Clark Gast, the former police chief in Aberdeen, said he discovered his wife, Laura, hanging from a ceiling fan in 2013. Investigators later ruled the death a suicide and said that that Clark Gast was not a suspect.
Family and friends, however, told WCPO at the time that they believed Laura Gast was murdered.
An autopsy report found that the ceiling fan she was hanging from “was not reachable from the chair” and that the noose was tied with multiple knots “she could hardly reach.”
Jesus Christ. And this is a ex-police chief in Ohio? The article then goes on to describe the horrible circumstances surrounding her abusive shit bag of a husband the day before she decided to take her own life. Pictures taken by her ten year old daughter show bruises all over Laura Gast (wife of Clark, police chief of Aberdeen, who is being charged with the battery of his wife the day before her suicide).And of course, the Aberdeen Police Department slow-goed the investigation of Laura's suicide, waiting six whole fucking months to turn the case over to prosecutors. Why this slimey bastard isn't having the book tossed at him is beyond me, but what is even more beyond me is why this police department isn't being investigated for obstruction of justice for dragging their feet for six whole fucking months.
This guys is a real piece of work. The day before her suicide, good ol' real american police officer Clark Gast put her in a choke hold, slammed her up against a wall, lifted her into the air and said "I ought to kill you". Chilling words coming from a police officer. We know they fucking mean it. He also threatened to kill the family dog, choking it, and grabbed his ten year old by the hair and pulled her away, which of course made the poor little girl fear for her safety. Who wouldn't with a jacked up rage-aholic cop threatening to literally destroy every living being around you. And this man was a leader in the police community in Aberdeen.
How disgustingly low can policing get in this country? I am seriously asking this. Where is the bar?