Guy puts girlfriend in industrial furnace, then jumps in too.

[Archae]

Ye Gawds.

Officials: Man Puts Girlfriend In Furnace, Jumps In Himself
Family Says Couple Involved In Relationship For 10 Years

UPDATED: 1:35 PM EDT August 23, 2004

AKRON, Ohio -- Authorities said an Ohio man and a woman are dead after the man reportedly put the woman into an industrial furnace and then got in himself.

Though authorities thought the couple was married, the woman's family said the paIr was not married.

The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office and Akron police are investigating the deaths of 26-year-old Karla Ramos and 36-year-old Jose Webster.

The incident happened at the Summit Heat Treating Plant in Akron, where Webster worked-- reportedly in front of the couple's four children.

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/3673827/detail.html

[curse10]

1. oh my god

that's horrible! :-(

[mtnester]

2. BIG news around here today in Ohio

while the kids watched according to the 911 call, the sheriff, etc.

Tragic

[Endangered Specie]

3. Ummmm...

<speechless>

[Old and In the Way]

4. This is horrible.

If the place was closed how was the furnance running?

[MercutioATC]

5. They don't shut the furnaces off...

it takes too long to reheat them and it can damage the furnace. They're always on.

[Old and In the Way]

7. OK, I interperted it has closed as in shutdown.

[Spinzonner]

6. Still, it will save money on the cremation expenses

Yes, I know, it's sick, but I couldnt help myself and I'm almost ashamed.

[MercutioATC]

8. You SHOULD be ashamed!

...so should I, for smiling at your post.

:)