Lawnmower Man - Willard, Ohio - SPECIAL GUEST: WILL FORTE!!

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed He believed the neighbours were watching him and wanted to take him out. In the summer of 2014 he got drunk on whisky, took his mother's .38 revolver onto the back deck and fired shots into the air until neighbours called the police. By September 2014 he had stopped leaving the house altogether, sitting inside with the curtains drawn and talking to voices.

Next door lived Linda Louise Ciotto, born in 1953 and 62 at the time. She had three grown children, two sons and a daughter, and three grandchildren. She had retired from CSX Railroad, where she rose from telephone operator in the 1970s to assistant superintendent of operations for Indiana, and at 58 graduated magna cum laude in history from Bowling Green State University. She was an environmental activist who bought and renovated houses. By July 2015 she had sold her Willard home and bought a house in Columbus, and was due to move in eight days.

On 28 July 2015 the weather was, in her daughter's words, ridiculously hot. Linda waited until 9 p.m. to mow the lawn, wanting to leave it tidy for the buyers. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He called her a she bitch and gave her the finger, out of her hearing, then went to his bedroom and stewed for an hour. The mower did not stop. He went to his mother's room, took her .38 revolver from the nightstand and walked next door.

this part of the story is covered for now The bullet passed through her finger and entered her right cheek; the coroner later said she died within seconds. details of the account remain covered until revealed He put the mower down, went home and sat in his room.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now At 11 p.m. a neighbour found Linda's body and called the sheriff's department. Sheriff Dane Howard called it the most bizarre crime scene of his 30-year career. details of the account remain covered until revealed Police surrounded the house and a two-day standoff followed, with a bomb squad robot from Ashland County, a hostage negotiation team and finally tear gas canisters fired through the windows. He surrendered and was held on a $1 million bond. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He was diagnosed with a mood disorder with psychosis, and his lawyer later described him as a diagnosed schizophrenic. this part of the story is covered for now

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the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now Linda's estate then sued her for negligence, wrongful death and emotional distress, arguing she knew her son was unstable and had taken the gun before. details of the account remain covered until revealed