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marmar

(77,077 posts)
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 10:44 AM Jun 2012

Bear eats missing murderer’s body in British Columbia


KAMLOOPS, B.C.—A man whose dead body was partly eaten by a bear on a remote road near Kamloops, B.C., was a convicted murderer who had been reported missing last week.

The B.C. Coroner’s Service and the RCMP say 53-year-old Rory Nelson Wagner had been living in Kamloops before he vanished.

The National Parole Board has confirmed Wagner pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1994.

He and two others were charged with killing a Langley, B.C., man in 1993 who they believed had sexually assaulted their family member. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1204720--missing-murderer-s-body-eaten-by-bear?bn=1



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Bear eats missing murderer’s body in British Columbia (Original Post) marmar Jun 2012 OP
Sometimes you eat the bear...... n/t brewens Jun 2012 #1
Sometimes you eat the bear... Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #2
Bearly got away with it. n/t 2on2u Jun 2012 #3
Alternate headline: LuvNewcastle Jun 2012 #4
that's refreshing. cali Jun 2012 #5
Does a bear pintobean Jun 2012 #6
All these stories about cannibalism... murielm99 Jun 2012 #7
What a sad story. The guy committed suicide while on parole for a revenge killing. morningfog Jun 2012 #8
 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
8. What a sad story. The guy committed suicide while on parole for a revenge killing.
Sat Jun 2, 2012, 12:49 PM
Jun 2012

Sad that even his corpse is still labeled "murderer".

And now a bear is facing euthanizing for eating what was available. A perfect example of a cycle of violence.

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