도둑이 유골가루를 마약으로 착각하여 흡입을 했다고 UPI가 보도했다.
필립 멕물렌은 외출 후 자신의 집이 도둑맞았다는 것을 알게 됐다. 하지만 도둑들이 들었다는 사실보다 더 충격적인 것은 그들이 멕물렌 아내의 유골가루가 마약인줄 알고 흡입을 시도했다는 것이다.
유골가루가 바닥에 온통 흩어져 있었으며 흡입 시도의 흔적이 보였다고 경찰은 전했다. 아내의 유골가루가 금속 상자가 아닌 플라스틱 박스에 담겨져 있어 그런 착각을 했을 것이라 추측하고 있다.
베트남 전쟁에 참전했던 멕물렌은 싸움을 싫어하지만 도둑들이 잡힌다면 기꺼이 다시 그들과 싸울 의향이 있다고 전하다. 신이 그들의 만행을 용서해줄지도 의문이라고 덧붙였다.
(코리아헤럴드 조한나 인턴기자 hnncho@heraldcorp.com)
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Alleged Alabama burglar smoked dead woman‘s ashes thinking they were drugs
Vietnam War veteran Phillip McMullen likely saw some bad things during his time in the service, but what he saw when returned to his Alabama home ranks right up there.
McMullen came back to his Citronelle residence after visiting some friends out of town and discovered that his home had been burglarized.
The gun safe at McMullen’s house had been damaged, but it wasn‘t broken into. The same could not be said for the plastic box which held his deceased wife’s ashes.
“They even took my wife‘s ashes off my headboard, strewed them around, looked like they tried to smoke some of them or something,” McMullen told FOX10 News. “I bet that was a nasty taste when they (did) that.”
McMullen and his wife were married for 22 years and he says the violation makes him “want to fight again.”
If the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is able to catch the crook, it‘s possible they will be charged with desecration of a grave.
“It’s hard to put in words, it makes me want to fight again, and I don‘t like to fight,” McMullen said. “I don’t know if God will forgive them for what they‘ve done or not.” (UPI)
