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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Me, Myself, Die

posted by on July 31 at 15:54 PM

From the top of the article:

The parents of a Surrey man still grieving over the slaying of their 27-year-old son received the shocking news Monday that his identical twin brother has been charged with the second-degree murder of his twin.

“I feel for the parents,” RCMP Cpl. Dale Carr said after police announced that Jason Robert Weismiller was arrested over the weekend and has been charged with the second-degree murder of his brother Darryl James Weismiller, who was stabbed to death July 14.

From the bottom of the article:

The act of killing one’s brother is known as fratricide, an uncommon form of homicide, said Simon Fraser University criminologist Neil Boyd, a murder specialist. The murder of an identical twin by the other twin is even more rare, he said.

“Fraternal twins, in a general sense, are not much different than other siblings,” Boyd explained. “But I think there is a twin psychology between identical twins that is different.”

To kill the one who looks exactly like you? To stab him? To watch life leave him? That is as close as you will ever get to the impossible: watching yourself die.

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I know have the sudden urge to rewatch Dead Ringers

Posted by monkey | July 31, 2007 4:02 PM
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Oops, "now", not "know". Hate when I do that.

Posted by monkey | July 31, 2007 4:03 PM
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After analyzing the data, he was set free, since the DNA tests all proved that his brother killed himself.

Being identical twins can sometimes have a downside, especially if your DNA sequencing is identical (or virtually identical, actually).

Posted by Will in Seattle | July 31, 2007 4:16 PM
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Eek. I'm an identical twin. This is icky.

Posted by Michigan Matt | July 31, 2007 4:47 PM
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My compliments on that headline, Charles.

Posted by Matthew | July 31, 2007 4:48 PM
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Posted by Bellevue Ave | July 31, 2007 5:33 PM
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I get it now. He's the only black guy in the Stranger office so you let him wear the mask of "the smart one." You're so darned liberal, you strangers. And nope, you guess it right: no one has even let me even try on "the smart one" mask.

Posted by Chris Rock | July 31, 2007 10:17 PM
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And if you have sex with your identical twin, it's like masturbating, only you can reach everything.

Posted by Gitai | July 31, 2007 10:38 PM
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I now have the sudden urge to beat some sense into Mudede. These people are grieving over the murder of their son and you take the event and turn it into a "oh isn't that cool" moment. The more I read your shit the less I can stand it. Get a fucking real job, and if you can't do that, go back to college and get a fucking real degree.

In your smartest moments you say the kind of shit my stupid friends say when they're high.

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