Mower death ruled a homicide
Michelle
happen. Someone rigged a man's rifing lawnmower with explosives and he was
killed. They still have no leads as to who did it or why.............
Mower death ruled homicide
By VAL WALTON
News staff writer
07/29/99
JASPER - A riding lawn mower that exploded, killing a Jasper man and his dog,
was rigged with an explosive device, officials said Wednesday.
Police said the death of James L. McAnnally, 52, was not an accident, but a
homicide.
"He was close to the lawn mower and something exploded," said Jaime Reyes,
resident agent in charge of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearm's office in Birmingham.
Reyes said there were no immediate suspects in McAnnally's death and no
witnesses to the crime.
Reyes said investigators are not sure if McAnnally was sitting on the Murray
mower when it exploded or even if the mower was running. The lawn mower was on
the patio behind his house.
"We don't know whether he's sitting on it or whether he's standing next to it,"
Reyes said. "We do know he had not started mowing the grass."
Investigators spent Tuesday evening and Wednesday recovering debris and will
now attempt to reassemble the explosive device to determine what kind it was.
They soon will begin in depth interviews of people who knew the McAnnallys, and
Jasper Police Chief Bobby Cain asked anyone who knows anything about the
explosion to call police at 1-205-221-2121.
McAnnally died instantly when the 11-horsepower mower blew to pieces about 5:50
p.m. Monday, and his large dog died shortly thereafter. McAnnally's wife, Lisa,
was on her way to work when the explosion occurred, Cain said.
Pieces of the mower were hurled onto the roof of McAnnally's home on Charter
Road in the Willowbrook subdivision. Small orange flags dotted the front yard
of McAnnally's one-story yellow brick home Wednesday evening, marking where
debris landed.
Jasper Mayor Don Goetz said he felt the explosion at his home, about a mile and
a half away. "I heard this bang," Goetz said. "I thought my wife had hit the
garage."
He learned otherwise.
Gayra Clements, who lives next to the McAnnallys, said the explosion jarred a
shelf off her bathroom wall, knocked down a clock and broke a figurine.
McAnnally had lived in the house for six years. He worked in Birmingham as
trucking manager for Dunn Construction Co.
Roger Bass, president of the 121-year-old company, said McAnnally had worked
for Dunn about 20 years. He was asphalt plant foreman before taking the
trucking manager job.
"We are going to miss him," Bass said. "He was a good employee and a good
friend, too."
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*Michelle*
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Kari Sable Burns
: >By VAL WALTON
: >News staff writer
: >07/29/99
: >JASPER - A riding lawn mower that exploded, killing a Jasper
man and his dog,
: >was rigged with an explosive device, officials said Wednesday.
: >"We don't know whether he's sitting on it or whether he's
standing next to it,"
: >Reyes said. "We do know he had not started mowing the grass."
:
: So we'll issue a weed abatement nuisance citation and file a
: misdemeanor complaint for improper disposal of animal remains.
:
: GB
Oh you liberals let everyone off so easy!
What about the irresponsible lawn mower rider who doesn't check
his rig for explosives before driving near a dog? Did he ever have
any DUI's? How do they know it wasn't a suicide or dog murder gone
bad? Will the dogs family petition to have him buried at
Arlington? At sea?
I know lets make lawnmowers illegal or least prohibit them in
homes with pets. BTW, yet another reason dogs should never be kept
in the house.
And I still don't know what type of insurance policy they had on
the dog which could explain everything or if they ever swatted
that dog with a rolled up newspaper. Perhaps the dog planned the
explosion and screwed up? Was the dog a show dog? Perhaps a
jealous competitor! Did they dress the dog up in ridiculous
looking outfits? Definitely a suicide!
Last but not least, exactly how far is Jasper from Yosemite and
were of the victims involved in politics?
I find it interesting nobody gives a damn about new growth of life
being butchered by the lawnmowers blade. Plants are the same as
humans except for they vibrate at a different speed. Has any
suspected a weed worshipper?
<tongue in cheek ...guilty of wasting bandwidth but couldn't
resist some fun today>
K
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Michelle <girl...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> This is a local story that just happened Monday -- it is scary that this
can
> happen. Someone rigged a man's rifing lawnmower with explosives and he
was
> killed. They still have no leads as to who did it or why.............
Hey, that gives me a new excuse not to mow the lawn this week...
George Byrd
on "Mower death ruled a homicide"
girl...@aol.comnospam (Michelle) wrote:
>Mower death ruled homicide
>By VAL WALTON
>News staff writer
>07/29/99
>JASPER - A riding lawn mower that exploded, killing a Jasper man and his dog,
>was rigged with an explosive device, officials said Wednesday.
[ snip ]
>"We don't know whether he's sitting on it or whether he's standing next to it,"
>Reyes said. "We do know he had not started mowing the grass."
[ snip ]
So we'll issue a weed abatement nuisance citation and file a
misdemeanor complaint for improper disposal of animal remains.
GB
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George Byrd
on "Re: Mower death ruled a homicide"
"Kari Sable Burns" <kar...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>And I still don't know what type of insurance policy they had on
>the dog which could explain everything or if they ever swatted
>that dog with a rolled up newspaper. Perhaps the dog planned the
>explosion and screwed up? Was the dog a show dog? Perhaps a
>jealous competitor! Did they dress the dog up in ridiculous
>looking outfits? Definitely a suicide!
Recherchez le chat.
GB
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