Police Find Man's Body, Guillotine In Wooded Area

[Nomad559]

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/14099445/detail.html

The body of a 41-year-old man was found in a wooded area next to a guillotine he built and used to kill himself, police said.

The man, from the Detroit suburb of Melvindale, was discovered Monday by workers from a shopping center near his home.

Allen Park Deputy Police Chief Dale Covert said the roughly six-foot tall guillotine was bolted to a tree and included a swing arm. Covert said police also found several store receipts detailing the materials used to assemble the device.

"I can't even tell you how long it must have taken him to construct," he said. "This man obviously was very determined to end his life."

:wtf:

[tabasco]

1. Another guy built a guillotine in the stairwell to his basement.

It worked.

Gotta figure it's a pretty quick and painless way to go.

[TomInTib]

5. Yeah, and you have a few seconds to think about what you have done.nt

[tabasco]

6. But it would suck to change your mind. n/t

[hang a left]

18. It doesn't appear to have been so in this case.

The man took quite some time to construct his death devise.

[Xipe Totec]

2. If you want things done right... n/t

[NoodleyAppendage]

3. Sad death, but admirable effort.

It's not everyone who can build a guillotine. Quick and painless death if done right.

J

[jgraz]

4. How do you know it is quick and painless?

There are several stories of severed heads showing signs of consciousness even minutes after they were separated from their bodies.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_262.html

[Ian David]

7. I think pulverization or flash-incineration of the head would be more humane than decapitation.

For example, dropping a very heavy weight on a head, using a device similar to a guillotine.

Or using lasers or super-hot plasma to instantly vaporize the head.

Not that I am necessarily in favor of the death penalty.

[madokie]

8. a noose would be fine looks to me like

a whole lot less hassle too

[Ian David]

9. If you want to be CERTAIN of instaneous loss of consciousness and awareness...

you HAVE to destroy the brain-- preferably all at once.

[Occulus]

16. Dropping a safe on your head might do the trick

The shot from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" pops into my head for some reason...

[NoodleyAppendage]

11. Hanging if not performed properly can result in decapitation (e.g., Saddam)

There's a bit of science to proper hanging. If not performed correctly, it can be far from quick or painless.

J

[Occulus]

15. One of my friends killed himself that way.

His sister found him- black tongue, swollen head, and all.

I don't know that there is a painless, clean way to go. We never hear if it really was painless, now, do we?

[Ellipsis]

10. ...must have lost his head.

[Roon]

20. he better quit

While he's a head..

[wicket]

12. May he finally be at peace

n/t

[soothsayer]

13. my childhood friend and I used to build life sized 'toy' guillotines when I was little.

Dunno why, but we went thru a guillotine phase!

[Occulus]

17. Were there Barbie dolls involved? n/t

[shadowknows69]

14. Ok, I nominate this thread for the "most morbid posts of the week" award

Thanks for the nightmares guys. Can't talk about guillotines in the day time.

[orleans]

19. how horrible. and sad. n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

21. when I first read this, I thought it said "....found a man's body, Giuliani, in wooded area!"

I like mine better