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In June, three days after their wedding, Milford Jackson (a Detroit Pistons fan) and his wife (a Portland Trailblazers fan) argued during the basketball playoffs. She ordered him out of their house, in Long Beach, California, but he returned a short time later to set their garage on fire, causing 20,000 dollars’ worth of damage.
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Police in Boynton Beach, Florida, charged 48-year-old Mary Grieco and her daughter with the murder of Mary’s 52-year-old husband, Joe, because he was “miserable” and wanted to watch TV all the time. Mary said they had tried to kill Joe several times with poison and had contemplated blowing up his car as well. They planned several times over a month to shoot him while he lay snoring in front of the TV set, but chickened out until the night of August 9. Said Mary, “He was a miserable bastard, but he had his good points, too.” Mary originally reported the shooting as a suicide, but police were suspicious because suicidal people don’t usually take naps before trying to kill themselves.
Adult Behavior
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
