Man died after accidentally stabbing himself while trying to separate two frozen burger patties

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Man died after accidentally stabbing himself while trying to separate two frozen burger patties​


A man died after accidentally stabbing himself while trying to separate two frozen burger patties with a knife, an inquest has heard.

Barry Griffiths, 57, died after he sustained a fatal wound to his stomach.

The 57-year-old lived alone and had been described as a “very private man”.

An inquest heard that he was found at his flat in Llandrindod Wells, Powys where he lay dead for several days before later being found by police in a welfare check.

Concerns were raised in July 2023 when Griffiths, who was residing in shared living accommodation, had not been for over a week.

He was found fully clothed and with dried blood on his stomach, whilst blood splatters were found throughout his kitchen and bathroom.

His phone, wallet, and computer had not been touched and there was no sign of a struggle in the first-floor apartment.

It was only when officers found the frozen burger, that they were able to determine what happened.

Detective Chief Inspector Jonathan Rees said: “The bottom drawer of the freezer had been left open and pulled forward in a position to access food items.

“On the work surface in the kitchen adjacent to the fridge-freezer were two uncooked burgers, a knife and a tea towel.

“The wound to the abdomen would have been approximately the height of the work surface. My hypothesis at that stage was that Griffiths was attempting to separate frozen burgers using a knife.”

The medical examiner, Patricia Morgan, eventually ruled that Griffiths most likely died from an accident and not a suicide.

Morgan said that he lay dead for several days from a single stab wound before he was found.

Initially, the knife was found covered with a substance thought to be chocolate, though it was later determined to be the blood of Griffth, a man who led a “relatively private life with limited contact with others”.

Dr Richard Jones, a Home Office pathologist, gave the cause of death as blood loss through sharp force injury.

Source: GB News

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i feel his pain. i cut my hand once trying to cut a partially frozen english muffin in half

sure, i was a 12. and thought it had defrosted all the way. and used a butter knife. and managed to not stab myself in the stomach. but maybe he was just a late bloomer in the brain department
 
I kept trying to tell my parents their cheap ass, pink slime infused, frozen Costco burger stacks are deadly... but TBH this isn't what I envisioned.
 
I mean, I usually thaw ground beef quickly by putting it a ziploc bag, filling up the sink with hot water, and submerging it, but I have separated things like this before. Goya Yucca and Cheese Arepas mostly, because you can bake those frozen, but point stands. I just usually do it on the kitchen counter with a butter knife and the "edge" facing away from me, not with a sharp knife and balancing it on my stomach. But whatever works I guess.
 
To avoid any future hilarious deaths: If you find yourself needing to separate two frozen patties you can usually get a metal spatula between them enough to break them apart or use a butter knife because that is less likely to kill you if it slips.
 
I live alone far from other people, so, it's a bit of a recurring nightmare of mine that I'll end up choking on food/crushed under fallen furniture in a moving mishap, unable to get help, and no one coming to get me until it's far too late.

Can't imagine the raw terror this man felt as he realized this was one of THOSE injuries and he had 20 seconds left to save himself.....
 
It's both incredible and terrifying that you can live for years and years, only to die so suddenly and unexpectedly because of a freak accident. Makes me appreciate my slowness and always taking my time to do things carefully because I'm clumsy as fuck otherwise.
 
Bland Crumbs said:
If you find yourself needing to separate two frozen patties you can usually get a metal spatula between them enough to break them apart
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Exactly what I was going to say. I never screw around with using knives to exert any kind of leverage or pressure. Only to cut.

CircuSphere said:
I kept trying to tell my parents their cheap ass, pink slime infused, frozen Costco burger stacks are deadly... but TBH this isn't what I envisioned.
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No way, those Kirkland Signature ones are pretty good! Now if you were talking Wal-Mart store brand I'd 100% agree.
 
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Bullet Club said:
An inquest heard that he was found at his flat in Llandrindod Wells, Powys where he lay dead for several days before later being found by police in a welfare check.

Concerns were raised in July 2023 when Griffiths, who was residing in shared living accommodation, had not been for over a week.
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I'm confused, was he alone or shared? Do they just mean apartments when they say shared?
I feel bad for people who die and aren't found soon-ish. Sorry homie, you messed with the wrong burgers.
 
More AWS-8Q Than You said:
I mean, I usually thaw ground beef quickly by putting it a ziploc bag, filling up the sink with hot water, and submerging it, but I have separated things like this before. Goya Yucca and Cheese Arepas mostly, because you can bake those frozen, but point stands. I just usually do it on the kitchen counter with a butter knife and the "edge" facing away from me, not with a sharp knife and balancing it on my stomach. But whatever works I guess.
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Bland Crumbs said:
To avoid any future hilarious deaths: If you find yourself needing to separate two frozen patties you can usually get a metal spatula between them enough to break them apart or use a butter knife because that is less likely to kill you if it slips.
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I just put them in the microwave for a minute.
 
My guess is he had to be.holding the knife in Reverse Knife Grip- Edge In.

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Forced it and that's all she wrote.
 
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