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A Southern California chef on trial for allegedly killing his wife told police he slow-cooked her body then dumped it out as kitchen waste, according to an interview that was played in court on Tuesday. Dawn Viens disappeared in 2009 and police identified her husband David – the chef at the former Thyme Café in Torrance, Calif. – as a prime suspect. In 2011, investigators dug up the Thyme Café, which Dawn co-owned, searching for her body. But in a taped interview played Tuesday in court, David Viens seemed to tell police why her remains may never be found. "I took some, some things like weights that we use and I put them on the top of her body, and I just slowly cooked it and I ended up cooking her for four days," Viens said on tape. Viens claimed he argued with his wife, then bound her arms and feet and duct-taped her mouth shut. He said he panicked when he found her dead the next morning. Viens claimed he stuffed his wife's 105-pound body in a drum and disposed of the remains as if it were kitchen waste. "I came up with the idea of cleaning the grease traps and commingling in the, the excess, the excess protein," he could be heard saying on the tape. David Viens told police he recovered Dawn's skull and jawbone and hid them in his mother's attic. Investigators say they never recovered any body parts." />Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
A Southern California chef on trial for allegedly killing his wife told police he slow-cooked her body then dumped it out as kitchen waste, according to an interview that was played in court on Tuesday. Dawn Viens disappeared in 2009 and police identified her husband David – the chef at the former Thyme Café in Torrance, Calif. – as a prime suspect. In 2011, investigators dug up the Thyme Café, which Dawn co-owned, searching for her body. But in a taped interview played Tuesday in court, David Viens seemed to tell police why her remains may never be found. "I took some, some things like weights that we use and I put them on the top of her body, and I just slowly cooked it and I ended up cooking her for four days," Viens said on tape. Viens claimed he argued with his wife, then bound her arms and feet and duct-taped her mouth shut. He said he panicked when he found her dead the next morning. Viens claimed he stuffed his wife's 105-pound body in a drum and disposed of the remains as if it were kitchen waste. "I came up with the idea of cleaning the grease traps and commingling in the, the excess, the excess protein," he could be heard saying on the tape. David Viens told police he recovered Dawn's skull and jawbone and hid them in his mother's attic. Investigators say they never recovered any body parts." /> |
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Chef Admits to Slow Cooking Wife's Body * update
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Re: Chef Admits to Slow Cooking Wife's Body * update
This takes the phrase, "You look good enough to eat." to a whole new level. Also, ladies please take note...nagging and being argumentative can sometimes have serious consequences. |
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Never argue with a Chef: in a transport, he has an embarrassing wealth of options to take his revenge: he can slice, roast, bake, boil you then add onions, parsley & more herbs browned in oil to the mix: don't arouse his creativity, I say!  |
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I thought presentation was everything to a chef ;)
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It doesn't make sense though. You can't boil away bones like the femur. How would her skull be the only substantial thing left?
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ive done my time in a butchery, and trust me, i can make you in to sausage with no one ever finding out
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Things really boiled over in their marriage.  |
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We had a killer in Philadelphia and the neighbors supposedly complained about the smell. Gary Heidnik, the killer and cooker, told the police he burnt a roast. Nothing was done until a victim escaped. From what I understand, Jeff Dahmer's neighbors also complained about the smell and police went in and never found anything until that one child molester got away. He turned Jeff in and they were waiting for the snitch on at least one warrant - the dumb ass, lol! |
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In California... I'm sure that's just a minor infraction on the Public Health & Safety Regulation  |
