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Uncategorized Saturday, December 1st 2012 at 1:00 pm

Man Stabs Cousin to Death With Scissors Over Broken Marvel Glass, Alcohol Unsurprisingly Involved

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As it happens, collectors take whatever doodads they’ve decided to squirrel away rather seriously. These habits range in description from idle passion to dangerous obsession. Granted, Beanie Babies don’t often cause fistfights these days, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t. Things get even more serious if these collectibles happen to be fragile. A fight this past Wednesday took a dark turn when a man allegedly stabbed his cousin to death with scissors following the destruction of one of his Marvel Comics glasses. The two were, of course, drinking at the time.

Erik Jensen was charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of his cousin, Raymond Ogara, and had his bail set at $800,000 yesterday. According to Jensen, the two were drinking from the glasses — a rookie mistake — when Ogara dropped his and it shattered. We hope it wasn’t the sweet Spider-Man one pictured above. The pair then argued, which escalated to a physical confrontation, and then suddenly Ogara had multiple stab wounds from a pair of scissors. When police arrived, they found Ogara dead in a pool of blood with the scissors next to him.

Jensen previously told police that the two were “play wrestling,” with Jensen winning, and then suddenly Ogara was on the floor bleeding. Depending on the amount of alcohol imbibed, it’s not impossible to imagine that Jensen legitimately doesn’t recall what happened, but it’s also possible that he just stabbed his cousin in a fit of drunken rage.

Either way, collecting is clearly serious business. Deadly serious.

(via Chicago Tribune, image via Jimmy Tyler)

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  • Chris

    that is a really funny article, maybe i will see you at the wake today! …or the funeral tomorrow! asshole.

  • Anonymous

    I just don’t understand. Two families are forever devastated by this tragic event. Why Rollin Bishop chose to feel the need to make a joke of this situation is beyond messed up in my opinion. One family has lost a man who was a son and a brother. The other family has lost a man who is a husband and a father to a little boy who I’m sure does not understand what has happened. Mr. Bishop, I’m sure you do not personally know these people. If you did, you wouldn’t have taken the time to make light of this situation. All of the articles I have read about this tragedy make the readers feel as if the fight was over a broken Marvel Comic glass. We may never know what truly transpired that awful night. We may never know the real underlying reasons for this confrontation that ended a man’s life and forever changed the lives of others.There were only two people there. One is gone and one is in jail who will have to live with the consequences of his actions. And even he may not remember what happened due to the inebriated state he was in. My deepest condolences and prayers go out to both families whose lives are forever changed.

  • unimpressed

    Way to be a douchebag. Ray was a kind man who knew more about comics and the world in general than you could ever hope to. He gave my son a ton of vintage comics that began my son’s love of all things superhero. Please think of others before you writing your heartless little article.

  • Mark Walrusberg

    I found the humor in this. Was in no way insulted. Don’t think that makes me tasteless or heartless. I suppose I just don’t have the same connections.

  • Guest

    If he was so kind why’d he stab his cousin for a damned glass ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/Daxxy Mary Warren

    Ray is the one that was stabbed…

  • Seth

    You don’t. I do and right now i wish i could reach thru this screen and punch Rollin Bishop in his F’n face. If you knew Ray you’d feel the same.

  • tracy mac

    Dear Rollin Bishop: Did u know Ray? How dare you even opine about someone so sweet and so loved. How dare you assume? Horrible.