The article doesn't say it, but this man cooked his wife at his restaurant and they said they there wasn't much left afterwards. Did he serve her up in the tacos and pizza? Has anybody who has eaten at this restaurant lately noticed a strange tasting meat?

Man killed, dismembered, cooked wife

Saturday, 5 February 2000 10:14 (ET)

Man killed, dismembered, cooked wife

JACKSON, Mich., Feb. 5 (UPI) - A court is being asked to decide whether a Jackson, Mich., man was capable of murder or whether he allegedly killed, dismembered and cooked his wife because he had undergone emergency brain surgery that left him insane.

Kevin Artz is accused of killing his wife, Patricia, and allegedly carrying her head around in a box.

In court this week, Alex Lazaroff, 18, a dishwasher at the pizza and taco restaurant owned by Artz, 43, and his wife, said he never saw the couple fight.

"He loved Pat. He loved her with all his heart," Lazaroff said.

Artz had undergone brain surgery just weeks before the killing because of a large blood clot on the right side of his brain. Relatives said afterward, he was forgetful.

He is being held without bond on murder and corpse mutilation charges.

Sgt. Thomas Fiero, one of the first officers at the scene, testified, "I recognized burnt flesh on the counter."

Sheriff's deputy Wayne Bisard said he found a box outside the restaurant kitchen containing a skull and cooked flesh.

Pathologists said there wasn't enough of Patricia Artz left to determine when or how she died. Testimony indicated, however, she had been hacked to pieces with a sharp knife or hatchet.

Prosecutors contend Artz killed his wife and then tried to cover it up by cutting her into little pieces and then cooking those pieces at the restaurant.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), February 05, 2000

Answers

Drop the chalupa! And come out with your hands up!

-- Taco Dog (runfortheborder@tacobell.com), February 05, 2000.

G-R-O-S-S!

And destined to become an urban legend, if it isn't already. Blah.

-- (Ilove@sick.jokes), February 05, 2000.

If you eat a wife, you could get mad wife disease!

-- sss (sss@sss.com), February 05, 2000.

Hey there-Hawk-Just saw your post and I just remembered that I passed thru Jackson Mich. just last week and I stopped at Artz's Pizza. I recall that I had a Donner Delight sub sandwich. Tasted great but wasn't very filling.

-- Liberal Hater (liberty@bell.com), February 05, 2000.

I have this problem with the ground meat substance sold at my local TacoBell. It's received in frozen bags, which are stored until needed for cooking.

The TacoDudes plunk a frozen bag into the boiling water and thoroughly overcook the ground cattle muscle tissue until it's rancid. Then it's scooped out and plopped into a serving tray, where time after time select employees scoop this pulpy, seasoned tissue into taco shells, gorditas and other edible holdings.

For nonviolent TB eating, I recommend the bean burrito with extra onion minus the red sauce.

Being stupid, I originally thought that they fried the meat at the restaraunt, but later I learned they had it imported from the West. I don't know why they contaminate it with their gross seasonings, but some people claim they enjoy the flavor.

-- dinosaur (dinosaur@williams-net.com), February 05, 2000.

Mad wife disease? Donner delight? You people are too funny for words! LOL

-- jeile (tjfarrar@bellsouth.net), February 05, 2000.

"If you eat a wife, you could get mad wife disease". Last time I ate mine, I got a night full of fun and romance!

-- Romeo (best@eating.com), February 05, 2000.

Romeo,your post was,at least the most tasteful.

-- Joe Shmoe (fromkokomo@dot.com), February 05, 2000.

Mama Mia! Now that's a spicy meatball!

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), February 05, 2000.

From h2g2, Soft Taco Surprise and other Urban Legends.

-- Eating Raoul (izza@great.flick), February 05, 2000.

I remember seeing grafitti years ago, that said something on the order of "If women were not meant to be eaten, why did God make their private parts look like tacos?"

-- Firemouse (firemouse@fcmail.com), February 05, 2000.

After reading the....uhh....full menu of responses to this compelling news story, I can now safely say I have heard everything. Must lay down now.

-- Daisy Jane (deeekstrand@access1.com), February 06, 2000.

This thread reminds me of the patrons in horror films laughing as described in "1984".

Also, 'bout a week or so back, heard on the tellie that Taco Bell dropped the chuhuahua(sp?) ad cause the slogan when interpreted from Chinese to English was understood as insinuating the taco contained the meat of this dog. Go figure.

Anyone remember what product's ad was pulled when it interpretted back to English as meaning: it brings your dead ancestors back to life?

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), February 06, 2000.

I think it was Coke that brought your dead ancestors back to life in China.

-- Firemouse (firemouse@fcmail.com), February 06, 2000.

I wonder what kind of wine would go with that. Red ... or wife?

-- Steve Baxter (chicoqh@home.com), February 06, 2000.

I'll have the Artz Deluxe Pizza with extra Patricia, and a couple of Patsy-Ass Burritos.

Do you have any Patty Melts?

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), February 06, 2000.

Soylent Green is people!!!

-- can't believe you brought this up (what@whacko.here), February 06, 2000.

y did his faulty brain surgery cause him 2 hack hiz wife 2 death with a sharp knife and turn her into a delicious taco treat u mean??

-- Fendy Rieck (FARM BOY MINN@aol.com), August 26, 2004.