Texas Teens Accused of Smoking Pot With a Skull
As "Half Baked" showed us, there are many different kinds of pot smokers, from "enhancement smokers" to "MacGuyver smokers." And then there are the Yorick smokers.
The Yorick smokers? Say hello to Kevin Wade Jones Jr., 17, and Matthew Richard Gonzalez, 17, of Kingwood, Tex. The dynamic duo, along with an unnamed 16-year-old, are accused of digging up a corpse, decapitating it, and using the skull as a bong. They have been charged with abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor in Texas.
According to reports, Jones confessed his crime to police, who were at first skeptical. He had been picked up for vehicle burglary and police assumed the desecration story was a subterfuge. But when they confronted Gonzalez about the alleged head-toking, he "regurgitated in his plate of food," an officer was quoted saying. "So I knew there was some truth to the story."
The corpse is believed to be that of a boy who died in 1921 and was buried in an abandoned 19th-century cemetery. Jones has admitted spending two days with his accomplices digging up the grave and further claims to have used a "garden tool" to remove the head.
So far conflicting confessions, torrential rain and snake infestations have made it difficult to ascertain exactly what happened at the cemetery. And according to reports, no skull has been found yet. Regardless, this story has to be the greatest necro/narco fusion since Keith Richards did whatever he did with his dad's ashes.
Opinions Producer Michael Corones contributed to this story.
By Emil Steiner | May 9, 2008; 8:00 AM ET | Category: OFF/beat
Posted by: TT | May 9, 2008 9:59 AM
???
Posted by: | May 9, 2008 2:49 PM
Couldn't they just steal a ready made bong instead?
Posted by: dude | May 9, 2008 3:33 PM
were they high the whole time or was it that they were stupid?
Posted by: Jumper | May 9, 2008 10:01 PM
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A lovely tale indeed. Maybe they were imitating Pol Pot.