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[CNN] Man says live wire in bath was to save marriage

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  1. Samar

    Samar Member

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    A new substitute for marriage counseling.

    http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/28/wired.bath.ap/index.html

    LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (AP) -- A man who said he threw a live electrical wire into his wife's bath hoping a near-death experience would save their marriage was convicted of attempted first-degree intentional homicide Wednesday.

    William Dahlby said in court he was only trying to scare his wife the evening of May 9. He told jurors the wire was hooked to a "ground fault interrupter" designed to cut the electricity when the cord encountered water. His wife was not hurt.

    Prosecutors said Dahlby was trying to kill his wife to start a new life with another woman.

    Dahlby's wife, Mary, testified Tuesday her husband drew her bath after they spent the day taking a walk and a long motorcycle ride.

    While she took her bath, her husband came into the bathroom and dropped the cord into the bath, she said.

    She jumped out of the bath, but her husband tried to push her back in the tub, Mary Dahlby said. She got free and ran out of the bathroom.

    Her husband, who also was convicted of intimidation of a victim, was scheduled for sentencing December 10.
     
    #1 Samar, Oct 28, 2004
  2. Isabel

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    I've heard a lot of lame excuses, but this one tops them all.

    You know, there is a lot less deadly way to get out of a marriage, which carries no danger of long prison sentences. I guess he was too cheap and didn't want to pay the alimony. :mad:

    Sometimes you hear about all these things and you wonder if men can even be trusted. Especially when they act like they're trying to draw you a nice hot romantic bath and then pull something like this. :( At least this woman lived to tell about it.
     
    #2 Isabel, Oct 28, 2004
  3. Master Baiter

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    Yeah, good thing all guys are like that. I know when Ms. Bobbitt whacked off old John Wayne's willy, I was like, stupid b****es, how can we trust them any of them at all??
     
    #3 Master Baiter, Oct 28, 2004
  4. PhiSlammaJamma

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    He was just trying to spark up a little romance. This is the same way the oxygen deprivation fetish started. Some guy was trying to kill his wife and discovered a new sexual enhancer.
     
    #4 PhiSlammaJamma, Oct 28, 2004
  5. MadMax

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    i find this story to be shocking.
     
    #5 MadMax, Oct 28, 2004
  6. m_cable

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    Poor guy. This just HAD to be the day when Groundhog Day ended.
     
    #6 m_cable, Oct 28, 2004
  7. SwoLy-D

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    Hey, that was a good movie. Andie Mcdowell starred in it, no?
     
    #7 SwoLy-D, Oct 29, 2004
  8. codell

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    electrocution ..........to save the marriage
     
    #8 codell, Oct 29, 2004
  9. MadMax

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    your jokes on the matter are reVOLTing.

    get it? volt? :rolleyes: :D
     
    #9 MadMax, Oct 29, 2004
  10. codell

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    that shouldn't come as a shock
     
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  11. MadMax

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    Watt are you talking about?
     
    #11 MadMax, Oct 29, 2004
  12. Isabel

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    This incident had the potential to be really bad.
     
    #12 Isabel, Oct 29, 2004
  13. JuanValdez

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    God, I hate puns.

    Oh, and the guy is an idiot. Even if he's telling the truth, he's got to try a better defense than that.
     
    #13 JuanValdez, Oct 29, 2004
  14. codell

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    My current post
     
    #14 codell, Oct 29, 2004
  15. MadMax

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    Oh...I wasn't paying attention. Conducting other business.
     
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  16. codell

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    so does anyone know if this guy has been charged with anything yet?
     
    #16 codell, Oct 29, 2004
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    It sounds like he is not grounded in reality. I think it would be best if he were well insulated from the rest of society.
     
    #17 Mori, Oct 29, 2004
  18. codell

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    Well, there is probably more than meets the eye in this case, kinda of like the Transformers
     
    #18 codell, Oct 29, 2004
  19. MR. MEOWGI

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    Yes, Assault And Battery.
     
    #19 MR. MEOWGI, Oct 29, 2004
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