Man Killed his Neighbour by Gouging Out his Eyes During Argument Over Loud Rooster
A West Virginia man has been charged with murder after he was accused of gouging out his neighbor's eyes with his thumbs during disagreement over a loud rooster.
Richard Ellison, 47, was arrested on Sunday, May 17, by the Mercer County Sheriff´s Department in relation to the killing of 72-year-old Benny Foutch.
During questioning, Ellison told a detective that he killed his neighbor's rooster because it was crowing loudly and then gouged out Foutch's eyes because "Lucifer made him do it," according to a criminal complaint.
The Princeton Rescue Squad found the body of the victim outside his home on Reese Harmon Ridge Road with blood coming out of his eyes.
The document stated that when a detective interviewed Ellison's son, he said his father had brought the dead rooster bac...