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OFF TOPIC: Police: Derision Over Flatulence Was Stabbing Motive

By "eAdvocate"

It does not take much to set many off these days. Sadly so, but this is an example of what has been in the news recently. 1-19-2011 Connecticut: A 21-year-old city man charged with stabbing four people at a party Saturday night, killing one, told investigators he became enraged because people were criticizing him for passing gas, police said. Marc Higgins, who was described by witnesses as being "very drunk," stormed out of the party, came back armed with three knives and started stabbing people indiscriminately, according to court documents released Monday. Matthew Walton, 21, also of Bristol, died of stab wounds after the attack, police said. Two men and a woman also were stabbed, but all have been released from Bristol Hospital. Higgins told police he was angry at being derided and wanted to teach people that they shouldn't trifle with him, according to the court documents...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on January 19, 2011 (boomark / email).