Man Kills Sister With Ax (Argued Over Pair Of Shorts)

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The siblings shared a tiny studio apartment that offered little privacy. One slept on a chair, the other on a couch in a room separated by a sheet.

In these cramped quarters, police say, Kimberly Shine and her brother William A. Windsor argued frequently and with little provocation. Their final, fatal argument — which police said led to Windsor killing Shine with an ax — was over a pair of shorts.

Shine, 38, became enraged when Windsor told her he had to wear shorts to an appointment the pair had Wednesday morning for help paying a utility bill because he had no clean pants, according to court documents.

When Windsor began to cry during the argument, Shine continued to berate and belittle him, the documents state.

That's when Windsor grabbed an ax from the closet and repeatedly struck his sister, police say.

He said he attacked his sister, according to court documents, because "he had had enough mental abuse" and "he wanted to make it stop."

On Thursday, Windsor, 32, was arraigned in Kitsap County Superior Court. Prosecutors said they expect to file a first-degree domestic-violence murder charge against him today. He is being held on $1 million bail.

According to an affidavit of probable cause prepared by police, the siblings, who grew up in Kingston, in Kitsap County, had rented the apartment near Olympic College in Bremerton more than a year ago, but Windsor had moved out because the two often fought. Windsor moved back in three months ago, police said.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003500081_slaying29m.html

[Little Wing]

1. Ax. Underpants.

This would make the best front for a pair of boxers ever