Bridge King decapitated by tenant (not Ralph Waldo Emerson) with samurai sword. Cut off his head to spite his place?

[clapclapclap 9000]

https://nypost.com/2020/07/29/connecticut-man-allegedly-decapitated-landlord-with-samurai-sword/

A man allegedly used a samurai sword to decapitate his Connecticut roommate — a nationally known bridge player — and has refused to talk with investigators about the crime, claiming he is a sovereign citizen, according to a report.

Jerry David Thompson, 42, of Hartford, had recently moved into a vacant bedroom in the Asylum Avenue home of Victor King, 64, a Travelers insurance company retiree and professional bridge player, the Hartford Courant reported.

Thompson threatened his landlord with the sword after the two men had a dispute about the suspect not paying the rent, according to the arrest warrant cited by the news outlet.

A day before he was beheaded Sunday, King reported to police that Thompson had waved the blade at him, the Courant reported.

When King’s friends could not reach him Sunday, they alerted authorities. Police and firefighters later forced their way into the house and discovered the grisly, bloody scene.

Police tracked Thompson down and pulled him over in the city’s North End, but he refused to say anything to investigators – but just scribbled on a piece of paper, “paper in glove compart in Jeep is all you need,” according to the report.

In the vehicle’s glove compartment, cops found paperwork suggesting that he considered himself a sovereign citizen and not subject to the law.

Thompson, who has previous convictions for assault and robbery, was arraigned Tuesday in Superior Court, where he also remained mum and was ordered held on $2 million bail.  (snip)

[Trey3216 15350]

That’s some tore up shit, any way you slice it. 

[Guest Lobo]

I'd like to think a guy that worked for Traveler's Insurance for 40 years will be covered for 'Death by Samurai Sword', but the fucking corporations these days...always skimping on their employee benefits.  

[tantric superman 4667]

Could have been grislyer.

[ztejas 43523]

He decapitated him with a samurai sword?

 

[washparkhorn 9939]

Nice neighborhood. If you have ever been to the Mark Twain House in Hartford, you were close to Asylum Ave. 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Don’t know why but the first thing I thought...

[Jerry Callo 8709]

36 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

First, a 'nationally known" and "professional" bridge player.

Sheboygan, very big in Sheboygan.

[ChiTownDoc 21154]

42 minutes ago, Lobo said:

I'd like to think a guy that worked for Traveler's Insurance for 40 years will be covered for 'Death by Samurai Sword', but the fucking corporations these days...always skimping on their employee benefits.  

"Travelers insurance retiree"   OOOOhhhhhh, the plot thickens!

 

What an odd detail to include. 

[TwiceHorn 31512]

Hartford was once, maybe still is, the insurance capital of the US, if not the world.

Saying that he was a Travelers retiree is kind of typical local color.

[Armybrat 40856]

59 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Hartford was once, maybe still is, the insurance capital of the US, if not the world.

Saying that he was a Travelers retiree is kind of typical local color.

Home of Colt Firearms too.

Edited August 2, 2020 by Armybrat

[washparkhorn 9939]

6 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Home of Colt Firearms too.

The Coltsville District is now run by the National Park Service and closer to becoming a new kind of National Park. 

[Blotto 23560]

Quote

Thompson, who has previous convictions for assault and robbery,

Seems like exactly the kind of guy that you want to take in as a tenant in your house. 

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

3 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

First, a 'nationally known" and "professional" bridge player. Okay, well, clearly I'm not up to snuff on my national bridge players.

Second, protip- If you live on Asylum Rd you might want to avoid roomates with Samurai swords that think they are sovereign citizen. Just a thought.

And finally, I guess pro bridge playing doesn't pay as well as one might be lead to believe.

ISWYD

Should've quit while he was ahead.

Edited August 2, 2020 by ShaggyBevo RIP

[RDCanecutter 26458]

Wait til they check the boxes in the tenant's room.

[Neonmoon 38129]

Sovereign citizens are some of my favorite crazy people. The mental gymnastics needed to arrive at and continue in their beliefs is fascinating. 

[Dewey 3286]

51 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Seems like exactly the kind of guy that you want to take in as a tenant in your house. 

No one said he was an actuary 

[Player 4575]

Hope he used the Randy Jackson autographed model.

[bmbmd 1027]

Asylum.  That's awesome. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21912]

Technically there's no such thing as a Samurai sword.  It was most likely a Katana.  Lazy ass journalists.

[BabaYaga 15302]

[Guest Lobo]

39 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Technically there's no such thing as a Samurai sword.  It was most likely a Katana.  Lazy ass journalists.

I thought Jerry Thompson hocked that Hattori Hanzo sword in Hartford for $250.  

[Rougarou 594]

18 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Hartford was once, maybe still is, the insurance capital of the US, if not the world.

Saying that he was a Travelers retiree is kind of typical local color.

This.

Also, Hartford is surprisingly one of the biggest shitholes I've ever seen. Lots of homelessness and crime and after dark it gets really sketchy quickly. I did 5 months of consulting work there for an insurer, holed up in a candlewood suite, and saw about everything there is to see in Hartford. The Yard Goats (Double A team) have a cool/modern stadium with all you can eat hot dogs and the Grateful Dead coverband came through is all I can remember from the good.

Edited August 3, 2020 by Rougarou

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Just now, Rougarou said:

This.

Also, Hartford is surprisingly one of the biggest shitholes I've ever seen. Lots of homelessness and crime and after dark it gets really sketchy quickly. I did 5 months of consulting work there for an insurer, holed up in a candlewood suite, and saw about everything there is to see in Hartford. The Yard Goats have a cool stadium with all you can eat hot dogs and the Grateful Dead coverband came through is all I can remember from the good.

That pretty much describes the entirety of Connecticut, minus the secluded, wealth NYC bedroom communities on the state line. 

[Rougarou 594]

2 minutes ago, Doc Reeves said:

That pretty much describes the entirety of Connecticut, minus the secluded, wealth NYC bedroom communities on the state line. 

I think this is what was surprising to me about Hartford. I thought Connecticut was just upper-crust through and through and populated with Yalies and John Cheever characters.