# RIP: Adrienne Shelly murdered at 40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023 "2006-11-11T18:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/1 "2006-11-11T18:09:34Z")
Weird death! It was originally reported as a suicide because she was found hanging, but details in the past week have surfaced that explain that it was a homicide; apparently she got into some sort of noise dispute with an illegal alien construction worker in her building, and he punched her, killing her (she was tiny). He then rigged up her body to make it look like a suicide. Shelly is probably best remembered as the impossibly adorable Audry Hugo in Hal Hartley’s classic _The Unbelievable Truth_, and as Maria in _Trust_. What a senseless, ridiculous death. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/2 "2006-11-11T18:49:16Z")
Well, that sucks. She was one of my favorite actors when I was going through the collegiate Indy Movies Only All Others Are Crap stage. RIP, indeed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/3 "2006-11-11T19:23:56Z")
Werider, yet: the punch only knocked her out; the coronor says that his hanging her is what killed her. Idiot. (The killer, that is, not the OP) ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/4 "2006-11-11T19:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Werider, yet: the punch only knocked her out; the coronor says that his hanging her is what killed her. Idiot. (The killer, that is, not the OP) [/QUOTE] God, the story gets EVEN more horrible! ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/5 "2006-11-11T20:47:31Z")
How awfully sad. Her poor family. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/6 "2006-11-11T20:49:17Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Werider, yet: the punch only knocked her out; the coronor says that his hanging her is what killed her. Idiot. (The killer, that is, not the OP) [/QUOTE] Idiot doesn’t begin to describe it. I’d go with “F\*CKIN’ @$$HOLE” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/7 "2006-11-11T21:03:36Z")
I’m afraid I don’t recognize the actress, but according to wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Press reports on November 6, 2006 stated that police had arrested construction worker Diego Pillco, a 19-year-old illegal alien from Ecuador, who allegedly confessed to killing Shelly after she complained about the noise he was making in the building. Police said Pillco had made videos implicating himself in the murder, and as of November 7 was being held without bail for her murder. He made videos implicating himself? How fucked up was this bastard? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/8 "2006-11-11T23:11:42Z")
No! Unbelievable Truth is one of my favorite movies, I’ve seen her in many wonderful films…she was a major crush of mine ☹☹☹☹☹☹ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/9 "2006-11-12T04:13:52Z")
Are they saying Pillco make videos before his arrest or are they talking about videotaped confessions since then? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/10 "2006-11-12T04:26:03Z")
That’s what I get for quoting wikipedia. I haven’t read anything in the news about video recordings. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/11 "2006-11-12T05:32:37Z")
This is Horrible. I really liked her in _The Unbelievable Truth_. I can’t believe she died in such an awful way. I hope her killer gets the max and rots in prison the rest of his life. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/12 "2006-11-12T06:07:08Z")
Horrible sensless death. The murderer is scum. But . . . > [@](#): > > Press reports on November 6, 2006 stated that police had arrested construction worker Diego Pillco, a 19-year-old **illegal alien** from Ecuador, who allegedly confessed to killing Shelly after she complained about the noise he was making in the building. Why is the fact that he is an illegal alien relevant to reporting the murder? See! This is why we need a wall at the border! Illegal aliens kill people! They’re _murderers_!!! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/13 "2006-11-12T06:15:54Z")
[QUOTE=bienville] Horrible sensless death. The murderer is scum. But . . . Why is the fact that he is an illegal alien relevant to reporting the murder? See! This is why we need a wall at the border! Illegal aliens kill people! They’re _murderers_!!! [/QUOTE] It’s somewhat relevant he hit her to prevent her from calling the police and filing some sort of noise complaint or something. Had the police shown up they’d have discovered he was illegal. So… hit her to shut her up, then thinking you’ve killed her anyway, make it look like a suicide. If he hadn’t been illegal, there’d have been less reason for him to kill her. We’re probably moving out of CS territory. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adrienne-shelly-murdered-at-40/380023/14 "2006-11-12T06:24:45Z")
[This](http://crimeblog.us/?p=198) blog entry by Steve Huff goes into more detail. Such a senseless act.