Weird case from St. Louis County, where two friends made a suicide pact and went to a conservation area to carry it out in 2008. Jacob Runge allegedly test-fired the gun and then handed it to his friend, Alex Harkins, who killed himself. Runge changed his mind, though, and didn't kill himself, the P-D reports. He was charged after he later led Harkins' parents to the body. Today, Runge has been cleared voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action charges.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Mo. man acquitted in friend's suicide
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If someone else does it, we cant exactly call it suicide, now can we?
Posted by: The Weasel (Pat) | Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 03:20 PM
Someone else didn't do it.
"Jacob Runge allegedly test-fired the gun and then handed it to his friend, Alex Harkins, who killed himself."
Read more closely. True these aren't facts, but I don't think a murder is any more likely than a suicide in this particular case.
Posted by: George | Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 05:12 PM
A chargeable offense fails to come to mind here. Civil liability could be a different story.
Posted by: Heezy | Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 07:04 PM
Its suicide when you kill yourself, and its homocide when you kill someone else.
That was my point.
Posted by: The Weasel (Pat) | Friday, July 30, 2010 at 10:21 AM