulp.
Crazy Floridians!
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 21, 2006, 01:13:43 PM
Holy shtein...he actually beat the guy to a pulp.
Crazy Floridians!
I like my steak medium-well motherfarger. See to it or else.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on February 21, 2006, 01:20:00 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 21, 2006, 01:13:43 PM
Holy shtein...he actually beat the guy to a pulp.
Crazy Floridians!
I like my steak medium-well motherfarger. See to it or else.
Mine too. Step to it, or you'll get the Florida beat-down!
hah.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on February 21, 2006, 05:54:41 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on February 21, 2006, 01:20:00 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 21, 2006, 01:13:43 PM
Holy shtein...he actually beat the guy to a pulp.
Crazy Floridians!
I like my steak medium-well motherfarger. See to it or else.
Mine too. Step to it, or you'll get the Florida beat-down!
Yeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyesss sir, Mrrrrrrrr... Phrrrreeeeeak, Sirrrrr...
:-D