Darwin Award Nominee

[BlueBrained]

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Michigan (AP) -- Michigan authorities say a shoplifting suspect died after being crushed in a trash compactor where she was hiding.


The Eaton County sheriff's department said two women fled a Lansing-area TJ Maxx discount store after spraying a security guard with Mace.


A deputy found one of the women behind a trash compactor.


Deputies say the woman wouldn't say where the other woman was hiding.


Shortly afterward, authorities got a call about a woman trapped in the trash compactor.


Tyree Monique Tate of Delta Township was pulled from the machine by rescuers and taken to a hospital, where the 26-year-old later died.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/19/suspect.crushed.ap/index.html

[marco]

Tyree Monique? What a beautiful name to waste.

[Donuts_For_Koharski]

Another Darwin award nominee, and a local one to boot. Evidently she had a history of neck problems (read posted comments) and was doing this.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/952E82E6D63BDAB0862574D5000B203F?OpenDocument

Woman dies on inflatable slide

By Christine Byers

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

10/01/2008

FESTUS — A woman from Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday after attempting to do somersaults on an inflatable slide during her stepson's eighth birthday party.

The Joachim Plattin Ambulance District responded to the Jump Zone Party Palace about 2:20 p.m. and found the woman, Sheri Stevens, 28, unresponsive at the bottom of a slide, said district Administrator Curt Steve. She may have broken her neck, Steve said.

"It was just one of those freak things," Steve said. "It's very tragic. These are never easy calls, especially when you have someone so young like that."

Family members did not want to comment.

Visitation is set for 5 to 8 p.m. today at Mahn Funeral Home in De Soto. A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, followed by burial at Peaceful Ridge Cemetery in De Soto.

Survivors include her husband, Shawn Stevens; father, Steve Hendrix of De Soto; mother, Sandy Hendrix of Festus; a stepson, Alexander Stevens of Scott City; and three sisters.

Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital or the Sheri Stevens Hendrix Benefit Fund, c/o First State Community Bank, 328 North Main Street, De Soto, Mo. 63020.

[Box & Won]

C3-PO must have had his comlink turned off.

[Baner]

C3-PO must have had his comlink turned off.

How long did you spend to find that picture?

[Box & Won]

How long did you spend to find that picture?

About five seconds.

[El Establishment 1]

[drobny23]

C3-PO must have had his comlink turned off.

Post of the day!

[Jeffro]

C3-PO must have had his comlink turned off.

C-3P0.