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# this is exactly what happened to Chevy Chase.
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 22:31, archived)
# and dick van dyke
in r memrys
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 22:32, archived)
# That's not how you spell duck
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 22:46, archived)
# Dick Van Drake?
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 23:01, archived)
# You called?
Oh, er, sorry. Misread your post.
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 23:08, archived)
# Many, many times.
And it hurt every single time.
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 22:50, archived)
# 1943-2007
 
"Chevy Chase, former disc jockey and comedy actor, was in the Valley in 1978 appearing in a dinner theater play, Beginner's Luck.
At 49, Chase was still pursuing wild sex, which he liked to capture on film and videotape. On Febuary 19th, someone beat Chase to death, possibly with a camera tripod, as he slept in his Scottsdale apartment, then tightly wrapped an electrical cord around his throat.
A small amount of blood was found in a rental car used by Chase's friend John Carpenter.
Carpenter, who had accompanied Chase in woman-chasing, had socialized with him until late on the night of the murder, then flew to Los Angeles early the next day.
Police theorized that Carpenter killed the actor because their friendship was ending.
But DNA analysis of the blood was inconclusive, so the best supposed clue against Carpenter was a police photo showing a tiny ragged lump on a door panel inside the rental car.
Prosecutors, arguing that the lump was flesh from Chase's head, finally put Carpenter on trial in 1994. But Carpenter's attorneys, including deputy public defender Candace Kent, questioned the lump.
"No one could even say the thing on the door panel related to the homicide," says Kent, now an attorney in private practice. "The alleged motive was ridiculous at best; there was no evidence. They had no case."
The defense pointed out an unidentified blonde hair found in Chase's room and noted that there appeared to be one or two videotapes and a photo album missing. Maybe Chase had been done in by someone upset by his sexploits.
Jim Raines, who investigated the case for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, says he's sure Carpenter killed Chase, but the DNA evidence was not quite there."
 
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 23:05, archived)
# is that the same john carpenter that made the thing?
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 23:14, archived)
# Yeah, that's how I remember it.
And of course, because there was no direct evidence of murder, Chevy Chase came back to life by default.
(, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 23:15, archived)