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Man Kept Wife's Body in Drum for 23yrs 'cos He 'Loved' Her

aol.com.au — A man who murdered his wife and kept her remains in a 44-gallon drum for 23 years will spend 21 years in jail. In February, a Supreme Court jury found Frederick William Boyle, 58, of Carrum Downs guilty of murdering his first wife Edwina Boyle. At his plea hearing Boyle's barrister, Jane Dixon told Justice Jack Forrest that Boyle still loved her.

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  • ballblogs, on 03/19/2008, -1/+74I don't love my wife enough to keep her rotting remains with me for decades. I guess that makes me a bad husband.
    • adikt, on 03/19/2008, -4/+1No, the "killing her" part does.
    • spiritditch, on 03/19/2008, -0/+17My wife divorced me when she found out I didn't plan on keeping her rotting remains with me for decades.
    • JettaMan, on 03/19/2008, -1/+2A lot of people keep family members remains in an urn.
      • funkytaco, on 03/19/2008, -1/+1You guys are really bad with irony. He *killed* her. He loved her? Who cares if he loved her - he killed her.
        • Wellhungmember, on 03/19/2008, -1/+1Yes, but he till loves her...awwwww, ain't that romantic...lol. Such a sweet story. I am getting all teary eyed. :"(
  • MississippiLife, on 03/19/2008, -10/+0Crime doesn't pay...
  • roosterjack, on 03/19/2008, -2/+8He's just plain crazy.
  • darkchild82, on 03/19/2008, -0/+63By the way, before someone goes "Wuh ?", I forgot to choose 'No Thumbnail' at the time of submission. Thats why that picture of the ship shows up.
    • Chicken, on 03/19/2008, -0/+14Nice Boat.
      • tHePeOPle, on 03/19/2008, -2/+1Right on man, that really is a nice boat.
    • RudeTurnip, on 03/19/2008, -1/+4I would have gone with a can of Spam(tm), but that's just my opinion.
    • n3tfury, on 03/19/2008, -0/+7"By the way, before someone goes "Wuh ?"

      too late.
    • ayeroxor, on 03/19/2008, -6/+1That's what you get for whacking off with a submission. It's not that tough to look over everything before hitting submit. It even SHOWS you what it's going to look like, thumbnail and all...
    • chayashida, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4I was trying to figure out the connection. Tanker? Tank her? Maybe you could include a picture from Rock Band, for a drummer...
    • CedEx, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1I thought it was a fancy looking drum...
  • MakiMaki, on 03/19/2008, -1/+4Lots of sickos out there.... this kinda of stuff ain't love, its a fascination with the morbid.
  • clc101, on 03/19/2008, -1/+4wow.. im blown away by this one..!
  • LadyDub, on 03/19/2008, -1/+7Oh, you mean this isn't an article about Drew Peterson 23 years from now?

    This is probably where he got the idea to stuff her in that blue barrel.
  • dtele, on 03/19/2008, -0/+3theres a picture of Frederick Boyle with wife Edwina, and some further info in this article: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,2204 ...
    • catbertz, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1haha the guy looks ***** crazy in the picture
      • marx2k, on 03/19/2008, -0/+0Not really. That's how people looked in the 80s
  • jcorn1, on 03/19/2008, -2/+3Ewwww....but dugg.
  • SergioValente, on 03/19/2008, -1/+9I would NOT want to be working for the local coroner when this happened.
    • mrhahn, on 03/19/2008, -1/+12I don't think I'd ever want to be working for the local coroner.
    • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 03/19/2008, -0/+3I'm sure 23 year old remains don't smell as bad as say, 3 day old remains...
  • AmyWhere, on 03/19/2008, -2/+1barf!
  • DeskFlyer, on 03/19/2008, -12/+3I hate the stupid term 'cos' that's been implemented as some sort of online replacement for the word 'because' around the world. I don't care if you thing it's needed because you needed to keep your headline short enough or whatever but just stop it already. We live in an era where typing on the internet is not that ***** hard anymore. Save it for an apology text to your girlfriend next time.
    • darkchild82, on 03/19/2008, -1/+12I only used 'cos because I ran out of space. I wouldn't mind if Digg expanded the headline field by 10 characters.
    • DarkSamus, on 03/19/2008, -1/+1stop hatin cos it's just stupid
      kthxbai
      • SeligErasmus, on 03/19/2008, -1/+1:( what did cosine ever do to you?

        RETURN YE TO HELL, EVIL SECANT MINION!
  • Sammiboi, on 03/19/2008, -0/+14So what kind of fetish is this?
    • Zarokima, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5Maybe he's a zombiephile and was hoping she'd rise in undeath.
  • mitch37, on 03/19/2008, -4/+2An story from the Sydney Morning Herald, reproduced on America Online, Australian Edition! With a thumbnail of HMAS Sydney. What..?
    Seriously, i never knew aol.com.au existed, check out the homepage. What rubbish...
  • czeman, on 03/19/2008, -2/+20I just hope he didn't love her so much that he had sex with her corpse from time to time.
  • orangester, on 03/19/2008, -2/+2Lock him up in a drum. Then throw it in the ocean. Seriously, how is the world this ***** up?
    • ortucis, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1Yes. Doing what you just suggested is exactly HOW this world is ***** up...

      .. well, how much.. whatever, it's ***** up as well.
  • garryw, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1after 23 years there would be no tissue just bones, right?
  • BADCOMMENT, on 03/19/2008, -11/+9a drum? screw that, I'D KEEP THAT HOE IN THE KITCHEN WHERE SHE BELONG
  • shitforbrains, on 03/19/2008, -1/+31You can't spell manslaughter without laughter.
  • Sheff, on 03/19/2008, -0/+3Yeah, the drum proves he loved her. If he didn't love her, then he would have just used a hefty bag.
  • bsonline, on 03/19/2008, -3/+2She serves 23 years with no possibility of coming back to life, in a ***** drum. He gets a spacious cell that he gets to LIVE IN for only 21 years? I think the ratio of the cell to the drum should be taken into consideration, and give the ***** about 4200 years w/o parole. And then if he dares to die, cram him in a drum and throw that ***** in the ocean with the rest of our waste.

    Edit: I'm not pro dumping waste in the ocean, but I'm hoping this guy gets ***** on by one of Cloverfields babies.
    • sstidman, on 03/19/2008, -0/+2Once your dead, it doesn't matter if you are in the drum for 23 years or 23 minutes. So it's not how long her corpse was in the drum that should decide his punishment, it's the act of killing her that should be considered in his sentence.
      • bpm2000, on 03/19/2008, -0/+0agreed - and that should be straight up life. I will never understand how in taking a life (murder, not manslaughter of course) you don't have to serve for life AT LEAST.
      • bsonline, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1Although I was being slightly satirical, consider this: We do have laws against defamation of a corpse. He should also be guilty of this.
        To put it another way, if you rape a woman, kill her, and then rape her again... this should be three separate offenses upon which you can be accountable.
        I think murder is wrong in almost any situation, but if you are a sick ***** that keeps a corpse for a keepsake that you "love", you've commited an additional offense. Now, I realize he will probably be dead at the end of this sentence in any case... but it does set a presedence for ignoring the second act.
  • DanielWashburn, on 03/19/2008, -3/+0pics or it didn't happen
  • Billdozer, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5Whoever performed the autopsy on this woman deserves an early retirement. Christ, that must have been horrifying...like a barrel full of sticks and pudding. :(
    • bertiehagram, on 03/19/2008, -0/+0 (Homer) Mmmmm...barrel full of sticks and pudding (/Homer)
  • myass666mlong, on 03/19/2008, -0/+2i wanna see the corpse 00 im waiting
  • james2die4, on 03/19/2008, -3/+7"Honey, you are looking a little pail..."
  • zbeast, on 03/19/2008, -1/+2wow 23 years...
    Hello sir... get yourself a little hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid.
    No bones no flesh... keep a picture... keeping the corpse now that sick.
  • BMNB1tches, on 03/19/2008, -0/+6of all the musical instruments in the world, he chose the drum
  • blinkatron, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1Love is a fickle fiend...
  • typicalusername, on 03/19/2008, -0/+244 Gal Drum? She must have been a large woman to have to cram her in there!
  • imabird, on 03/19/2008, -0/+0How does an attorney defend this case? How could you possibly think this man isn't guilty, let along be in a room with him.

    It says he kept the drum even when the family moved... I wonder if they had kids and where did he keep the drum? It's sick.
  • therealkdog, on 03/19/2008, -0/+2Is it to much to ask for 2 more years?
  • law1ess, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1If he really loved her, he would have used a 66-gallon drum.
  • Nichiren, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1"...shot in the head and strangled with her husband's tie."

    Talk about making sure...
  • smackafiyah, on 03/19/2008, -3/+1*obligatory "Pics or it didn't happen"*
  • PhoenixAvatar2, on 03/19/2008, -0/+11I used to love her,
    But I had to kill her...
    I used to love her,
    But I had to kill her...
    I knew I'd miss her,
    So I had to keep her...
    She's buried right in my backyard
  • viruz, on 03/19/2008, -5/+2cos?? Church of scientology?
  • phronq, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5When the drum was opened, this lept from inside: http://www.danperezstudios.com/images/ebay/tarmane ...
    and demanded BRRRRAAAAAAIIIIIINS!
  • sstidman, on 03/19/2008, -0/+2So how did they finally find her? I haven't heard that part of the story yet.
    • protodon, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1Exactly, that seems a key point that is missing from that story.
  • greatmunizzle, on 03/19/2008, -2/+1old. gonna bury it like the husband should have done. FLAME ON!
  • godfly, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1awwww...
  • username7D8, on 03/19/2008, -0/+0After a women goes missing, especially after knowing she was having an affair, the first place to look should be in the husbands basement. I don't get it.
  • cwoolf34, on 03/19/2008, -0/+2Jail is up to 2 years, prison is greater then or equal to 2 years. So he will be going to prison, not jail. Either way, it sucks for him... even though he deserves the time ( and probably more).
  • slapded, on 03/19/2008, -1/+1this story is no barrel of laughs
  • Gryffydd, on 03/19/2008, -0/+3I wonder how long it will be before Rammstein makes a song about this.
  • thewump, on 03/19/2008, -0/+121 years / barrel? That's no scary that $110 / barrel.
  • Kisama, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1"Drums please!"
  • johnn11238, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1Peter, Peter pumpkin eater.
  • metalgod79, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1Another example of ***** journalism, Just a fluff piece. How about some more insight, maybe even how the douchebag got caught?
  • jp12380, on 03/19/2008, -0/+1That is messed up. I mean he woke up and she was dead already meaning he did not kill her.

    He did love her, I mean yeah he cheated on her but he loved her...
  • Gryffydd, on 03/19/2008, -0/+2I guess now it's his turn in the barrel.
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