A former Marine who killed his stepfather by giving him an ‘atomic wedgie’ causing him to suffocate on his own underwear, has been sentenced to 30 years.
Brad Lee Davis pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter killing his stepfather Denver St Clair in a drunken family fight in December 2013.
The 58-year-old died after Davis grabbed Mr St Clair’s underwear and pulled the elastic waistband over his head and around his neck at a residence just east of Oklahoma City.
The move strangled the victim, who also suffered head wounds that prosecutors say would have been fatal if he hadn’t died from the wedgie first.
An atomic wedgie is the slang name for an extreme version of the common underwear-yanking prank that bullies are known to use in schools across America.
Oklahoma Medical Examiner spokeswoman Amy Elliott said the cause of death was asphyxiation and blunt force trauma after the elastic band was stretched too tightly over Mr St. Clair’s neck.
