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RJ Sykes's avatar

So, it's possible that the real perpetrator got away.

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Tales From the Underworld's avatar

I suppose it's possible. Stearns did end up pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Though he was given probation instead of prison time, so that could have potentially motivated him to plead guilty rather than risk another trial.

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RJ Sykes's avatar

Indeed. The plea deal worked.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

“It looked to everyone like a skit. When the man fell down and was moving and mumbling on the floor we all thought, gee, this guy is really putting it on.” When one of the guests noticed blood coming from Lindstrand’s mouth, another one told her, “It must be a capsule.”

Only after a guest checked on Lindstrand did they realize that this was no skit. “He had no pulse. This man is dead.” After that, “There was just quiet, shock, and disbelief.”

The 1968 movie "The Power" has a scene similar to this event (though the party in question wasn't a Halloween one). Since the incident was fairly recent then, could it have been on the makers' minds?

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Tales From the Underworld's avatar

Interesting. Sounds quite possible.

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Rikhard Ravindra Tanskanen's avatar

It sounds to me like it was three mob associates, one of which killed the victim out of jealousy, and the three turned on each other. The fact that the victim was not screaming implies the party was a drug rave, and the victim consumed a large amount of sleeping pills, tranquilizers, alcohol, marijuana, LSD, and magic mushrooms.

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