US: Man kills stepfather with an 'atomic wedgie'

Brad Lee Davis allegedly suffocated his stepfather Denver St. Clair to death with an atomic wedgie after St. Clair called his mother worthless.

A 33-year-old Oklahoma man has been charged with killing his stepfather by giving him an atomic wedgie, that caused the victim to suffocate in his own underwear. He pleaded guilty on Monday to first-degree manslaughter.

Brad Lee Davis was charged with murder in the death of 58-year-old Denver St. Clair in a drunken family fight at a residence just east of Oklahoma City, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office said in an arrest affidavit obtained on Wednesday.

Police arrested Davis on Tuesday. The affidavit said he 'grabbed St. Clair's underwear and gave him an atomic wedgie. Davis allegedly pulled the elastic waistband of St. Clair's underwear over his head and around his neck.'

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 St. Clair's neck.

Pottawatomie County Sheriff Deputy Travis Palmer said Davis and St. Clair were drinking beer on the night of December 21, 2014 at the older man's residence when St. Clair began speaking ill about his wife, who is Davis' mother.

Davis told investigators the two fought because St. Clair was calling him and his mother worthless. St. Clair had filed for divorce in September, reports News Ok.

Investigators said St. Clair's elastic waistband was stretched over his head and that it left ligature marks around his neck.

Blood splatter was also found in the kitchen, the living room and on the living room ceiling.

Davis was being held in Pottawatomie County without bond. His lawyer was not immediately available for comment.

- Daily Mail