Man Kills Wife By Shoving Easter Bunny Plate Down Her Throat

[matcom]

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A 38-year-old Spencer man was charged Monday in Marathon County court with the murder of his wife after authorities suspect he suffocated her by shoving a ceramic Easter bunny-shaped plate down her throat.

Patrick M. Zurkowski, of 716 E. Hickory St. in Spencer, stood with his arms crossed as Assistant District Attorney Ken Heimerman asked for a high cash bond while the case is pending in the homicide of June Zurkowski, 40. An autopsy revealed the ears of the Easter bunny plate had broken off and were lodged in her throat, blocking her airway in a brutal death that could have taken 10 to 20 minutes, Heimerman said.

A significant amount of blood was found in June Zurkowski's lungs and her stomach. She had a cut on her tongue, according to the police department.

Investigators believe the ceramic pieces found in her throat match an Easter plate found in the Zurkowski home that was missing the ears of a bunny.

When police arrived at the scene Friday, Patrick Zurkowski refused to answer questions and was unresponsive, Spencer Police Chief Bill Hoes said.

Hoes said Zurkowski refused to move from a chair inside the home when police wanted to take him to the station to interview him. He was hit with a Taser twice after he kicked at officers, Hoes said.

Authorities had to remove him physically from his house and a squad car once they arrived at the jail on Friday, where he remained through the weekend. Judge Vincent Howard set his bond at $1 million cash at an initial appearance Monday in court.

Spencer police arrested Zurkowski on a charge of first-degree intentional homicide after he called a funeral home and said that his wife had died suddenly.

http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060328/MNH0101/603280658/1732

[DS1]

1. Death by chocolate?

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[matcom]

2. good thing Mrs Matcom doesn't like Easter Bunny plates

i tells ya :D

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[pitohui]

3. how do people even think of doing crap like this?

i mean what the heck? divorce lawyers may be high but not as high as a good defense lawyer, ask robert blake!

[4morewars]

4. Happy Holidays !

one and all

[Shine]

5. What a freakish and tragic way to die. That's sad. n/t

[skygazer]

6. That's pretty ghastly

The headline sounded bizarre enough to make me sort of chuckle but imagining her death is pretty grim. There are some seriously deranged people out there.

[BikeWriter]

7. Happy Easter, June Zurkowski.

[Fleshdancer]

8. dear Goddess....

what a slow, torturous way to die. And afterward, the bastard calls the funeral home instead of the police? :wtf:

[Blue Diadem]

9. Poor lady..what an awful way to die.

With any luck maybe dear ole' Patrick will spend the rest of his days seeing her face during the horrific last minutes of her life.