D'oh!
'Deathbed confession' man charged
Mr Brewer moved state and adopted an assumed name after the killing
A US man who thought he was dying and confessed to having killed a neighbour in 1977 has been charged with murder after making a recovery, US media say.
James Brewer could now face the death penalty over the unsolved killing in Tennessee 32 years ago, reports say.
Convinced he was dying after a stroke, Mr Brewer reportedly admitted to police he shot dead 20-year-old Jimmy Carroll.
The 58-year-old, who had fled Tennessee after the killing, was arrested after his condition improved, reports say.
"He wanted to cleanse his soul, because he thought he was going to the great beyond," said police detective Tony Grasso, who interviewed Mr Brewer in an Oklahoma hospital, The Oklahoman website reported.
Mr Brewer had reportedly moved to Oklahoma from Tennessee after jumping bail after he was originally arrested and charged with Mr Carroll's murder in 1977.
The former factory worker changed his name to Michael Anderson and settled down with his wife, Dorothy, in the town of Shawnee.
The couple became active members of the local church, where Mrs Brewer established a Bible study group, reports say.
After suffering a stroke, Mr Brewer called police to his hospital bedside earlier this month, where he reportedly made the confession.
Detectives said Mr Brewer had admitted killing Mr Carroll, who he believed had been trying to seduce his wife.
However, Mr Brewer survived the illness and surrendered to authorities in his former home town of Hohenwald, Tennessee, after they were notified by the Oklahoma police.
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James Brewer could now face the death penalty over the unsolved killing in Tennessee 32 years ago, reports say. [/QUOTE]
Not sure whether to laugh or not over someone facing the death penalty over a deathbed confession.
BTW, deathbed confessions are given great weight of evidence in courts.
Wow
this is where people go to town with the Fail pictures.
New Fox reality series - Death Confessions of the Stupid
Damn, that ing sucks.
Wow
maybe death in Tennessee is actually better that living in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
I'm sure the guy he killed feels that way too.
He's lucky. He spent many years as a free man when he should have been in prison.
26 when he did it..
Consider Tony Parker is 26 now.
Lopez better watch his ass.
But yea, that's some weird twist of fate. It sounds as if it's been eating at spirit for 32 years.
I had a DUI arrest and got stuck in court for a few years, handled it poorly and it dragged out, in the meanwhile being a constant source of angst... so I can only imagine what it was like for him.
I can tell you those years were not spent as a free man.
Justice found a way. It was a mistake he commited as a young man.. If I was on the jury it would force me to make some tough decisions ...
How can a dead person feel?I'm sure the guy he killed feels that way too.
The they weren't.
him . . . literally. Get a guy with a 12 inch and that er in the ass.
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