# A Weekend at Bernies Christmas Murder

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669 "2021-04-09T10:32:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeathPool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@DeathPool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathPool)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669/1 "2021-04-09T10:32:53Z")

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Just randomly heard about this. Guy kills his wife the night before Christmas and then props her up on the couch for the kids on Christmas morning.

> **[California man accused of propping up dead wife for kids on Christmas is...](https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-man-accused-of-propping-up-dead-wife-for-kids-on-christmas-is-convicted-of-murder-da)**
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> A California man accused of killing his wife and propping her dead body up on a sofa for her children to open presents on Christmas in 2011, was convicted of murder Wednesday.

I wonder why it took them so many years to prosecute the guy.

“I remember trying to touch my mom and she was just rock hard, cold and I said, ‘Mommy,’ and she didn’t respond,” the daughter said.

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669/2 "2021-04-10T14:20:27Z")

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Those poor children. And all that after witnessing years of domestic violence.

Can’t imagine being the defense attorney on that one.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669/3 "2021-04-10T16:06:25Z")

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Why wasn’t he also convicted of gross child abuse?

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weekend-at-bernies-christmas-murder/939669/4 "2021-04-20T18:23:55Z")

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Plus abuse of a corpse.

And creating a nuisance.