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a girl that worked for me had a situation where she woke up to her boyfriend wailing on her face with a baseball bat. i dont know what legal issues came of it, im pretty sure she stayed in a relationship with him.
True, but that doesn't change the fact that in the US, it's much more common than we think that potential crime victims use a firearm to turn the tables on the criminal .
I doubt if your posted story would make any difference to those that have successfully protected themselves or love ones.
You really think that the police did not seize the bat as evidence?
She mentions that he did time in a mental institution. Probably was either found incompetent to stand trial, or was found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, then kept in the loony bin until some doctors declared him stable, then released.
I don't know, but I have no reason to believe that this story is made up. It fits the description of the guy's personality, too. It may even be that he took the bat before the police got there.
Isn't that Aggravated assault. Why wasn't he sentenced to do time in prison.
He was mentally ill and placed into an institution for the mentally ill.
I had an aunt who was schizophrenic. My uncle woke up to her standing over him with a butcher knife and grinning. Another time she took a sledgehammer and smashed his car to smithereens. She went into hospitals after these episodes. She wasn't arrested.
He was mentally ill and placed into an institution for the mentally ill.
I had an aunt who was schizophrenic. My uncle woke up to her standing over him with a butcher knife and grinning. Another time she took a sledgehammer and smashed his car to smithereens. She went into hospitals after these episodes. She wasn't arrested.
it must suck to live with someone that is so mentally unstable.
it must suck to live with someone that is so mentally unstable.
My great-uncle finally had to divorce her. He was afraid for his life.
I remember her from when I was little. She made these amazing watermelon baskets for the family picnics. But I also remember my mother saying after one of the picnics, "Ethel's going to be going off again soon, I bet. Her eyes don't look right."
She continued to have problems into her old age, writing letters to my grandmother accusing her of having stolen money from them years before and to my mother, accusing her of having an affair with my great uncle (my mother's uncle) back during WWII. She came across photos from the WWII era of my mother and her cousin as teenagers that they must have sent to their uncle overseas in the service with their letters and decided this meant they had been having some kind of affair. Poor woman trapped in her own crazy mind.
My great-uncle finally had to divorce her. He was afraid for his life.
I remember her from when I was little. She made these amazing watermelon baskets for the family picnics. But I also remember my mother saying after one of the picnics, "Ethel's going to be going off again soon, I bet. Her eyes don't look right."
She continued to have problems into her old age, writing letters to my grandmother accusing her of having stolen money from them years before and to my mother, accusing her of having an affair with my great uncle (my mother's uncle) back during WWII. She came across photos from the WWII era of my mother and her cousin as teenagers that they must have sent to their uncle overseas in the service with their letters and decided this meant they had been having some kind of affair. Poor woman trapped in her own crazy mind.
haha her name was "ethel." thats a real old lady name.
I have no reason to believe that this story is made up.
I tend to range between skeptical & cynical on the veracity of stories told by friends & relatives.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
It may even be that he took the bat before the police got there.
When you have to start speculating on reasons how someone else's tale could possibly be true, it's probably BS.
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You really think that the police did not seize the bat as evidence? 
