Word: hammerism
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...husband of a Cambridge woman who was bludgeoned to death with a hammer last weekend was arrested and arraigned yesterday on charges of assault with intent to murder and murder in the first degree...
Whalen had called police Saturday morning claiming that his wife had been injured in a burglary. Police responded and found Whalen lying dead on the floor of her first floor apartment. She had received 15 or 16 hammer blows to the head...
...search, police removed a hammer from the Whalen home, Pasquarello said. This instrument was the murder weapon, police said...
Police would not comment on what might havecaused the blunt trauma to Whalen's head, but theBoston Globe reported that a hammer removed fromthe scene was being tested in connection with thehomicide...
...unlock the door and slither inside. Next, he used the screwdriver to break the steering column and turn on the ignition. Popular antitheft devices like The Club, which locks a steering wheel in place, never deterred him. Most thieves spray The Club with Freon and crack it with a hammer. Wills would snip it in half with a ratchet-type tool. "He said he preferred GM cars," says agent Stott. "I think he was probably just more familiar with them...