Connecticut man says panic led him to chop up dead pal's body, stuff it in barrel

[Sequoia]

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A man charged with improperly disposing of a corpse claims he chopped up his friend's body, stuffed the parts in a metal drum and rolled it into a river in a panic after the friend died of a drug overdose, police said.

The drum, with the body parts inside, was found floating in the Pequonnock River in Bridgeport last week.

Felix Rivera, 23, was charged Tuesday with improper disposal of a dead body after he told police his story of what happened to Charles Gerber, police Lt. James Viadero said.

Police said Rivera told them he and Gerber had been celebrating their release from jail following arrests on assault and weapons-related charges. Gerber, 34, had taken pills, drunk alcohol and smoked the hallucinogen PCP on July 17 before Rivera discovered he had stopped breathing, according to police.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770725018

[NewJeffCT]

1. Man, I hate it when I start to panic

and start chopping people up...

[Call Me Wesley]

2. But it's sooo calming,

don't you agree. I always feel better afterwards. ;)

[skygazer]

3. I do that when I panic too

It's very common. They have pills for it.

[Deep13]

4. Yesterday, panic made me stuff my accomplice in the wood-chipper.

[NewJeffCT]

8. Hey - that happened in CT, too

Some guy stuffed his wife through a wood-chipper. I even remember them selling t-shirts that had "Divorce - Connecticut Style" on it with the picture of a wood-chipper.

[Sequoia]

9. I saw that on a TV show recently.

One of those true crime stories where people act everything out.

[Deja Q]

5. The man's completely crackers! And speaking of cracker barrel...

:hide:

[pagerbear]

6. An everyday occurrence in Bridgeport, actually.

Surprising it made the news.

[NewJeffCT]

11. unlike what just happened in Cheshire

that was surprising.

[Orrex]

7. Honestly, though

After he'd chopped up his friend, where was he supposed to stuff him?

[matcom]

10. CEEEELLAAAABRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON!

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