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#83834 10/18/02 06:17 PM
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Well, so much for THAT slogan:


MODESTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California woman who allegedly flew into a rage and bit her husband repeatedly after he refused to have sex with her is being held on charges that police say may eventually include murder.
Modesto police said that Kelli Pratt, 45, attacked her 65-year-old husband Arthur on Oct. 7, holding him down and biting him some 20 times after a dispute over sex.

"Most of the bites were confined to his arm and his abdomen and a few were very deep with major tissue damage," Sgt. Al Carter of the Modesto police told a television news reporter Thursday.

The Modesto Bee newspaper reported that Arthur Pratt, whose skin was covered with more than 20 deep tooth marks, died Sunday at a local hospital and that the local forensic pathologist believes the bites are the likely cause of death.

"He (the husband) was able to dial 911 (emergency) that night," Carter told the newspaper. "We have a tape recording of him screaming while she was biting him. When officers arrived, he was screaming that he'd been assaulted. She fought with the officers and tried to bite them, too."

Arthur Pratt had a history of medical problems including diabetes, heart and circulation problems. An official ruling on the possible homicide charge is awaiting toxicology tests, which could determine whether the bites caused an infection that proved fatal, the Bee said.

Carter said police were already persuaded that "his death was a direct result of being bitten."

"I've seen cases where dogs have bitten kids, and blood loss or infection led to death," Carter said. "I've never heard of anyone being bitten to death (by a human) before."

Kelli Pratt is currently being held in Modesto, about 90 miles east of San Francisco, on charges of elder abuse, domestic violence and assault on a police officer.





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aka Hanna Lechter? Just askin'.



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No CK, it's Annibel Lecter!


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Hubby had gone celibate;
Therefore Hubby Kelli bit...


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I bet on the heart attack. not enough time for infection to develop.

it's better to marry people of your own age. If she were in her 60 she would have artificial teeth that could have been stuck after the first bite



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And put her in a house of dedention?



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No, wouldn't be fair, Ted. The death was unindentional.



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She'd make a good candidate on "To Tell the Tooth." You know, that old game that was something you could really get your teeth into. Or someone could crown her "Queen for a Day." Or do a historical drama about her family called "Roots".

Brushing-you-guys-off regards--I'm just fillingin time,
WW


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Unindentional or not, I think if I were the judge I would find her re-mandible for trial.

(At least in TEd's "incisive" mind, though he can't seem to make a pun on bicuspid, molar's the pity.) Unless we refer to Fishonabicuspid, but that's a bit of a stretch even for me. Probably we can't cary on this converstion much further, no matter how filling it is. And that's the tooth!



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very incis(or)ive, TEd!



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another thread i find distasteful.


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We have to make our puns where we can.



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I apologize. When you get caught up in pun-making, you're not really thinking of the actual reality--you go into a strictly confined word place with little resemblance to the 3D world.

Anyway, I sure didn't mean to be offensive, and I won't do it again with such events.

Sincerely hanging my head in shame,
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I guess we had a lapsus of judgement...





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Well, I'm not sure it was meant as a biting remark...



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Hmmmmm.... Does the "J" in "Jackie" stand for "Jaws"? This is a new side of Jackie!

I'm kidding. Honestly. This was just a joke, Jackie. You know...the "j" in "joke" stands for "jackie,", too!


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the story of my life......once again i've been totally misunderstood but i refuse to apologise for the poor pun intended


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Aha--I was right. (Ooh, I SO love that!)

Love, Jaws


P.S.--It was not poor humor!

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