Odd Death #05- The Hitman

“Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.”~ Ron Paul

Portland, Oregon, 2006. Michael Kuhnhausen, had set out to have his former wife, Susan, murdered.

He hired someone to be a sort of a hitman. But the hitman wasn’t all that good at his job, I guess you could say.

He entered the home of Susan armed with what seems to be one very basic tool of death. The weapon of choice was a hammer.

But Susan saw him coming. She knew he was there. And even though she was savagely beaten, the “hit” would not come.

Susan Kuhnhausen fought off the man with her bare hands. Striking back with the exact same tool of death that was meant to be used on her. She beat the intruder with the hammer and eventually strangled the hitman until he was dead.

The hitman was linked back to the former spouse and Michael Kuhnhausen was sentenced to ten years in prison for the hiring of someone to murder his ex-wife.

As of 2014, Michael was set to be released from prison. Susan was reported (understandably) to be very nervous.

Lesson: Don’t mess with Susan.

http://www.wave3.com/story/7051831/oregon-woman-kills-hitman-hired-by-her-husband

Odd Death #03 – Reynaldo Dagsa

“People fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.”~ Jim Morrison

This is the craziest thing I have ever heard of.

Reynaldo Dagsa was a Filipino politician and a corporal for the Philippine Army Reserve Command.

But this is a odd death post. He died on New Year’s Day 2011 while celebrating with his family.

And what makes it so odd is that it was an assassination by a person claiming the act to be in retribution for being shot in the head by persons associated with Reynaldo Dagsa during a shootout months earlier.

The assassination was captured in a photograph taken by Reynaldo Dagsa himself. 

He gathered his family together for a family portrait, not being aware that his killer was looming just feet behind them, and the co-conspirator not far away either.

When Reynaldo Dagsa took the photograph, the flash went off…. so did the gun of the assassination, which struck Dagsa in the head.

The photograph was surrendered to the local police and the shooter was identified as Arnel Buenaflor. He was arrested and taken into police custody two days later.

 

 

Closer view of the assassin from the actual photograph.