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View Poll Results: Would you be a reasonable suspect in any person's murder?
I cannot think of any person for whose murder I would be a reasonable suspect. 30 26.32%
I can think of at least one peson for whose murder I'd be a reasonable suspect. 46 40.35%
I can think of multiple such persons. 32 28.07%
I'm not voting even in a private poll. I just want some coconut pie. 6 5.26%
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Old 08-10-2012, 06:29 AM
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If they don't know about my agoraphobia
And if the body is found stuffed under your bed, well, what then?
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Old 08-10-2012, 07:38 AM
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I answered 2) because pretty much anybody is a reasonable suspect for the murder of someone he's going to inherit from, and all people in a relationship are reasonable suspects for the murder of their spouse/partner (I believe that in fact the spouse/partner is almost always a suspect, given that quite a lot of murders are committed by them)
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Old 08-10-2012, 07:41 AM
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I'm a nurse. I mostly work at nights, so there is that suspicion on me, I guess if there were sudden unexplained deaths (amongst mental patients in the older adult population)

I have an ex spouse, and a current spouse. Nevermind I have not physically laid eyes on ex spouse (nor ever known his exact whereabouts) since 2004.

And there is a woman in the greater Dallas region I sent a text to about 2 years ago telling her that if she didn't stop harassing my family I would make sure she had some grief befall her. (I meant reporting her to her internet, telephone, and cell phone providers, but who knows how that could look if she ended up dead.)
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Old 08-10-2012, 07:55 AM
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I answered 2) because pretty much anybody is a reasonable suspect for the murder of someone he's going to inherit from, and all people in a relationship are reasonable suspects for the murder of their spouse/partner (I believe that in fact the spouse/partner is almost always a suspect, given that quite a lot of murders are committed by them)
Ok, after reading the thread, I see that this answer isn't in the spirit of the thread and boring.

Thinking a bit hard, there's this former coworker/boss who gave me hell when I was working with him. It's the first person ever I've know personnally and wouldn't have cared, or even would have been pleased if he had died. Now, if I were a suspect following his demise, they would have to add at least 7 of his formers coworkers to the list, incuding 2 who resigned over having to work with him. Also, he has an history of violence, so there probably would be other people outside the workplace.
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