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iPod Used In Domestic Homicide

From: http://www.liquidgenerati...lling.html

Friday, March 5, 2004 Posted: 4:50 PM EST (1450 GMT)

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (HLN) - A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after she bludgeoned her boyfriend to death with an iPod.
Arleen Mathers, 23, was arrested Thursday morning after she called Memphis Police and said she had killed her boyfriend, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.

When deputies arrived at Mathers’ apartment at 528 Popla Avenue, Mathers led them to the body of her boyfriend, Brad Pulaski, 27.

Brad Pulaski had died of blunt trauma to the head after being repeatedly bludgeoned with an iPod, a popular MP3 player produced by Apple.

Police said no motive has been confirmed, although evidence suggested the murder was the result of a domestic dispute after Pulaski erased the contents of Mathers’ iPod.

According to law officers, Mathers was hysterical when police arrived and told them that she killed her boyfriend only after he accused her of illegally downloading music and erased about 2,000 of her MP3s. Mathers complained that it took 3 months to build her music collection.

An autopsy performed Friday afternoon at Methodist Hospital showed that Brad Pulaski had been beat multiple times in the face and chest by a blunt metal object, and died of internal bleeding, said Dr. Felix Klamut, deputy coroner.

According to Apple’s website, the iPod is partially made of a hard metal plate that’s been praised for it’s resistance to regular wear and tear, like drops and coffee spills.

“It took him a while to die,” Dr. Klamut said. “She must have stabbed him 40 to 80 times with that iPod. His death was not instantaneous, that’s for sure”

Arleen Mathers was arraigned Friday night by a video hookup from the county jail. Municipal Court Judge Simon Lambert set her bond at $600,000 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 9.

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Reply #1 posted 04/16/04 5:16pm

Handclapsfinga snapz	that'd be fucked up if someone actually did kill someone with an ipod... + + =
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Reply #2 posted 04/16/04 5:24pm

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Another ipod related death, WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN!!!

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Reply #3 posted 04/16/04 5:25pm

Handclapsfinga snapz	Emancipation88 said: Another ipod related death, WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN!!! it's senseless...
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Reply #4 posted 04/16/04 5:29pm

2the9s	Ipods don't kill people, people kill people!!
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Reply #5 posted 04/16/04 11:55pm

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Reply #6 posted 04/17/04 1:26am

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