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Reports: Justin Eilers murdered in Idaho
By Zach Arnold | December 28, 2008
Originally written on December 26th.
Justin Eilers, long-time MMA veteran from the Idaho area, was murdered by a single gunshot wound at a house in an apparent domestic disturbance. Background on Eilers’ career can be found here.
Local reports on the story can be found at: KTVB, KBCI, Idaho Statesman, KIVI,
A deputy prosecutor said Friday that a family member had said that Malec was “going to kill everyone in the house that night.” It was also learned that Eilers was shot and killed with a .45 pistol. Malec will be arraigned Tuesday in Canyon County court.
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The Idaho Press-Tribune quotes an official stating that alcohol was involved in the incident.
Media information here on the suspect.
JAMES ROBERT MALEC, #148685, arrest on 12/26/2008 at 2:06:00 AM, MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE
Des Moines Register: Ex-Iowa State Cyclones talk about memories of Justin Eilers
New update at KIVI TV and at The Idaho Statesman.
The Idaho Press-Tribune has new details about the incident, based on information from court documents.
Update (12/28): KBCI CBS 2 and The Idaho Press-Tribune have new updates on this incident.
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Hasn’t had a Zuffa contract in over two years. Bummed around in lower circuits and then he had that “title fight” against Bigfoot.
It’s entirely possible that he was in contract limbo due to EliteXC’s problems.
Shit! Another MMA death? God damn man! RIP Justin Eilers. I feel for the man’s family.
Apparently the killer may have been Justin’s mom’s boyfriend. This has Jerry Springer trash written all over it.
“How can I get airtime out of this?”-Marc Mero
Nice to hear your pleasant judgment of the situation, Dave2. You’ve added tons to the discussion.
““How can I get airtime out of this?”-Marc Mero”
That’s a low blow with no basis in reality. Marc Mero was one of the only people telling the truth about the drug problems in the pro wrestling industry after Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son. Other than Mero, you had alcoholics saying that there was no drinking problem in pro wrestling, you had steroid users saying that there was no steroid problem in pro wrestling, and you had pain pill addicts saying that there was no pain pill problem in pro wrestling. Many of the same people who railed against Mero, while swearing that they had never touched steroids and neither had anyone else that they knew of, were busted for steroids shortly thereafter in the Signature Pharmacy bust. Also, WWE’s scumbag lawyer Jerry McDevitt went on television and blatantly lied numerous times, including about things as basic as whether testosterone is a steroid or not. Marc Mero was one of the only people not sugar-coating the pro wrestling industry’s horrible problems.