News Of The Weird-24

Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.

Robert Carnathan, 54, was charged with the beating death of a 79-year-old man in a fight over collecting lost balls on a golf course; it was Carnathan’s regular turf, but the victim wanted one ball for his grandson (Quincy, Mass., November).

The Classic Middle Name (all-new):
Arrested for murder:
Randy Wayne Richards, 40, Courtenay, British Columbia, February;
Curtis Wayne Pope, 40, Fort Worth, Texas, February (arrested in Watertown, N.Y.);
Ralph Wayne Grimes, 26, Russell Springs, Ky., November;
Joseph Wayne Cook, 30, Wilmington, N.C., January.
Convicted of murder:
David Wayne Pallister, 18, South Shields, England, November.
One previously reported arrestee, Mark Wayne Lomax, 33, made history in March by actually getting convicted of “felony murder” even though his offense was causing a traffic death while intoxicated, which is usually treated merely as manslaughter (Houston, March).

Jerry Thomason, 41, was charged with aggravated assault in San Antonio, Texas, in April after police found his 45-year-old wife at home with a heavy chain and padlock around her neck. According to a witness, Thomason said he loves his wife and so regularly chained her at home to keep her from leaving.
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