To Kill a Strippe--The Path of Love Doesn't Alway Run True

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chitownlawyer
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From today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

The High Ridge man charged this week with trying to hire a hitman to kill his mistress suggested strangling the woman, then using a saw to cut up her body, federal court documents say.

Christopher Hemminghaus, 35, was upset that the woman had called his wife six months ago, according to the criminal complaint filed in East St. Louis. The woman made the call from Dollie's, a strip club in Washington Park where she worked. She hung up when Hemminghaus' wife answered, but he found out about the call and threatened to kill the woman if she messed with his family, the complaint says.

Hemminghaus, who owns Washington Park Pawn Shop in the 5700 block of Forest Boulevard in Washington Park, first asked a man to kill the woman in December, the complaint says, but the man didn't contact the FBI about the alleged plot until March 1. The woman was not hurt, and documents don't specify the relationship between Hemminghaus and the man he is accused of trying to hire.

Authorities gave the following account in the complaint: Advertisement

Hemminghaus agreed to pay the man $600 to kill the woman and said to make sure the woman's tattoos were cut up. One of her tattoos says "Dr. Loan," which is Hemminghaus' nickname.

Hemminghaus gave the man an envelope with the keys to the woman's car and the address of her apartment in south St. Louis County. Hemminghaus told the man to hide in her car, strangle the woman, then cut up her body and bring the parts to his High Ridge home to burn.

On Monday, the woman went to the pawnshop and had sex with Hemminghaus, after which he gave her several DVDs.

Outside the pawnshop, she gave federal agents those DVDs, her purse, cell phone, car keys and the jewelry she was wearing. The next day, the FBI informer gave these items to Hemminghaus as proof he had killed her. Hemminghaus was irritated the man hadn't used a reciprocating saw from his shop to cut off her ear but gave him $200. That conversation, as well as several others, was recorded by law enforcement, documents say.

According to the complaint, Hemminghaus said he would pay the rest of the money when the man brought him the woman's severed hand. Hemminghaus was arrested that day, and federal agents found the woman's purse and keys burning in a 55-gallon drum behind the pawnshop. Federal prosecutors filed a murder-for-hire charge against him Wednesday.

He was ordered held until a hearing Tuesday in East St. Louis.

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chandler
18 years ago
Wow! Dr. Loan sounds like a real cool guy. Before any readers get the idea that $600 is kind of cheap for wacking a stripper, realize these are Washington Park dollars. The going rate for a stageside, full contact lap dance is $2, so multiply by 10-15 to get a civilized world equivalent.
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chandler
18 years ago
Yeah, what self-respecting hit man doesn't know to use a reciprocating saw?? Sheesh!

I also liked how the sting called for the intended victim to have sex with the guy who was out to have her sawed up. What a team player!
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chitownlawyer
18 years ago
Chandler, haven't you ever heard of a "last farewell"?
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chandler
18 years ago
Yeah, that's what I call break-up sex. For her, a last trick before sending Dr. Loan off to prison. For the Doctor, a last fuck before sending her to be butchered and beheaded, or so he thought.
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AbbieNormal
18 years ago
Well obviously he's not a self respecting hit man if he goes to the FBI. What's the world coming to when you can't trust a hitman? I tell you, nobody has any values anymore.

As for the ultimate breakup sex, well I'll allow that, after all, the only time it was ever acceptable for a man to kiss another man was to let him know that while he respected and honored him, for buisness reasons he had to kill him.
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chitownlawyer
18 years ago
Yeah, I think that "last kiss" between men might be involved in a holiday that is coming up in a couple of weeks.
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Book Guy
18 years ago
What's that, St. Patrick's Day is a day for men to kiss one another? I don't get it ...
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chitownlawyer
18 years ago
No, you're on the right track with a religious holiday, but the holiday is a little more significant to its adherents than St. P's day.
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Book Guy
18 years ago
St. Valentine's Day massacre is over for another year. The Sicilians in the mob would be interested in St. Joseph's Day, a big deal here in NOLa. Then there's Michaelmas Term, but that's not until the Fall, I think.
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chitownlawyer
18 years ago
A hint, BG, from that old protest song: "If I had a hammer...."

You know, regardless of any weight you may give to the content of either of them, the greatest works in the English language are the works of Shakespeare and the King James (Authorized) Bible.
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Book Guy
18 years ago
Funny that the same guy probably wrote most of each of them. :)
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AbbieNormal
18 years ago
Well, I was thinking more Roman than Jew, and more recently than biblical times, as in "Luca Brasi dorme con i pesci", but I guess the same theory applies.
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chandler
18 years ago
Back to the real drama ..... a lot of guys here brag about how loyal their ATF is, but I ask you, how many can say your ATF has your nickname tattooed on them? Now that's an ATF! Well, unless you hate tattoos. And, uh, except for the part about sending you to prison.

BTW, some conversation starter it must be when the guy she's giving a lapdance to asks whey she hs "Dr. Loan" tattooed on her ass. "You know, that's a funny story...."
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Book Guy
18 years ago
I might be happy to have any girl tattoo her pet name for me on her ass, but definitely not if her pet name for me were "Doctor Loan." I'd prefer "Doctor Giant-Schlong" or "Doctor Genius Friendly Lover-Boy Sweet Makes Me Cream My Jeans" or something more ... laudatory ... ?
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