Snake deaths now a murder investigation

[Disastercat]

[I am posting this as a new thread because it looks like the situation has changed - not that snake people like my husband are surprise, sad as no one wants to see humans murdering children, but not surprised - looking for other sources but so far just this report - DC]

Posted: 8 August, 2013 by Desirée Savage
Snake deaths now a murder investigation

Two Canadian boys killed by a python could now be a homicide




Investigations into two young Canadian brothers thought to be strangled by a python has taken a twist, with police now treating it as a possible murder.


Connor Barthe, 7, and brother Noah, 5, were killed while they slept in an apartment above an exotic pet store, but there were no screams.
It comes after the mother of the pair posted hundreds of photos of her boys taken last year, playing in and cleaning her neighbours snake cage.


Police have stepped up their inquiries, but won’t release further details until full post mortem results are known.

Snake experts have also raised questions stating pythons seeking food always bite first.

John Marais from the African Snake Bite Institute said “if it grabs a kid, you’re going to have more than enough time to scream”.


“You can’t be asleep and be bitten by a python and strangled. That’s impossible,” Mr Marais told News Limited. “You’re going to wake up instantly.”


It’s believed the non-poisonous rock python escaped its enclosure and got into the ventilation system, before slithering into the apartment where the boys were sleeping.

[Summerthyme]

Yep... and I think "the authorities" knew this within hours, but have been keeping quiet to not jeopardize the investigation, or spook the real culprit.

Summerthyme

[bbkaren]

Well I sort of wish it WAS some kind of freak accident that involved the snake... because unthinkable things are creeping into my mind on what actually did happen to them.

[thinkright]

Oh my...interesting development.

[bw]

unthinkable things are creeping into my mind on what actually did happen to them.

Most of us were there on day one. Perhaps you were too.

[bbkaren]

Most of us were there on day one. Perhaps you were too.

Let's just say I knew the snake didn't strangle two boys with the intention of eating them, as the news report have suggested. Of course I suppose a snake can go insane like a person or dog could. But no noise? Not a peep from either boy?

Of course I've been shouted down about how dangerous reptiles are and how they can eat things much larger than themselves...even a HUMAN!

But thankfully the evidence will present itself and sadly, these boys weren't just the victims of a python gone mad - which would've been the best case scenario, IMO.

[Summerthyme]

Well, there is considerable evidence that a rock python that size COULD have managed- with a lot of time and work- to have eaten ONE of the boys. BIG snake, small kid... yeah, definitely possible.

But that's really not the point here... there just was NO possible way a snake could kill a child without a LOT of noise being made... much less TWO of them at the same time. And yeah, the "Unthinkable" has been pretty much on the table since day 1. Quite honestly, while I'm not a big fan of large pet snakes, I'd trust most of them a LOT more than most humans these days...

Summerthyme