# Would you make a prime murder suspect?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 2, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-prime-murder-suspect/516036 "2009-11-02T10:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-prime-murder-suspect/516036/21 "2009-11-03T02:40:53Z")

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> [@olivesmarch4th](#):
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> No. Sometimes I tear up just _thinking_ about my loved ones dying.

Me, too. I can make myself pretty upset, actually. My brain is not always the funnest place to be.

I like to think of myself as cool and calm, but I got hysterical on the phone to the shop over a $500 car repair bill. I’d be the one they’d have to medicate probably.

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-prime-murder-suspect/516036/22 "2009-11-03T14:12:09Z")

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I’m an EMT, and I’ve seen more death than the average person. We had a murder/suicide a month ago, where the dude took his head off with a shotgun. My reaction was, “Well, he’s dead” and I went about my business pronouncing his strangled wife.

I’ve always been the type to not get emotional, but instead get busy doing things that I think need to be done. I can easily see where nervous energy like that would get me a quick trip to the Greybar Hotel as a prime suspect.

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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-prime-murder-suspect/516036/23 "2009-11-03T14:23:34Z")

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I cry at youtube clips and Disney movies … so, no.

The closest I’ve been to someone dying was when a friend of mine was very sick and they didn’t know if she was going to make it. I bawled my eyes out. I suck at hiding my emotions.

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