Re: The "Pincushion Kid"
Rob Cypher aka "The Anti-Bob"
>I've heard of "playing porcupine" but this really tops it!
>
>http://tinyurl.com/yfq73wu
>
>
>Brazil man stuck stepson with needles as revenge
>AP
>
>A 2-year-old boy, found with 42 needles inside his body, arrives to a
>hospital AP � A 2-year-old boy, found with 42 needles inside his body,
>arrives to a hospital in Salvador, northeastern �
>
>
>By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press Writer Bradley Brooks, Associated
>Press Writer � 20 mins ago
>
>RIO DE JANEIRO � A Brazilian man publicly confessed to pushing dozens
>of needles into his 2-year-old stepson, saying Sunday in a jail cell
>interview that he intended to kill the boy out of spite for his wife
>and didn't think he would be discovered.
>
>Speaking to Globo television's "Fantastico" program from the
>northeastern state of Bahia, 30-year-old bricklayer Roberto Carlos
>Magalhaes described mixing water with wine to dope the child before he
>and his lover held the boy down and stuck sewing needles into him.
>
>"I did this two or three times a week during one month," Magalhaes
>said.
>
>The boy was too drunk on the wine mixture to cry while he inserted the
>needles, he said, but felt the pain after the alcohol wore off.
>
>"It was truly an unbearable suffering," said Magalhaes. "It was to get
>back at the boy's mother. I thought the needles would work their way
>through his body and kill the boy. It was a way to kill without anyone
>discovering."
>
>But the pain led the toddler to complain to his mother, and on Dec. 10
>she took him to a hospital where X-rays revealed about 30 needles
>lodged throughout his body.
>
>The boy underwent a five-hour operation in the northeastern city of
>Salvador on Friday to remove four rusty needles that most threatened
>his life, near his heart and in his lungs.
>
>Doctors said Sunday the child is doing well and will likely undergo
>two more surgeries, the next one on Wednesday at the earliest, to
>extract needles up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) long from his abdomen
>and spine.
>
>Suzy Moreno, a spokeswoman for Hospital Ana Nery, said hundreds of
>people across Brazil have contacted the facility to inquire about the
>boy.
>
>"Many people are coming by to bring Christmas presents," she said.
>"Many are also calling us to express their outrage. ... The support
>has been incredible."
>
>Along with Magalhaes, police believe his lover, Angelina Ribeiro dos
>Santos, was also seeking revenge on Magalhaes' wife.
>
>The bricklayer told detectives that dos Santos would enter into
>trances and give him commands to insert the needles, police inspector
>Helder Fernandes Santana said.
>
>Magalhaes and dos Santos were both arrested, though no charges have
>yet been filed. They were taken to an undisclosed location for their
>own protection after a mob threw stones at the police station where
>they were being held.
>
>Dos Santos is not believed to be a member of any religious or occult
>group, and authorities believe the pair came up with the idea on their
>own.
>
>The boy's name is not being released because of his age.
>
>(This version CORRECTS that man is not from Rio de Janeiro.)
Did he do it because the kid was a hellraiser?
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