Holy crap - Belgian police probe sky diver's death

[Bunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070125/ap_on_re_eu/belgium_sky_diver_death

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BRUSSELS, Belgium - Authorities have opened a murder investigation into the death of a skydiver, saying they believe someone tampered with her parachute in an apparent fight over a lover.

Els Van Doren, 37, fell 13,000 feet to her death last November after her parachute and emergency chute failed to open.

A fellow female skydiver was detained for questioning last week and is the "prime suspect" in the investigation, prosecutor Michel Zegers said Wednesday. No charges have been filed.

Investigators believe Van Doren and the suspect, who belonged to the same parachute club, also dated the same man, a Dutch national identified as "Marcel."
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This is just messed up. Wow.

[edbermac]

1. Pretty elaborate way to knock off a rival.

Why not just do an Amy Fisher, knock on the door, bang-bang...:shrug:

[Maddy McCall]

2. What a brutal way to off a competitor.

If that's indeed what happened, I hope she's punished severely.

Can you imagine the feeling of helplessness after the women opened chute 1 and then chute 2, and then realized, "I'm going to die by crashing into the earth."

Damn.

[LeftyMom]

3. Didn't I see this on CSI?

:shrug:

[Initech]

5. I thought this was an episode of Monk...

[johnnie]

4. Damn!

It amazes me what people will do to each other over a fucking relationship. I know a bit of "needing" someone to "complete" you is innate, but the majority of it is because the person has no sense of self. People are so wrapped up in this relationship bullshit, that they will kill someone by messing with their parachutes.

It's fucked up...

[idgiehkt]

6. you're telling me

even people you'd never expect it from can get embarassingly catty over stuff like this. That poor woman. People need to realize no dick is worth this kind of troube.