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Thread ID: 16607 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2005-02-05
2005-02-05 19:13 | User Profile
Oddly Enough - Reuters Reuters Woman Accused of Giving Lethal Sherry Enema
Thu Feb 3,10:36 AM ET
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas woman has been indicted for criminally negligent homicide for causing her husband's death by giving him a sherry enema, a police detective said on Wednesday.
Tammy Jean Warner, 42, gave Michael Warner two large bottles of sherry on May 21, which raised his blood alcohol level to 0.47 percent, or nearly six times the level considered legally drunk in Texas, police detective Robert Turner in Lake Jackson, Texas, told the Houston Chronicle.
"We're not talking about little bottles here," Turner said. "These were at least 1.5-liter bottles."
Warner, 58, was said to have an alcohol problem and received the wine enema because a throat ailment left him unable to drink the sherry, Turner told the newspaper.
"I heard of this kind of thing in mortuary school in 1970, but this is the first time I've ever heard of someone actually doing it," said Turner, who led the lengthy investigation in the case.
The woman admitted administering the enema, but denied causing her husband's death, the Chronicle said.
A dispatcher for the Lake Jackson police said only Turner could discuss the case, but he did not return phone calls from Reuters.
Along with negligent homicide, Mrs. Warner was indicted for burning her husband's will a month before his death. Both charges carry maximum penalties of two years in prison.
Mrs. Warner surrendered to police on Monday and was released on $30,000 bail, the newspaper said.
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2005-02-06 04:21 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Gabrielle]Tammy Jean Warner, 42, gave Michael Warner two large bottles of sherry [/QUOTE]
Two large bottles? Is that 42 an age or an IQ score?
2005-02-06 16:03 | User Profile
I learn something new about the world every day. I'm obviously culturally deprived, since I'd never heard of people doing this sort of thing before.
Out of curiosity, since the detective said he learned about this phenomenon in mortuary school, I decided to Google the term "alcohol enema" and it turns out that there is a subculture out there that puts drugs and alcohol into enemas as a way of getting a quick result--although I noticed in the results returned there's often disclaimers about it being a dangerous practice since the liver doesn't get the chance to process any of the alcohol, which makes it more potent.
I also took note that apparently fraternities have established an "enema room" at parties for the purpose of getting drunk "without puking." What a high goal that is!
Finally, there was a result returned where doctors described an incident involving a homosexual who received a concrete enema that caused a trip to the emergency room to have the hardened concrete removed. It is very telling that at the end of the report, the doctors mentioned to the patient that he might benefit from having a consultation with one of the psychologists, but the patient declined. Apparently he was satisfied with his madness.