Washington Co. man arrested after police find roommate's body

[BugI02]

Ulysses S Grant and William T Sherman beat the tar out of them and take it?

 

[Alamo]

... dragged his body to a shed, put him inside and shut the door. He then drove to the Ft. Ritner Bridge off White River Road and threw the shotgun into the White River..

I've never carried out a murder before, premeditated or otherwise, but I have watched a lot of crime shows, and...aren't you supposed to throw the body in the river too? He had a couple days to arrange this. I'm thinking the suspect's brain is not running on all cylinders, which I suppose is not unusual in this kind of situation.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Certainly the loss of this young man's life is sad.

But, in further burying the lede, how do people lose a river?

It's a feat of nature. The river, really a glorified creek, goes underground for quite some distance before it resurfaces.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_River_(Indiana)

 

[HoughMade]

I've never carried out a murder before, premeditated or otherwise, but I have watched a lot of crime shows, and...aren't you supposed to throw the body in the river too? He had a couple days to arrange this. I'm thinking the suspect's brain is not running on all cylinders, which I suppose is not unusual in this kind of situation.

Yeah...I thinking getting rid of the weapon while having the body in the shed shows, perhaps, a little priority issue.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I've never carried out a murder before, premeditated or otherwise, but I have watched a lot of crime shows, and...aren't you supposed to throw the body in the river too? He had a couple days to arrange this. I'm thinking the suspect's brain is not running on all cylinders, which I suppose is not unusual in this kind of situation.

Fort Ritner bridge is about 5 miles from where I grew up. Middle of nowhere with no houses in sight, I remember a murder victim from the Bedford area getting dumped there when I still lived at home back early-80s.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Certainly the loss of this young man's life is sad.

But, in further burying the lede, how do people lose a river?

And there's a road that takes you to a river, that is lost. Hhhhmmmm.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Fort Ritner bridge is about 5 miles from where I grew up. Middle of nowhere with no houses in sight, I remember a murder victim from the Bedford area getting dumped there when I still lived at home back early-80s.

Are you talking about that old, iron, single lane, truss bridge? We live, probably a little more than 5 miles from there but not all that much farther.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Are you talking about that old, iron, single lane, truss bridge? We live, probably a little more than 5 miles from there but not all that much farther.

You are correct, sir! I remember that bridge before they replaced the floor. It had the raised wooden runners you put the wheels on. You could look down through the floor and see the river.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

You are correct, sir! I remember that bridge before they replaced the floor. It had the raised wooden runners you put the wheels on. You could look down through the floor and see the river.

That's a scary bridge. You don't know if somebody's coming the other way until you climb that approach and you're practically on it. Then when you get on the Washington county side, that approach is iffy.

 

[KellyinAvon]

That's a scary bridge. You don't know if somebody's coming the other way until you climb that approach and you're practically on it. Then when you get on the Washington county side, that approach is iffy.

Backing skills are an absolute driving necessity in that area.

I have to wonder if you knew about this area, why didn't the murderer dispose of the body there? Even if you didn't know the Lawrence/Jackson County side of the river GPS could get you back around to Medora and SR 135 for the return so the observant folks out that way didn't notice a strange car going by and returning.

We may never know. I hate to say it but the obvious lack of planning makes 2nd degree murder a more likely charge. The LEOs and lawyers are better at this than I am, thoughts?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Backing skills are an absolute driving necessity in that area.

I have to wonder if you knew about this area, why didn't the murderer dispose of the body there? Even if you didn't know the Lawrence/Jackson County side of the river GPS could get you back around to Medora and SR 135 for the return so the observant folks out that way didn't notice a strange car going by and returning.

We may never know. I hate to say it but the obvious lack of planning makes 2nd degree murder a more likely charge. The LEOs and lawyers are better at this than I am, thoughts?

My bet is drugs. A drug addled mind isn't as keen on planning and execution.

 

[T.Lex]

You could look down through the floor and see the river.

Because growing up, my family also had a car with enough rusted out to be able to see through the floor.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Because growing up, my family also had a car with enough rusted out to be able to see through the floor.

I meant rolling down the window and looking out. Although I remember as a kid raising my feet up because water was filling the floorboard of the truck as we went through a flooded road.