Now this is sick - Chef says he cooked wife's body for four days

[malaise]

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/18/local/la-me-restaurateur-20120919
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David Viens walked into his living room and panicked. He discovered that he had accidentally killed his wife, he said, and wanted to get rid of her body.

The chef said he thought of how easily he disposed of grease in his restaurant. So, he said, he stuffed his wife's body, face-down, into a drum of boiling water — and cooked it. For four days.

Viens has pleaded not guilty to killing his wife, Dawn, who was 39 when she vanished in October 2009. In 2011, after Viens learned investigators suspected that he had played a role in her disappearance, he leaped off an 80-foot cliff in Rancho Palos Verdes — feet first, arms raised, screaming.

David Viens said he packed his wife's 105-pound body into a heavy container and used weights to keep it submerged in the bubbling water.

"I just slowly cooked it and I ended up cooking her for four days," he said.

[cali]

1. yes it is.

[jsr]

2. WTF

[cdb120]

3. That's 3 days too long n/t

[nc4bo]

4. What the what in the hell?? The rest of the story is a must read.

He taped her mouth and bound her hands and feet, Viens told investigators. He said he had done that at least twice before to prevent her from "driving around wasted, whacked out on coke and drinking."

Then Viens fell asleep.

The next morning, "I woke up. I panicked," he said.

"Why — why did you panic?" Garcia asked.

"She was hard," Viens said.

Is he crazy? A psychopath? Stupid?

[deutsey]

5. God, I hate when I walk into the living room to find that I've accidentally killed my wife

[Patiod]

6. I know, right?

A few inches off with the duct tape, and they stop breathing! Who wouldda thought?

[TwilightGardener]

7. That seems like a lot of effort.

[MrScorpio]

8. Sounds like something out of a Peter Greenaway movie

All that's missing is Helen Mirren

[mzmolly]

9. That's a new one.

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. This gives the word

reduction a whole new meaning.

[Blue_Tires]

11. I'm almost surprised he didn't try to serve her as a special entree...

This guy is going to jail for the rest of his twisted life...

[Initech]

12. More zombies????

[winstars]

13. The place is about 15 minutes from me it had a good reputation although I never ate there, thank God

Terrible story, it was huge last year when they busted the husband...

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. Love me tender... n/t