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April 13, 2009
I demand satisfaction!
sword line Ssang soo do style or short sword style at Suwon hwaseong hanggung Suwon South Korea, originally uploaded by Derekwin.
Two people were murdered in Indianapolis this past week, but it wasn't your typical gun-inflicted death. Nope, the victims here were killed with a sword:
Adolf Stegbauer, 69, died from complications of a stab wound. Charges pending against Chris Rondeau, 39, were expected to be upgraded. Police said he stabbed Stegbauer.
Franziska Stegbauer, 77, also died as a result of stab wounds after the fight early Thursday morning, but police were not initially sure which of the men had stabbed her.
Rondeau and Adolf Stegbauer got into an argument at a home in the 5200 block of Raceway Road that escalated when one of the men grabbed a sword, prompting the other man to also brandish a sword.
Gadzooks! Now, I hear occasionally about somebody showing up with a sword or other kind of knife. One of my clients recently showed up to court with a knife, even.
Here's where I get confused: how did there happen to be two swords laying around? And was this an actual swordfight, or was it more like two yahoos trying to stab each other? I'm very interested. I wish there was one of those "want to know more?" buttons like in Starship Troopers.
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Posted at April 13, 2009 10:10 PM