The most effective way to disarm someone?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Missouri man accused of dismembering victim, throwing arms at witnesses

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. • A northeast Missouri man accused of killing a man, dismembering the body and setting fires to conceal the crime, hurled the victim's arms at witnesses shortly before he was arrested, police said.

Paul R. Potter, 49, of Kirksville, was charged Monday in Adair County with second-degree murder, arson and tampering with a motor vehicle and is being held on $1 million bond. Kevin Locke, the public defender assigned to represent Potter, did not immediately return a phone call Tuesday seeking comment.

Authorities are not releasing the victim's name until relatives have been notified, the Adair County prosecutor's office said.

Police officers responding to a call of a vehicle fire Sunday arrived at a public housing development in Kirksville and saw Potter "throw two objects, later identified as human arms, towards the witnesses," according to a probable cause statement.

Potter was taken into custody "and blood evidence was later collected from his hands," the statement said.

Fires had been set in two apartments. Officers and firefighters found a dismembered body with additional wounds to the face and sternum in one of the apartments. Both apartments were both strewn with blood.

Potter had taken "substantial steps to conceal the crime and divert attention away from the crime," the police statement said.

Two vehicles also had been set on fire and police said they found several knives inside and around one of the apartments.

Witnesses told police that Potter had been involved in a nearby disturbance earlier that day.

Kirksville is located about 200 miles northeast of St. Louis.

[MrJonno]

Clear self defence after removing both arms the guy could have been hiding a knife in his mouth

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Clear self defence after removing both arms the guy could have been hiding a knife in his mouth

Then why didn't he remove the guy's teeth as well, smarty?

[Bella Fortuna]

Two arms, two arms!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Mr. Body no longer has the right to bear arms.

[FBM]

Forearms, forearms!!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It's hardly a nail-biter.

[Callan]

Telling someone your mate fancies them is generally quite effective...

[FBM]

I hear Def Leppard is looking for a new drummer.

[Bella Fortuna]

Telling someone your mate fancies them is generally quite effective...

But... that doesn't involves axes or chainsaws or rusty grapefruit spoons!

[Ian]

I'd say swords are the most effective way. Both arms can be gone within seconds.


"'Tis but a scratch...!"

[Rum]

Charm and flattery. Flattery and charm.

[Bella Fortuna]

Charm and flattery. Flattery and charm.

Or chattery and....err... flarm.

[hadespussercats]

I hear Def Leppard is looking for a new drummer.

[Jason]

This is all arming.