A Case for Murder
October 31, 2009 8:10 PM
A young man is found dead from multiple stab wounds. His family searches for the killer, but was it suicide? Maureen Maher reports, Saturday. Nov. 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
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Inspector Clauseau (Peter Sellers). He is far too laid back in his demeanor to be doing an aggressive job that he is being paid big bucks to do. The female police examiner should be fired. She fears that if she changes her mind and declares his death a homocide she might not get that next heft raise. In San Fran Sicko, people are in jobs that they have no business being in due to politcal correctness or their particular sexual orientation. I understand the police chief or mayor there is an open lesbian. I must admit, with the amount of blood there and there is no DNA. But he might have been strong willed enough to get back inside his apartment while his assailant took off or was distracted. I am glad that the French police got involved to embarrass the Frisco idiots. I hope his father sues everybody remotely responsible for this keystone cops investigation.
If I were to take an absolute shot in the dark at this here is what I would say. Random crime/attack with robbery a motive or perhaps due to an insult. Hugues was walking home relatively drunk. Someone passed him on the street or saw him and attempted to rob him ("yo, you got an ipod Give me all your sh*T!"). He says no, a brief struggle ensues, and the attacker stabbed him. The attacker fled on foot, (panicking because Hugues did not go down immediately) and did not bother to actually take anything because it was difficult or because it wasn't worth it. Or perhaps insults or words were exchanged on the street and resulted in the stabbing. Either way, Hugues stumbles inside and locks the door. This makes perfect sense. It is not uncommon for things to get violent quickly during an attempted robbery and result in nothing actually taken.
I used to live very close by. In my mind, not an overly dangerous neighborhood but not very safe at this time of night. My roommate was robbed at knifepoint a few blocks away 6 years ago. I also witnessed the aftermath of a drive-by shooting in the lower Haight. Public housing nearby and certainly petty drug dealers and common street criminals in that area. This story was sensationalized because this guy liked to party and chase women, but it seems like he probably had no real enemies. Random street crime that had a tragic outcome. His charisma and personality added to the mystery but I doubt this was personal.