Man drives 12miles with headless corpse

bluesdave · 08-31-2004, 01:40 AM

The following story is in today's Sydney Morning Herald:

A drunken driver in the US state of Georgia hit a telephone pole support wire that decapitated his passenger, then drove 20km home and slept in his bloodied clothes, leaving the headless body in his truck, police said.

A neighbour walking with his young daughter yesterday morning discovered Daniel Brohm's headless corpse in the truck in John Kemper Hutcherson's driveway in Marietta and called authorities, said Corporal Dana Pierce, county police spokesman.

Officers found Hutcherson asleep inside his home. He was visibly drunk and his clothes were bloody, authorities said. They later found Brohm's severed head at the crash site.

"It's hard for one to imagine that you would drive miles from a crash site to your home, turning in various directions, and yet not know what has happened to a passenger sitting next to you," Pierce said.

Hutcherson, 21, was charged with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and failure to stop at an accident with death or injury. He was jailed on a $143,000 bond.

Police said Hutcherson and Brohm - friends since high school - were drinking at a bar Saturday night and left after Brohm said he felt sick.

Brohm, 23, apparently was leaning out of the window when Hutcherson hit the support wire about a kilometre from the bar.

DanaC · 08-31-2004, 04:56 AM

*Shakes head* Amazing.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-31-2004, 04:59 AM

Brohm wasn't complaining.

Cyber Wolf · 08-31-2004, 07:23 AM

Woo, yet another reason I won't touch the stuff!!

jane_says · 08-31-2004, 08:19 AM

What, CW, 'cause it's causing people's heads to pop of now and then? I've heard of people "losing their heads", but I didn't know they meant it this way. I'm going to cut down.

Trilby · 08-31-2004, 08:56 AM

I've spent a few evenings in the company of headless torso's...who hasn't? Most company parties are of this variety.

lookout123 · 08-31-2004, 11:30 AM

the gene pool needs a little chlorine from time to time. guess it was time in georgia.

Cyber Wolf · 08-31-2004, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jane_says

What, CW, 'cause it's causing people's heads to pop of now and then?

Indirectly, yes

ladysycamore · 08-31-2004, 05:05 PM

Wow...um.....wow.

Trilby · 08-31-2004, 09:11 PM

So--anyone else have a comparable story to share??

Sweets · 09-05-2004, 12:54 PM

If you drive around 20 km with a headless corpse in your car, after a Saturday Night of drinking...

You might be a redneck :p

triestemoi · 09-06-2004, 02:10 AM

This story has haunted me for the last few days. I can but still can't imagine it happening. I have such conflicting feelings about the whole situation. Is the driver a blithering idiot for driving so drunk he killed his best friend so therefore he should have the book thrown at him? Or does he deserve compassion for the loss of his friend in such tragic circumstances? Is anyone else really torn over this?

xoxoxoBruce · 09-06-2004, 08:13 AM

Both.

One from family, one from the law.

Troubleshooter · 09-06-2004, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by triestemoi

This story has haunted me for the last few days. I can but still can't imagine it happening. I have such conflicting feelings about the whole situation. Is the driver a blithering idiot for driving so drunk he killed his best friend so therefore he should have the book thrown at him? Or does he deserve compassion for the loss of his friend in such tragic circumstances? Is anyone else really torn over this?

They should take away his driver's licence for DUI and then send him to old sparky for such a willful disregard of the lives of himself and others that it cost someone their life.

The victims are the family of the headless guy because they lost a family member and the family of the guy who did it because he should be punished for doing it.

As a side note, the headless guy is at least partially responsible for what happened because he drank that much, let his friend drink that much, and still got in the truck with him.

This isn't a complicated situation.

Trilby · 09-06-2004, 06:00 PM

The family of the headless guy was asking for the release of the driver. They want him out of jail.

08-31-2004, 01:40 AM	#1
bluesdave Getting older every day Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 308	Man drives 12miles with headless corpse The following story is in today's Sydney Morning Herald: A drunken driver in the US state of Georgia hit a telephone pole support wire that decapitated his passenger, then drove 20km home and slept in his bloodied clothes, leaving the headless body in his truck, police said. A neighbour walking with his young daughter yesterday morning discovered Daniel Brohm's headless corpse in the truck in John Kemper Hutcherson's driveway in Marietta and called authorities, said Corporal Dana Pierce, county police spokesman. Officers found Hutcherson asleep inside his home. He was visibly drunk and his clothes were bloody, authorities said. They later found Brohm's severed head at the crash site. "It's hard for one to imagine that you would drive miles from a crash site to your home, turning in various directions, and yet not know what has happened to a passenger sitting next to you," Pierce said. Hutcherson, 21, was charged with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and failure to stop at an accident with death or injury. He was jailed on a $143,000 bond. Police said Hutcherson and Brohm - friends since high school - were drinking at a bar Saturday night and left after Brohm said he felt sick. Brohm, 23, apparently was leaning out of the window when Hutcherson hit the support wire about a kilometre from the bar. __________________ History is a great teacher; it is a shame that people never learn from it.

08-31-2004, 04:59 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Brohm wasn't complaining. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-31-2004, 07:23 AM	#4
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Woo, yet another reason I won't touch the stuff!! __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

08-31-2004, 11:30 AM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	the gene pool needs a little chlorine from time to time. guess it was time in georgia. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-31-2004, 05:05 PM	#9
ladysycamore "I may not always be perfect, but I'm always me." Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In Sycamore's boxers Posts: 1,341	Wow...um.....wow. __________________ "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." ~Tagline from the movie "Amistad"~ "The Akan concept of Sankofa: In order to move forward we first have to take a step back. In other words, before we can be prepared for the future, we must comprehend the past." From "We Did It, They Hid It"

08-31-2004, 04:56 AM	#2
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Shakes head Amazing.

08-31-2004, 08:19 AM	#5
jane_says Colonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW VA Posts: 200	What, CW, 'cause it's causing people's heads to pop of now and then? I've heard of people "losing their heads", but I didn't know they meant it this way. I'm going to cut down.

08-31-2004, 08:56 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I've spent a few evenings in the company of headless torso's...who hasn't? Most company parties are of this variety.

08-31-2004, 09:11 PM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	So--anyone else have a comparable story to share??

09-05-2004, 12:54 PM	#11
Sweets Because someone has to EAD Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cauliflornia, USA Posts: 35	omg If you drive around 20 km with a headless corpse in your car, after a Saturday Night of drinking... You might be a redneck :p

09-06-2004, 02:10 AM	#12
triestemoi Civil Civilian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Northwest Posts: 33	This story has haunted me for the last few days. I can but still can't imagine it happening. I have such conflicting feelings about the whole situation. Is the driver a blithering idiot for driving so drunk he killed his best friend so therefore he should have the book thrown at him? Or does he deserve compassion for the loss of his friend in such tragic circumstances? Is anyone else really torn over this?

09-06-2004, 08:13 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Both. One from family, one from the law. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-06-2004, 06:00 PM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	The family of the headless guy was asking for the release of the driver. They want him out of jail.

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