Butter: Not Such a Slick Murder Weapon

Sicilian couple used butter to suffocate victim
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 8, 2011 4:23 AM CST
Butter: Not So Slick as Murder Weapon
In the hands of murderous Sicilians, butter will clog more than your arteries.   (Shutter Stock)

A sharp-eyed coroner foiled a Sicilian couple's attempt to get off scot-free with the perfect crime. Prosecutors say the couple suffocated the woman's ex-husband with the butter, which they apparently believed would melt afterward, Corriere della Sera reports. The pair, who claimed the victim had collapsed and died after arriving at their house drunk, were arrested after traces of butter were found in his airways.
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