Dying gamer tried to write killer's name in own blood

Matthew Pyke and his girlfriend, Joanna Witton, of Nottingham, U.K., met David Heiss, from Limburg, Germany, on their Advance Wars online gaming forum.

Heiss now stands accused of murdering Pyke, a computer science student at Nottingham Trent University, after making several surprise trips from Germany to visit Pyke and his girlfriend and allegedly becoming obsessed with Witton.

Jurors were presented on Tuesday with images of Pyke's computer, on the side of which he was said to have written the first three letters of Heiss' name in his own blood as he lay dying from 86 stab wounds to his body

[Smacktard]

What a shame. Gotta feel bad for the guy, and sorry for the girl :(

[jessehaysfl]

yeah really sad.....they liked a DS game so they made a website then this happens sooo sad. all dude wanted to do was have fun on a game.

[Bnet343]

Only in America ... oh wait ...

[jessehaysfl]

@kigmal I know i shouldnt laugh at that but god damn it i sure as hell did.

[50CALheadshot]

this scenario sounds like a finishing move in the game

[poopface1]

why? because if some dude tried to visit someone in America(under similar circumstances) he woulda been shot, beaten, killed on his first visit and no innocent person woulda gotten hurt.

This is a sad story but the guy shoulda taken a bat outside with him the first time the guy visited.

It said he visited and refused to stay in a hotel???? If someone tried pulling that with me its would be bat time.

I hope this guy gets thrown in prison forever, where his nerdy gamboyazz will get pounded repeatedly. Then I hope he gets aids and dies a slow death of brain cancer.

I wish I was president so I could reinstate torture. There is too much pussiness in the world today. We need torture, and we need it now. I am fully willing to vote for torture because I am willing to accept responsibility for my actions. How it is today you can kill people, and get a slap on the wrist. Like the story about the kid who killed over 'counterstrike' and only got 4 years, even though he hit the guy with a brick(they said its accidental). I think torture would stop about 90% of the violent crimes today. After a couple public tortures on TV, we would be a much safer country.

That wont happen to me. If someone suspicious ever approaches you, please beat them to death with a bat first, ask questions later(chances are, even if their innocent, you can say it was accidental or plead insanity to escape the consequences).

LOL mastiff.. you dont like the death penalty??? I guess you would rather have murderers live a meaningless existence sucking up tax dollars. Chances are, if you get the death penalty theres not a chance in hell that your innocent. for example, yesterday o the LOCAL news I heard a story about a guy who threw an infant out the window of a moving car. Do you think he should get life, or just save money/space/time/even air and gas him. personally I wish wed just torture the guy to death on national tv. Something related to his crime. How about throw him into shark infested water and broadcast live as hes torn to shreds by hungry sharks. Maybe thats a little bit of wishful thinking, but I can guarantee you even the worst parents will start taking beter care of their babies after seeing that.

The longer we wait to reinstate torture the more innocent people will die. Plus why should it be the innocent people hat always die in horrible ways.

[Tito Jackson]

Achievement Unlocked: OVERKILL

[TheDude2dot0]

I bet Jack Thompson will try to pin this on Advance Wars.

"OMG the word wars brainswashes our kidz in2 killa!"

[RememberThe357]

That is why I love this country. Violence is our virtue. :)

[SinnedNogara]

@RememberThe357

True, America isn't what it is hyped to be. Our literacy rate is 44, our health system is the 72nd best in the world. 63% Americans don't believe in something that was proven 200 years ago (Evolution). President Bush was the dumbest idiot of all time. Americans can't win a war against terrorists that blow themselves up to win a battle?! Our economy sux. I bet we look weird when we are 72nd in health-care waving the foam #1 finger!!

Sad for the guy who got killed. First the craigslist killer, now this!!

[fenix1300]

First off the US is 15th on the HDI index so please stfu about health care. secondly you worthless piece of crap our literacy rate established as of 2003 is 99% male and 99% female. lastly you obviously don't understand economics so let me put it this way If the US economy sucks then the rest of the world economy sucks there is a reason that the green back is universally viewed as the safest investment on the planet. America is not perfect not by a long shot but if your going to criticize something, do it on a legitimate basis not made up statistics. btw all my facts are from the HDI and CIAfactbook.

[RememberThe357]

Preach!

We got guns, and we can read good!

[SinnedNogara]

@ fenix1300

Uhhh........OK. :|

[thereapersson]

Holy crap, that is a sh1tty way to die! Poor guy...

[phosphor112]

That must be pretty f*ckin sh*tty. He probably didn't feel more than half of those though. After a certain point, his body would get a sensory overload, and would easily go into shock from trying to cope with the blood loss.

"I didn't mean to kill him" Yeah right f*cktard. Go to hell.

[EastCoastSB]

The knife just slipped.....86 times.

[Dark General]

And yet he still had the presence in mind to try and write out the guys name in his own blood.

[Matpan]

Man if he had achieved writing the guy´s name he would have been tougher than rambo. He is at Rambo level for trying...

[RememberThe357]

Word, that boy had heart.

[LeGenDx]

i hope he gets rapes in jail

[BX81]

It's raped honey... it's raped.

[pixelsword]

I just hope he doesn't get crapes in jail; unless it's @$$-crapes.

I feel sorry for all of the victim's friends, family, girlfriend, and anyone else that cared for him near or far that has to endure such madness from that savage animal.

[-MD-]

How on earth did he manage to write anything with 86 stab wounds?

[greyfox235]

thats terrible :)

[hatchimatchi]

opie and anthony?

[DARK WITNESS]

well if it was his last breath, he was going down fighting. my thoughts go out to his girl and his family.

such a shame, this world we live in.

[potenquatro]

That's exactly how I see it, he went down fighting. The raged hirless monkey(I apologise to monkeys)that did this will get his. Others will continue the fight for him.

[Timesplitter14]

Maybe Heiss only had a lvl 1 short dagger that deals 1-2 damage

Seriously though, this guy is pretty hardcore, and I'm sorry for his girlfriend

[BlueBadger]

86 stab wounds?

Jesus, no one should go through an experience like that, especially someone innocent.

RIP, poor guy.

And may the guilty get their just deserves. sigh

[IaMs12]

I quite agree. I have noticed that everyone shows sympathy for this man which is awesome and makes me feel great that others care about others even though they dont know them but how many show the samething towards Jesus? Honestly... you take him for granted but not this guy, where as he gets 86 stabs as Jesus gets enough where you cant even tell he was a person anymore.

Its a sad thing indeed anyone, even animals to go through something like that, and i pray for his family and friends and his girl.

Why shouldnt God get the same attention?

[warfed]

Maybe that's because this guy was not imaginary?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

"86 stab wounds?

Jesus, no one should go through an experience like that, especially someone innocent.

RIP, poor guy.

And may the guilty get their just deserves. sigh "

Quoted for Truth!!! Agreed %100

So sad. RIP

[SinnedNogara]

The worst part is that Pres. Obama is trying to get the death sentence removed (from what I heard). Now the guy who stabbed him is going to LIVE!! BS!

He'll get a shower, a TV, food, water, shelter, sleep.

[Matpan]

Let´s see... Jesus was wiped and crucified 2000 years ago, which more or less makes sence that people feel sympathy for this guy who was killed some weeks ago. This guy was a gamer, so many gamers feel a connection, maybe, making this more "close" in some way. And (while doubtful in a historical point of view as some may argue), Jesus martyrism was exploited on behalf of an institution that held control over people´s life and incomes for centuries in a quite obscure way... And while the catholic church has sort of done a mea culpa for all it´s past mistakes, it sure wasn´t the best advertisement in Jesus´ favour, right?...

There you got a couple of reasons...

[IaMs12]

Im saying there is no difference, and of course i can agree and relate that you do feel more sympathy when its at your time. I do too like my Uncle Died last weekend due to heart valve failure and yes i felt sympathy.

[TenSteps]

Police found a suicide note in the suspects suitcase

The victim was stabbed 86 times

If I were ever to commit suicide I doubt I'd stab myself 86 freaking times the killers excuse was weak. The jury finds the defendant "stupid".

[hatchimatchi]

that is insane.

i usually laugh at when kids kill themselves from copying games, (ie, the one the other month where a kid jumped off a roof with a makeshift parachute) but this is really messed up. Poor guy and girl. Hopefully the murderer gets the death penalty or gets thrown in a prison with horrific living conditions. I don't like life sentences because it allows the killer to have the possibility of enjoying life while the victim cannot.

[KyonoRocks]

He'll get life, with decent living conditions. NO death penalty over here. It's tragic that the only way this guy will receive true justice is if he becomes someone's glory hole in prison... never thought I'd say this in my life but I hope that f*cker gets ass raped for 20 years

[mastiffchild]

And thank the lord we don't have the death penalty. While "life" should mean "life" in jail we aren't even at a level of judicial accuracy to even think about allowing the state to kill on our behalf and so, even without going into the thousand other reasons why a death penalty is not the greatest idea(nor any deterrant),we have to make jail sentences mean what they say while still giving us a chance of rectifying any wrong decisions made in court.

This is a sad, sad case. It's easy, and natural to judge the killer for his actions(the wrong he's done cannot be made right even by the taking of his life)but to stop future instances he must be studied and understood or we learn nothing and leave the way open for further madness in the furure. For someone to do something so screwed up shows that they're either truly evil or have been the victim of such horrors that this kind of violent reaction seems pretty normal-I'm no psychologist but the guy could have any mental disorder for all we know, and if he does and it was known to someone then some of the blame can be spread around for this. Whatever, we need to know more before we can judge completely-for instance if the killer had been physically and/or sexually abused all his life and developed severe personality disorders because of it is he really operating in the same world as we are? I know things like that don't excuse but they might explain and if we can see from this guy just what the red flags are then maybe people like him can be helped in the future and terrible tradgedies like he committed can be avoided.

People who commit crimes like these are rarely operating with a full deck and we need to know who they are and what might trigger them and how we can spot it-to simply kill him and learn nothing, imo, would worsen the tradgedy all round while making the future no safer. As it is he'll probably not see the light of day for a very long time as I suspect he won't be found to be mentally stable and killers rarely get out of high security mental hospitals as the stakes are so very high-no matter what tariff the judge may be tied to as it's down to the professionals at the inmates unit to decide if they're fit to return to society and if there's any risk they won't get let out.

The unbelievable thing is what he's saying in his defence-what a sad and awful occurance.

[jessehaysfl]

seriously mastiff your last line....I cant believe it either,

loosley quoted

"I did hit him but i didnt want to hurt him or break bones or cause damage.....so he was on his back and I was sitting on him punching him when I felt it (the knife) in my knee so I stabed him because I didnt want to get stabbed again" And then he stabbed the guy 86 fu<king times....

How the fu<k do you go to someones house attack them get ontop of them then beat them and expect it to be self defense.......this guy should burn....I wish you tommies had the god damn death penality for these few cases where it is warranted.

[Matpan]

While there is arguably a ton of psychological or psychriatical reasons for people to do things like this, I do believe some people are just evil.

In any case, both are unfit to coexist in the normal world for obvious reasons. So rather lock him up in a prision, or a well guarded mental institution.

[LeShin]

Hope that mudderphukka gets tortured and brutally raped in jail, ba$tard!!!!

R.I.P. man...

[S M N]

and why this is a news in this site, which is a for GAMES news

[MasterBlaster]

It's not "for GAMES news" or whatever you were trying to say.

It's News for Gamers.

[kewlkat007]

I can imagine someone already dead at 10 stabs. What's the thrill of the next 76?

[roflmuffins8]

Jesus Christ, isn't 1 stab wound enough? This is just sick and demented.

[jessehaysfl]

worst part is I bet his girl feels guilty.....even though she never had contact with the dude that did the killing previously....its horrible, if im murderd I hope a cop or someone I dont know finds me as it would be horrible to subject any lovedone with that task. I unfortunately found the body of a friend of mine after an auto accident. I still remember it like it was yesterday....this was about eight years ago.....horrible horrible thing i hope no one goes through

[skip2mylou]

wow that defense from that dude was really weak. "i didnt mean to kill him, its just that i meant to hit him". and then to say and deny killing the dude is messed up

[Sgt_Slaughter]

The guy who killed him should get the death penalty. 86 stabs to the chest!

[Timesplitter14]

Or 86 "stabs" in his butt by huge hairy men in jail

[Dark General]

86 stabs a day sounds more like it.

[jackalman]

They still haven't found a cure for 86 stab wounds???????

[yojoe26]

Good grief. Okay that guy needs to go straight to the electric chair. Psychos like that don't need to breathe another minute on earth.

[caffman]

they are up to 25

[superrey19]

Wow, the suspect "didnt mean to kill him"?? what did he think 86 stab wounds would do? tickle him?? If he doesn't get the death penalty, then i REALLY hope he becomes some guy's b!tch in prison.

[The Lazy One]

Nobody get's self defense with 86 stab wounds...

[njr]

Pretty smart for the victim to write his name in blood. I don't know if anyone would do that in an intense situation.

[hatchimatchi]

it says advance wars, isnt that nintendo not sony?

[FadeToBlack]

Thi guy does deserve the death penalty. And it should be the same penalty he executed on the innocent person he killed. Stab him 86 times and pour lime and salt over him before he bleeds to death. Maybe in the fute people will think twice about such acts if they think of the punishment that awaits.

[Quickedie]

but fact is that death penalty doesn't deter crimes. I can understand the anger you feel but your comment is just plain stupid and unqualified.

[FadeToBlack]

Just because you disagree with my comment or thinking does not qualify it as stupid. History has proven over the years that the more liberal the justice system becomes the more crime rises.

[sak500]

I bet the defense lawyer would try his best to lose the case. He should be [email protected] 86 times by a sumo wrestler.

[Arkem]

This is the 3rd time this story is posted! Let the poor guy rest in peace already!

[dogmeat eater]

yep. Ron Jeremy is a killer in bed.

[DX F3NIX]

this is a repost....i already read this like 2 weeks ago...old news.

[Gun_Senshi]

that savage should get death penealty. i hope he gets raped and abused in prison. what he did was just inhuman.

RIP, sorry for this family, girlfriends and friends about this :/

[Lets-Game]

jails in europe are like vacation houses. just look it up. they have tv fridge and pc in their sells.. sometimes i wanna do something bad!

google Austrian jail ull see lol.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/...

rofl i have to pay 30euro a month for jym which looks worse .

[BYE]

Europe is not one country, if you think prisons in Turkey or on the Balkan look like in Austria you're pathetic.

[Jdash24]

yeah there's no way he started stabbing him in self defense, he was probably really angry, hence such a high amount of stab wounds.

It' a shame about the whole situation though, my prayers go out to his family and gf :(

[ravenl0rd]

That was one badass dude to take 86 stab wounds and still try to write the killer's name. RIP