Prison Murder Details: Do Not Read if Squeemish
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I debated all day about whether to blog the horrific Any way, for those of you outside of the local area (here in Boston Druce will have trouble pleading self-defense: |
| Druce, serving a life sentence for the 1988 strangulation death of a Gloucester man he believed was gay, jammed the door shut by inserting a book into the crack above it and a toothbrush and nail clipper into the space below. He prepared the book by ripping out the pages so that it would fit perfectly, Conte said. Druce bound Geoghan’s hands behind his back with a T-shirt and threw him on the floor, then strangled the 68-year-old, using socks he had "previously been stretching for some time." He used Geoghan’s shoe to tighten the tourniquet, Conte said, and wrapped a pillow case around Geoghan’s neck to "strengthen the strangulation."Druce also had a razor in his pocket, said Conte who, in response to questions, added that inmates are not allowed to have razors and that it was "definitely possible" Druce intended to castrate Geoghan |
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