re: skin impression
A lot of aluminum crutches have holes in the shafts for the adjustment bolts. So those could leave a mark.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2004 12:16:37 pm PST #8565 of 10001
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§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 12:17:50 pm PST #8566 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Would that leave a skin impression?
More than a bruise? Where are you hitting? If you whack aluminium on shin or skull, for instance, you will definitely leave a mark. If you whack with the rubber tip it should still bruise, but more diffused. And perhaps with molding marks.
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 12:52:32 pm PST #8567 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, there's also the question: was the crime premeditated?
Because you could take a hollow crutch - say, bought at a Salvation Army or somewhere, paid for with cash, hard to track down that sale - and weight it with something, if you happened to have premeditated the crime, and wanted to draw the cops straight to you right off, so that they could examine your real crutches and see that the amount of damage done to the victim is not commensurate with the person allegedly swinging or the weight of the supposed implement.
Not to mention no hair or blood or brains on the real crutches. It would be a question of safely disposing of the real weapon, though.
If it's spur of the moment, of course, ignore above.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 07, 2004 1:01:36 pm PST #8568 of 10001
What is even happening?
Ericka, how about a nice walking stick of some sort, instead--possibly a shillelagh someone brought home for the victim from Ireland, or a monogrammed, handmade hardwood cane, or something?
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 1:02:43 pm PST #8569 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Cindy, thing about something that idiosyncratic is that is leads straight to the perpetrator, and there goes your novel.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 07, 2004 1:03:40 pm PST #8570 of 10001
What is even happening?
Deb, wasn't erika talking about the crutches belonging to the victim, though?
eta...
I'm thinking, if they were used as, well, a blunt instrument, could you tell they were the vic's? Probably not. They're probably gonna have to find it with blood on itand stuff. Nobody's ever gonna ask me what I'm thinking ever again, are they?
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 1:04:49 pm PST #8571 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I have a lot to think of... must not be as close to done as I'm thinking. But eventually, I'll be glad I took the time, right?
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 1:16:44 pm PST #8572 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'm thinking, if they were used as, well, a blunt instrument, could you tell they were the vic's? Probably not. They're probably gonna have to find it with blood on itand stuff. Nobody's ever gonna ask me what I'm thinking ever again, are they?
(blink)
You're absolutely right. Not the perp's, the vic's. Huh.
Now I'm madly curious to know the circumstances.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 4:20:53 pm PST #8573 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Maybe there's such a thing as trying to be too cute. But it did encourage me to ask the questions "Can crutches be a murder weapon?" and "How distinctive are they?" which are important things to know in this situation.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 4:23:41 pm PST #8574 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, erika, have them hold the floor end of the crutch and swing like a baseball bat. Mucho deado.