Michigan 'Santa' charged with murder
 

from:cnn.com


Michigan 'Santa' charged with murder
Thursday, November 7, 2002 Posted: 9:57 AM EST (1457 GMT)



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WARREN, Michigan (AP) -- A 65-year-old man who often dressed as Santa Claus for Warren's Thanksgiving parade was charged with stabbing his daughter to death during an argument about Christmas decorations.

Frederick Kaercher was being held Wednesday on murder charges in the death of 31-year-old Monica Kaercher.

"They were arguing over Christmas decorations. It appears that was the precipitating argument," prosecutor Robert Merrelli said.

Police said the argument Tuesday led Kaercher to accuse his daughter of stealing some items. The argument moved to the kitchen, where Kaercher grabbed a butcher's knife and stabbed his daughter in the neck, said Detective David Andrews.

In addition to the annual Thanksgiving parade, Kaercher made appearances at Warren city hall during the holidays. Last year, heart problems kept him from serving as Santa Claus but his daughter continued to help organize the parade, said parade chairman Jeff Cutter.

wow thats really fucked up.

I was about an hour away from there last weekend.
people have problems.

She must have been on his "bad" list.

I'm going straight to hell.

actually you were about thirty seconds from there.

I laughed when I read the topic title...:D