The Cold Blooded Murder of Mr. Verbermockle
Imagine coming home to find one of your parents or siblings collapsed and passed out on the bathroom floor. Wouldn’t you immediately call 911? In the Verbermockle case, Mrs. Verbermockle decided to call her family doctor instead and claimed he was unconscious. She said that she had not touched him and had only placed a blanket on his body. When the doctor arrived, he concluded his death to be from a blunt force trauma to the back of his head. The doctor’s discovery suggests foul play and that perhaps Mrs. Verbermockle knew about it. Although Mr. Verbermockle’s death may appear to be accidental, it is reasonable to conclude that Mrs. Verbermockle murdered her husband in cold blood because of …show more content…
V's reaction to her husband's alleged tragic accident is highly suspicious. In an emergency, most people would call 911 or the police for help. Mrs V, however, calls her family doctor! Had she called the paramedics, they would have potentially saved Mr. V’s life. By calling the doctor, instead, she gave her husband time to die, even though she said on the phone he was still “unconscious”. It was also unusual for her to place a blanket over his body. Typically, this is done only with corpses, but her husband was still alive. She probably acted unconsciously, since what she really wanted was her husband to be dead. Worse yet, she told the doctor that she did not “touch him”. She probably thought she would be accused of his murder, so she unconsciously made this incriminating statement. Everything she said and did during this emergency is simply unusual for a caring, loving …show more content…
V suffered blunt force trauma to the head. The doctor found a “fracture at the rear of his skull. ”In fact, his head struck the floor when she strangled him with “her” towel and pulled him to the ground. This explains why the towel was mangled and twisted, hanging on the towel rack. Since she strangled, she wanted to try to cover up the bruises around his neck. Thus, she placed a blanket over his corpse. Unless Mr. V liked to dress in women’s apparel, there is no other suspect but Mrs. V to account for the high heeled shoe prints leading out of the shower. When Mr. V was brushing his teeth, she walked past him to get the towel and he wouldn't have been startled. If there had been a stranger he would have been startled and he would have tried to fight back, so his body would be contorted and twisted. She was then able to sneak up behind him and strangle him with the towel. He clutched his toothbrush as hard as he could because that is the natural response to being grabbed from behind. He experienced the fracture to the back of his head when he struck the ground from the force of her