It wasn't Santa...

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:58 pm

A human skeleton was found in the chimney of an abandoned

South Los Angeles building by children who had gone up on the roof

looking for a ball.

The bones belonged to an "unidentified young person" according to the

Police Department. A youngster peered into the chimney and saw what

appeared to be a human skull.

Authorities were investigating and no further details were available.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:01 pm

it isn't uncommon to rescue would-be burglars from chimneys and ductwork. more dumbass criminals

robinseggs · Post by **robinseggs** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:01 pm

Wow, so do you think this was a burglar who got stuck and died you mean???

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:13 pm

robinseggs wrote: Wow, so do you think this was a burglar who got stuck and died you mean???more than likely...they aren't awfully bright! :wah:

David813 · Post by **David813** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:33 pm

lady cop wrote: more than likely...they aren't awfully bright! :wah:

I certainly understand the hatred for criminals but to find humor in the very likely agonizing death of a simple burglar is grisly and as uncivilized as our worst murderers. Sure, being robbed is a bad thing, happened to me a few years ago. In a rare instance of the KCPD actually ACTING on a burglary case my robber was found; A 15 year old boy. I'm glad he didn't become a future butt of jokes by dying in my house.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:41 pm

Don't worry, David, most of the dumbasses get rescued. if people kill themselves in the commission of a crime i don't get all weepy about it. but i don't 'hate' them, they ensure my employment.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:20 pm

I have heard the stories before "stuck in a chimney" this is just the first

time I heard of one being there long enough to be skeletonized. If it

WAS even a burglar, who knows, if the other kids were up on the roof

to get a ball maybe this one was just fooling around, you know how kids

get sometimes...

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:25 pm

There are thousands of these but golly..........Nude and I dropped my keys....Here's YOUR SIGN DOOD>>>>>>

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- A naked man got stuck in the chimney of a bookstore early Christmas morning.

Don't worry, it wasn't Santa Claus.

The 34-year-old man was treated Thursday for bruises and abrasions at Hennepin County Medical Center after being found naked and lodged in the furnace flue at Uncle Hugo's Bookstore. He was expected to be charged with attempted burglary on Friday.

"He was lucky," said police Lt. Mike Sauro. "He was only stuck in that chimney for a few hours. It's kind of a happy ending, because if he had been in there until that store opened Friday morning, it's my judgment he would have died.

"He doesn't appear to be a hard-core criminal, just stupid."

Police suspect that the man was drunk when he climbed atop the one-story building and removed all his clothes to help squeeze into the chimney. He then started to slide down the 12-by-12-inch chimney shaft, Sauro said.

"He's not Santa Claus," Sauro said. "He's a really skinny guy. And he's lucky he didn't get cooked."

The man told police that he entered the chimney about 1 a.m. Thursday to retrieve keys he accidentally dropped down the shaft.

A passer-by called police around 9 a.m. Thursday, after hearing screams for help coming from inside the store. Firefighters broke into the chimney with sledgehammers and freed the man.

"The store is pretty well torn up," said owner Don Blyly, who came in Thursday to hang up signs for a sale to begin Friday. "This is not what I came in here for today, but that's what I have to deal with."