Mr Vetermockle Murder Essay

The Cold-Blooded Murder of Mr. Verbermockle

The FBI states that “54.3 percent of murder victims were killed by someone they knew (acquaintance, neighbor, friend, boyfriend, etc.), and 24.8 percent were killed by a family member.” The evidence shows that this is logically the case in the Verbermockle murder mystery. After allegedly finding Mrs. Verbermockle’s husband unconscious on the bathroom floor, Mrs. Verbermockle calls her family doctor. Mrs. Verbermockle claimed that he must have slipped on a bar of soap, and she did not touch him. When the doctor arrived, he announced Mr. Verbermockle dead from a fracture to the rear of the skull caused from blunt force. However, if the FBI statistics are correct, then it is likely that Mrs. Verbermockle is the killer. Although
at first Mr. Verbermockle’s death may appear to be accidental, we can conclude that Mrs. Verbermockle murdered him in cold blood because her claim doesn’t fit the scene of the crime, her reaction is highly suspicious, and Mr. Verbermockle’s death was caused from a blunt object. First of all, Mrs. Verbermockle’s testimony does not fit the evidence at the scene.
When Mrs.
Verbermockle called her family doctor, she said, “My husband had a fall and he’s lying unconscious on the bathroom floor. I think he must have been taking a shower and slipped on a cake of soap.” However, the evidence is all wrong. If Mr. Vebermockle had slipped on a cake of soap, the soap would have slid across the floor, possibly to the other side of the bathroom. The soap is actually at the base of the shower. In addition, Mr. Verbermockle’s body would have fallen inside the shower, not in front of the sink. His body would be half inside the stall, half outside. Even if he had slipped forward while stepping out of the shower, his body would be face down. Also, Mrs. Verbermockle says that “he must have been taking a shower,” but the evidence shows that he hasn’t even been in the shower. We know this because he body isn’t wet, he has a toothbrush is in his hand, and his was completely dry. If he was in the shower at the time, then there would have been a mess of water on the floor. Instead, the evidence shows that he was brushing his teeth. This would support why his toothbrush was still in his hand. The evidence of the broken mouthwash bottle and the open tube of toothpaste support
this. Furthermore, her reaction to her husband’s tragic accident is highly suspicious. In an emergency, most people call 911 so that police and paramedics can arrive quickly. However, Mrs. V called her family doctor who would have arrived too late to save him. Thus showing that she was not too worried about her husband’s “accident.” Unless she was trying to set up the crime scene, then she would have used that time while the doctor was arriving. In addition, Mrs. V said that she “threw a blanket over him,” and that he was “lying unconscious,” but you only cover a blanket over a dead body or corpse. Thus implying that she knew that he was already dead, and not unconscious. It is also good to mention that she “didn’t touch the body.” However, a loving wife would have tried to wake him or do something to help him. That would be most people’s first reaction after finding a loved one unconscious. Most important, the doctor’s discovered that Mr. Verbermockle suffered blunt force head trauma. Knowing that he was killed using blunt force head trauma, either the weapon or the body would have made a loud noise from impact. Mrs. V would have been able to hear this loud bang in her own home. Any normal person would have rushed to the scene immediately after hearing the noise, especially if the impact was tough enough to cause “a fracture in the rear of his skull,” as the doctor had mentioned. In addition, Mr. V’s body seems to be in front of the sink, implying that he was in front of the mirror at the time of the impact. Anyone would have been able to react if they saw someone behind them in the mirror. However, his body is placed as if he hadn’t moved a muscle. Though if he saw his wife behind him, he wouldn’t have had any worry of suspicion of an intruder. Most importantly, next to the body is a broken bottle of cologne or mouthwash that could have been used as the murder weapon. At the murder scene you can see that the victim has some type of liquid come from the back of his head, where he was hit at. The bottle was used to hit Mr. V in the back of the head, causing a fracture in his skull while splashing the liquid on him at the same time. Unless the liquid coming from his head was blood, then bottle didn’t splash on him during the attack. We also know that the attack would have to be fast and swift, as the body seems that he hadn’t moved from the shower. Thus implying that the bottle would be the fastest weapon to attack him with. According to the FBI, “24.8 percent of murder victims were killed by a family member,” from this statistic, Mrs. Verbermockle’s case falls right into this data. The cold blooded murder of Mr. Verbermockle can only suspected to lead right into the hands of Mrs. V. Not only did Mrs. V’s claim prove to be false against the evidence, but her reaction to the tragic death of her husband was quite suspicious. Instead of slipping, the evidence shows that Mr. V was slaughtered by his wife with a bottle of mouthwash. Given the lies that Mrs. V has told and the tragic crime that she has committed, the jury should consider at the very least, a punishment of 20 years sentenced to prison, or at most, the severest form of punishment allowed by state.