Just a terrible story from Southampton where Maidstone caddiemaster Kevin Somers died after an altercation with caddie Marc Dern.
The two apparently started arguing while watching a golf tournament on February 5th, which was Saturday of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
From the NY Posts’ Gabrielle Fonrouge:
Dern allegedly punched Somers in the face and then put him into a chokehold, breaking a small bone in the victim’s throat that asphyxiated him, prosecutors said, according to the outlet.
Authorities allege that Dern left Somers on the front porch for three hours before calling 911 and told cops he felt his buddy’s body go limp while he was choking him.
Dern’s lawyer, John Ray, disputed the prosecutor’s claim that Somers had been left out on the porch, arguing that emergency responders told police his body was still warm when they arrived.
“If a man was lying from 7:30 to 10:30 dead, his skin would not be warm,” Ray said during the hearing. “That’s just common sense.”
