Man beheads woman in Oklahoma, officials say
The story has the traditional level of detail we’ve come to expect (i.e. almost none), but what we get is that one Alton Alexander Nolan beheaded a woman, tried to kill another and then got shot by a deputy (he’s expected to survive). No motive for the beheading was given, nor the circumstances behind it.
If you go elsewhere, you can find some interesting and possibly telling details. Such as these bits from Mugshots.com:
Who is Alton A Nolen? (note slight difference in name spelling… *might* be a different guy)
- TAT ABDOM: NCIC AS-SALAAMU ATAIKUM
- TAT CHEST: NCIC JESUS CHRIST
- TAT L ARM: NCIC RIP LIL KRIS, JUDAH
- TAT R ARM: NCIC PRAYING HANDS
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ISIS calling for ‘lone wolf’ attacks inside US
Draw whatever conclusions you like.
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UPDATE, later in the day:
Huh.
Vaughan Foods, man beheads woman: Alton Nolen suspected of beheading woman, stabbing another
Nolen recently had been trying to convert co-workers to Islam, Lewis said. “After conducting interviews with co-workers of Nolen’s, information was obtained that he recently started trying to convert some of his coworkers to the Muslim religion.”
Indeed, huh. All those of you who saw the very limited information that I posted earlier this morning and drew Certain Conclusions about whether or not there may have been a religious implication to this story should feel very, very ashamed for having correctly surmised the situation.
That said: he had just gotten fired, and it sounds like he was a lifelong scumbag who simply snapped. His violence may well not have had anything to do *directly* with his religion. But it does sometimes seem like a certain type of person is drawn to a certain type of religion, doesn’t it. It’s odd that Nolen didn’t convert to Hinduism or Buddhism or Wicca while in prison.