iPod Used In Domestic Homicide

Player-X · April 15th, 2005

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iPod Used In Domestic Homicide

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (HLN) - A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after she bludgeoned her boyfriend to death with an iPod.

Arleen Mathers, 23, was arrested Thursday morning after she called Memphis Police and said she had killed her boyfriend, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.

When deputies arrived at Mathers’ apartment at 528 Poplar Avenue, Mathers led them to the body of her boyfriend, Brad Pulaski, 27.

Brad Pulaski had died of blunt trauma to the head after being repeatedly bludgeoned with an iPod, a popular MP3 player produced by Apple.

Police said no motive has been confirmed, although evidence suggested the murder was the result of a domestic dispute after Pulaski erased the contents of Mathers’ iPod.

According to law officers, Mathers was hysterical when police arrived and told them that she killed her boyfriend only after he accused her of illegally downloading music and erased about 2,000 of her MP3s. Mathers complained that it took 3 months to build her music collection.

An autopsy performed Friday afternoon at Methodist Hospital showed that Brad Pulaski had been beat multiple times in the face and chest by a blunt metal object, and died of internal bleeding, said Dr. Felix Klamut, deputy coroner.

According to Apple’s website, the iPod is partially made of a hard metal plate that’s been praised for it’s resistance to regular wear and tear, like drops and coffee spills.

“It took him a while to die,” Dr. Klamut said. “She must have stabbed him 40 to 80 times with that iPod. His death was not instantaneous, that’s for sure”

Arleen Mathers was arraigned Friday night by a video hookup from the county jail. Municipal Court Judge Simon Lambert set her bond at $600,000 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 9.

This may be a april fools joke but it's very possible due to the ipod's toughness

Sucide · April 15th, 2005

wow a new use for my ipod.

ArchIBaLD · April 15th, 2005

...
didn't she ever hear of the word "backup"?

**Razor Blade** · April 15th, 2005

Well for gods sake, she probably just used the closest thing she could find. You could also kill someone with a phone, PDA, mouse, laptop ...

Player-X · April 15th, 2005

I can imagine an anti-ipod rally like the anti-gun thing

WindHydra · April 15th, 2005

Apple gonna get sued!! (Only in the US!!)

Eface · April 15th, 2005

... how obvious does it have to be, that anything can be a weapon? Heck, i could even turn WindHydra in a weapon if i just slap someone with him hard enough

still... sick

Death Metal · April 15th, 2005

Somehow I think this board is slowly becoming some tabloid's mirror.

**Ryos** · April 15th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Death Metal

Somehow I think this board is slowly becoming some tabloid's mirror.

Didn't you know this is http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/ ?

I really don't know how you could be a victim of an iPod.

WindHydra · April 15th, 2005

Maybe the girl's too buff

If she can kill someone barehanded, using an ipod will only makes it easier

MaZa · April 15th, 2005

Wait a second. The girl is 23, and boyfriend was 27? I think that girl must been big, or boyfriend very small.

Eface · April 15th, 2005

No, it was just a very tough ipod. Probably a magical ipod+2 of stunning

Cid Highwind · April 15th, 2005

They should ban Ipods cause they are evil and make ppl aggressive! Just like video games!

/me wonders what music she had been listening, perhaps we can blame some bands as well

Coolsvilleman · April 15th, 2005

If you gonna die by computer peripheral... at least be decent enough to use a standard piece of equipment; a.k.a. mouse cord.

MaZa · April 15th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Eface

No, it was just a very tough ipod. Probably a magical ipod+2 of stunning

No, it was

Skullbreaker ipod+3
Attack bonus: +3 (+6 against humanoids)

Eface · April 15th, 2005

I suppose that being killed by flying 21" CRT monitor isn't that bad either.

Ker · April 15th, 2005

I don't understand...
he must have been beaten some 40 to 80 times with the iPod, what was he doing all that time, sitting around while she was beating him? couldn't he just defend himself or at least run? sounds way too dumb

... or maybe he was handicapped and couldn't run away or something

Kaiser Sigma · April 15th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Ryos

I really don't know how you could be a victim of an iPod.

Why not? After all we have XBOXs that are bulletproof and Rez controllers used as female vibrators...

**Kirby** · April 15th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Kaiser Sigma

Why not? After all we have XBOXs that are bulletproof and Rez controllers used as female vibrators...

that Rez controller is a conspiracy; why the hell else would such thing have a "washable cover"?

Syed Fawad · April 15th, 2005

What? mp3 collections are more valuable than boyfriends.....

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