Prosecutors: Man killed mom after spat over Avril Lavigne concert tickets

[marmar]

from the Chicago Sun-Times:



Robert Lyons wanted to see an upcoming Avril Lavigne concert so badly he flew into a rage when his mother refused to call a friend to arrange skybox tickets for him.

That anger prompted Lyons, now 39, to brutally beat and stab Linda Bolek to death in the kitchen of the Carol Stream condo they shared, DuPage County prosecutors argued Wednesday as his murder trial opened.

Bolek died on March 14, 2008, after her son twice slammed a bottle of cognac into her head, then stabbed her nine times in the back ­­-- an attack so violent the knife blade snapped off in her body, prosecutors contended.

“This defendant was so angry with his mother that he bludgeoned and repeatedly stabbed her in a fit of rage,” Assistant State’s Attorney Ann Celine O’Hallaren said. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.suntimes.com/7657335-417/prosecutors-man-killed-mom-after-spat-over-avril-lavigne-concert-tickets.html

[WingDinger]

1. Hypervigilance, as it is preached, affects the sane and the insane.

[Betsy Ross]

2. Isn't 39 a bit old to be such a rabid fan of Avril Lavigne? n/t

[JI7]

3. 39 years old and demanding mom get him Avril Lavigne Tickets ?

[boston bean]

4. seems like something a little more was going on here. nt

[Divine Discontent]

5. why'd he have to go and make things so complicated?

[Odin2005]

6. WTF is a 39yo doing listening to AVRIL LAVIGNE???

[provis99]

7. He was bipolar. Incoherent rages are common with bipolars.