| Blaze heavily damages Rochester home
A pet bird perished, but a local couple was unharmed after escaping a one-alarm blaze at 8 Logan St., in Rochester Saturday. The fire, deemed accidental, began in the basement as a result of carelessly discarded smoking material.
(Rosenson/Democrat photo) * Order a print of this photo
.
Former WCW wrestler found dead in home
A former wrestler was found dead in his home after suffering an apparent accidental drug overdose, his father said. Chase Tatum, 34, was found dead Sunday in his home in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood, his father, Roy Tatum, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Chase Tatum used to wrestle for the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling organization. More recently, he appeared in the comedy "Who's Your Caddy?" alongside rapper Big Boi of Outkast. Chase Tatum had been recovering from back surgery to repair a degenerative disc. His father said the former wrestler had been fighting a dependence to painkillers for years but had been planning to enter a rehabilitation center. .
COPS WEIGH 'STAGED SLAY'
It may have been a suicide for hire after all. Connecticut cops yesterday left open the possibility that millionaire real-estate fraudster Andrew Kissel paid his chauffeur and another man to kill him - leaving a $15 million life-insurance policy to his family. "If it ends up being the case, that's fine," said Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg. "If it doesn't end up being the case, that's fine, too." Even if Kissel did pay to be killed - a theory first reported by The Post soon after the April 2006 murder - the driver, Carlos Trujillo, and his cousin, Leonard Trujillo, could not use it as a defense, Ridberg said. Ridberg rebuffed questions at a press conference about a motive, evidence, or any theories of how the murder occurred. "I know everybody wants a story, and it's a good story," said Ridberg about details in a still-sealed police affidavit used to obtain a warrant for the cousins' arrest last weekend.
|
