Howabout this for a classic headline!
'Elderley Man Violently Beaten to Death'
The text goes on to say: 'Police initially thought the elderly gentleman had been shot'....now, even I could tell the difference between being beaten and shot!! I wonder where they did their forensic training!!
I guess that's worse than being passively beaten to death.
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It reminds me of an episode of "Soap"...years ago. Upon finding a body with a noose around its neck in a shower, it was noticed the body had been shot, stabbed, beaten, hanged by the neck, suffocated, with suspicion of poisoning having occurred....and the comment was..."Well, I guess it's not suicide!" Or words to that effect.
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