[Audio] Senator: I’m Fairly Certain I Didn’t Hack That Girl to Pieces
November 17, 2008
NPNR’s David Overbearing reports that Senator Casey Dudd of Kansas is facing increased scrutiny over his involvement in the gruesome murder of his female aide of seven years. A transcript follows the jump.
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OVERBEARING: From NPNR, I’m David Overbearing.
Senator Casey Dudd of Kansas is facing increased scrutiny over his involvement in the gruesome murder of his female aide of seven years. Angela Umbert’s body was found in several dozen pieces in Mr. Dudd’s office yesterday, and the two were seen together the evening the murder is thought to have taken place. Dudd today made a statewide televised address to protest his innocence, at least with some degree of certainty.
DUDD: I want to say to my constituents and to all my supporters and family and friends that I’m pretty sure I had nothing to do with this vicious act. It’s difficult to be 100% certain, as I blacked out from drinking too much some time before 12 AM. The last thing I remember is saying, “God, that’s one hell of a zebra.” I can’t tell you for the life of me the context of that statement. When I woke up, it was the next morning. So it’s impossible for me to be completely sure, but I am fairly certain I didn’t hack that girl to pieces.
OVERBEARING: Dudd denied allegations that he and Ms. Umbert had been engaged in a romantic affair, unless, he said, “By ‘affair’ you mean having sex with each other while being married to other people.”
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Senator Dudd,
Comment by Help Us All — November 20, 2008 @Perhaps what you thought you saw wasn’t a zebra at all. Those weren’t black and white stripes…they were bars…and I don’t mean the kind you drink in. You know, bars as in jail…prison…the tank…the kind of place you’ll be spending the rest of your life in…if you will. But don’t worry about it too much, because there’s lots of nice guys there who would be thrilled, enchanted I say, to share their bars of soap with a real senator like you in those communal showers. Be optimistic. If you get to share a cell with Bubba just think of your cell as half full instead of half empty. Be Happy!