Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
The Associated Press
LA HABRA, Calif.
A man cut off his mother's head with a circular saw and then died
trying to decapitate himself, authorities said.
Police answered a 911 report of a family dispute at a home just after
5:30 a.m. Tuesday, entered a locked bedroom and found the body of
60-year-old Guadalupe Ruiz on a bed, La Habra police spokeswoman Cindy
Knapp said.
Arthur Ruiz Jr., 32, was on another bed with the saw nearby. He had
died of neck injuries, police said.
It was unclear why Ruiz attacked his mother, police said.
A child and three other adults were in the three-bedroom home when
police arrived. Several families rented rooms in the home, Knapp said.
A neighbor, Paula Sanchez, said she heard the saw before going on a
walk but thought someone was doing work in the house or yard.
"If it would have been a gunshot or something, I would have called the
police," she said.
Authorities said Ruiz pleaded guilty to driving drunk in 1999, was
sentenced to 45 days in jail for being under the influence of drugs in
2000 and was given 18 days in jail for refusing to leave a home in
2004.
La Habra is about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3157124
On May 9, 4:43 pm, H. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>
> The Associated Press
>
> LA HABRA, Calif.
>
> A man cut off his mother's head with a circular saw and then died
> trying to decapitate himself, authorities said.
>
> Police answered a 911 report of a family dispute at a home just after
> 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, entered a locked bedroom and found the body of
> 60-year-old Guadalupe Ruiz on a bed, La Habra police spokeswoman Cindy
> Knapp said.
>
> Arthur Ruiz Jr., 32, was on another bed with the saw nearby. He had
> died of neck injuries, police said.
>
> It was unclear why Ruiz attacked his mother, police said.
>
> A child and three other adults were in the three-bedroom home when
> police arrived. Several families rented rooms in the home, Knapp said.
>
> A neighbor, Paula Sanchez, said she heard the saw before going on a
> walk but thought someone was doing work in the house or yard.
>
> "If it would have been a gunshot or something, I would have called the
> police," she said.
>
> Authorities said Ruiz pleaded guilty to driving drunk in 1999, was
> sentenced to 45 days in jail for being under the influence of drugs in
> 2000 and was given 18 days in jail for refusing to leave a home in
> 2004.
>
> La Habra is about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
What kind of blade did he use?
On May 9, 9:05 pm, RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > What kind of blade did he use?
>
> A R.I.P. saw blade.
>
> R
NICE!!
On May 9, 4:43 pm, H. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>
I was thinking... you don't hear a lot about belt-sander suicides, eh?
That would take some grit, wot?
On May 11, 9:07 am, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com>
wrote:
> Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> > Robatoy wrote:
> >> On May 9, 4:43 pm, H. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>
> >> I was thinking... you don't hear a lot about belt-sander suicides, eh?
> >> That would take some grit, wot?
>
> > Anybody that abrasive probably isn't frustrated enough to be suicidal.
>
> I answered the original posting a little hastily. It must have rubbed me the
> wrong way.
>
Don't worry about it, it was obviously just an off-the-scuff remark...
On May 9, 9:05 pm, RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>
> > What kind of blade did he use?
>
> A R.I.P. saw blade.
>
> R
A finishing blade
On May 13, 9:12 am, Say What? <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> > Mike Richardson wrote:
> >> Hmm, my feeling is it should have been a cross cut blade, is that perhaps
> >> why he got angry and lost his head?
>
> > Well, he shouldn't have flown off at the handle.
>
> At least it got him to stop with that incessant "Cut it out!"
Whatever saw he used, now he's going for a worm-drive.
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> What kind of blade did he use?
>
> A R.I.P. saw blade.
>
> R
*THAT* is the funniest thing I've read today.
jc
In article <[email protected]>, RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
>Robatoy wrote:
>>
>> What kind of blade did he use?
>
>A R.I.P. saw blade.
= "Rest In Pieces".
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
>> On May 9, 4:43 pm, H. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>>>
>>
>> I was thinking... you don't hear a lot about belt-sander suicides, eh?
>> That would take some grit, wot?
>
>
> Anybody that abrasive probably isn't frustrated enough to be suicidal.
I answered the original posting a little hastily. It must have rubbed me the
wrong way.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
"Paul Franklin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
<snippage>
>>Snip
>>Thankfully it wasn't in Australia. If it had happened here all saws over
>>7 1/4" would be banned and you'd have to obtain a licence to carry and
>>use the ones that weren't. You would also have to have permission from a
>>property owner to use the saw on their property before you could get a
>>licence. ;)
>>
>>Regards
>>John
>>
>>Only half joking
>
> Saws don't kill people, sawyers do....
Or so some would say...
Tom
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Robatoy wrote:
> >
> > What kind of blade did he use?
>
> A R.I.P. saw blade.
>
> R
>
Hmm, my feeling is it should have been a cross cut blade, is that perhaps
why he got angry and lost his head?
"Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>
>>> What kind of blade did he use?
>>
>> A R.I.P. saw blade.
>>
>> R
> *THAT* is the funniest thing I've read today.
>
> jc
Y'all are SICK...
That's why I love visiting here!
Tom
Maker of Fine Sawdust and Thin Shavings
"John B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> H. Ward wrote:
<more snipping>
>>
> Snip
> Thankfully it wasn't in Australia. If it had happened here all saws over 7
> 1/4" would be banned and you'd have to obtain a licence to carry and use
> the ones that weren't. You would also have to have permission from a
> property owner to use the saw on their property before you could get a
> licence. ;)
>
> Regards
> John
>
> Only half joking
On this side of the pond there would be similar actions (didn't they
confiscate all guns there?)... or maybe they'd blame the NSA (NRA?) for
promoting their use.
Tom
H. Ward wrote:
> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>
> The Associated Press
>
> LA HABRA, Calif.
>
> A man cut off his mother's head with a circular saw and then died
> trying to decapitate himself, authorities said.
>
Snip
Thankfully it wasn't in Australia. If it had happened here all saws over
7 1/4" would be banned and you'd have to obtain a licence to carry and
use the ones that weren't. You would also have to have permission from a
property owner to use the saw on their property before you could get a
licence. ;)
Regards
John
Only half joking
Tom Bunetta wrote:
> "John B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>H. Ward wrote:
>
> <more snipping>
>
>>Snip
>>Thankfully it wasn't in Australia. If it had happened here all saws over 7
>>1/4" would be banned and you'd have to obtain a licence to carry and use
>>the ones that weren't. You would also have to have permission from a
>>property owner to use the saw on their property before you could get a
>>licence. ;)
>>
>>Regards
>>John
>>
>>Only half joking
>
>
> On this side of the pond there would be similar actions (didn't they
> confiscate all guns there?)... or maybe they'd blame the NSA (NRA?) for
> promoting their use.
> Tom
>
>
G'day Tom,
Not all guns. They bought back (at the govt. price) all Auto and
semi-auto rifles and shot guns.
When the buy back was happening no allowances where made for collector
value or quality. I was in the Police force then and I cried over the
number of beautiful weapons that were handed in and destroyed.
"I will give up my saw when they pry it from my cold dead fingers" :)
regards
John
H. Ward wrote:
Calif. May 9, 2007
> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>
> The Associated Press
>
> LA HABRA, Calif.
>
<snip>
On the same day, May 9th, someone in Cologne, Germany committed
suicide by decapitation after killing his father.
http://digg.com/world_news/Ouch_Man_cuts_off_his_own_head_with_a_chainsaw
Parents and saws don't seem to mix.
In article <[email protected]>,
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 11, 9:07 am, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com>
> wrote:
> > Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> > > Robatoy wrote:
> > >> On May 9, 4:43 pm, H. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
> >
> > >> I was thinking... you don't hear a lot about belt-sander suicides, eh?
> > >> That would take some grit, wot?
> >
> > > Anybody that abrasive probably isn't frustrated enough to be suicidal.
> >
> > I answered the original posting a little hastily. It must have rubbed me
> > the
> > wrong way.
> >
>
> Don't worry about it, it was obviously just an off-the-scuff remark...
Dosh garnet, I wish I had thought of that.
Robatoy wrote:
> On May 9, 4:43 pm, H. Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>>
>
> I was thinking... you don't hear a lot about belt-sander suicides, eh?
> That would take some grit, wot?
Anybody that abrasive probably isn't frustrated enough to be suicidal.
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
On Thu, 10 May 2007 08:15:24 +0800, John B <[email protected]>
wrote:
>H. Ward wrote:
>> Man Beheads Mother With Saw, Kills Self in Southern California Home
>>
>> The Associated Press
>>
>> LA HABRA, Calif.
>>
>> A man cut off his mother's head with a circular saw and then died
>> trying to decapitate himself, authorities said.
>>
>Snip
>Thankfully it wasn't in Australia. If it had happened here all saws over
>7 1/4" would be banned and you'd have to obtain a licence to carry and
>use the ones that weren't. You would also have to have permission from a
>property owner to use the saw on their property before you could get a
>licence. ;)
>
>Regards
>John
>
>Only half joking
Saws don't kill people, sawyers do....