Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Death by Wedgie on This Day in History

 

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This day in history: 58-year old Denver Lee St. Clair was asphyxiated by an "atomic wedgie" administered by his stepson during a fight on this day in 2013. After he had been knocked unconscious, the elastic band from his torn underwear was pulled over his head and stretched around his neck, strangling him. The stepson was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

"Wedgies have been known to cause serious harm to victims, especially boys. In 2004, a 10-year-old boy underwent surgery to reattach a testicle to his scrotum after receiving a wedgie (a maneuver the pranksters said they learned from The Simpsons)." Source

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The Murder of a Toddler on This Day in History

 

This Day in History: One-year-old Antonio Santiago was murdered on this day in 2013, during an attempted robbery in Brunswick, Georgia. As Santiago and his mother, Sherry West, were returning home from the post office, they were confronted by two youths, 15-year-old Dominique Lang and 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins. Elkins, who had previously shot another victim he tried to rob, pointed a gun at West and demanded money. When she did not comply he fired two .22-caliber bullets, one of which grazed her head, and the other of which went through her leg. He then shot Santiago in the face, killing him. The murder received national as well as international attention due to the victim's young age.

Lang pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery, and was sentenced to eight years of probation. Elkins was tried and convicted in August 2013 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. He did not receive the death penalty because he was under 18 at the time of the crime. Several of Elkins's relatives were also convicted of, and pleaded guilty to, charges related to covering up the crime.