Man kills neighbor over missing PS3

by Majed Athab { May 8th 2008 at 11:00PM }

Being a protective console owner is one thing, but taking obsessive love for one's system to violent ends is a whole other ballpark. Take the story of Edward Keith Stoddard Jr. who was arrested last night in Dade City for murdering his neighbor over a missing PlayStation 3. He's accused of murdering neighbor Douglas F. Abrams when the two were arguing over the PS3 in question on April 24.

It's such a sad thing to hear that someone had to die over something so trivial. Sure, most of us love our systems, but not enough to kill for it. It's not clear whether the PS3 was the only reason for the murder, but even if it wasn't, it wouldn't matter. The story would end the same -- someone's dead, the other's in jail, and the PS3 still missing.

[Via Digg]

Tags: crime, death

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonathan Coole @ May 8th 2008 11:06PM

couldn't a savage beating or a molotov cocktail have sufficed?

dblakenz @ May 8th 2008 11:19PM

In other parts of the world yes, only in america does PS3 fanboyism get this extreme.

Dennis Rosecrans @ May 8th 2008 11:41PM

wonder if it was the 80gig or 40gig?

nobody528 @ May 9th 2008 1:19AM

I'd say it's not the 40gb. Without backwards compatibility, it's just not worth murdering over.

EricOSU @ May 11th 2008 12:36PM

Well, I got my XBox 360 Elite, Wii and 60GB PS3 stolen from my apartment last fall. Now if I find the little bastard that did break in and steal them, you damn well know I'll kill him.

Kevin @ May 8th 2008 11:11PM

Dude.....
Honestly.

Ty @ May 8th 2008 11:20PM

Come on...
The PS3's still missing? OH NO!..............

Fozzy @ May 8th 2008 11:22PM

Poor PS3 :(

I wonder where it could be.

adolson @ May 8th 2008 11:39PM

Jack Thompson, eat your heart out.

kevin @ May 8th 2008 11:39PM

dont drop the soap edward!

mAET @ May 9th 2008 7:46AM

Poor PS3, hope it gets found, that would be horrible to have a missing PS3.

lets all pray... or not

Mike918 @ May 8th 2008 11:53PM

I think blaming this on videogames is just...stupid...it's not just the videogames..it's this psychotic society we are living right now..maybe it's just me but damn everyone just seem more tense right now and i blame it on trying to survive...everything is expensive as hell, people just can't keep up with that, hell i don't even want to think how milk or chicken will cost when i start to work and live by my own, i am 17 years old at the moment.

ecclesisaliar @ May 9th 2008 5:32AM

errrr Milk or Chicken? when u... "live by (your) own" ????

are u one of those boys who was fathered by an austrian man and his daughter in a basement?

Dehshizknight @ May 9th 2008 12:04AM

It was probably a stolen PS3 or something of that nature. The dude that's still living is probably lying about it being "missing".

blahblahbloo @ May 9th 2008 12:45AM

This PS3 in this story is simply a substitute for $400-500. It's pretty common for people to be killed over less.

ryan @ May 9th 2008 1:13AM

i agree,to some people that kind of money is an investment regardless of what it is. so sad this had to happen.

hey_big_dck psn:fuliano626 @ May 9th 2008 12:25AM

i have to admit that it should make you wonder if video games and excessive violence have a connection, not as in video games tells us its ok to kill people but if it sometimes makes us forget how to properly express anger and that in real life there is no reset buttons.

eddyk @ May 9th 2008 12:30AM

For sure some media will report he's been playing GTAIV a lot before that !

eddyk @ May 9th 2008 12:32AM

Man kills neighbor over missing PS3 ... after playing GTAIV the supreme evil game that pervert our poor kids brains ...

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ May 9th 2008 10:16AM

yea even though GTAIV wasnt even out when the PS3 was allegedly stolen (article says April 24, game released April 29). hell he probably did him in cause he missed the GTAIV launch.

Volomon @ May 9th 2008 12:33AM

Ya the guy should have made sure he actually had it before killing him.

Mike @ May 9th 2008 10:15PM

The guy DEf sold it for something or hid it somewere

houston3000 @ May 9th 2008 2:12AM

This has less to do with video games and more to do with someone having over half a grand worth of electronic equipment stolen, especially if he lost his games to. If this was a $600 home theater sound system or a Blu-Ray recorder or something, there wouldn't be any controversial "violent video game" innuendo about the whole thing.

es @ May 9th 2008 4:20AM

I would totally kill someone if they stole a ps3 from me, cause ps3 sucks and whoever actually took the risk to steal a ps3 to get one is dumb and needs to be wiped from the gene-pool. I'd be helping out the human race.

Reygar @ May 9th 2008 4:24AM

Only in America!

dave @ May 9th 2008 5:25AM

Oh why won't somebody think of the consoles!

Brucie B @ May 9th 2008 7:10AM

We got some of those Dumb Fanboys here!

GRT @ May 9th 2008 7:28AM

It's good to see that PS3Fanboy is jumping on-board with the mainstream media and putting the focus on the PS3. Maybe Jack Thompson is on the Board of Directors of the site now? /sarcasm

I would've thought videogames gets enough bad press without a site with "fanboy" in its name jumping in on the bashing.