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| - An alternative to the Motive Rant has the perp, when cornered, explain how the murder was all an accident. Their excuse can be almost anything, but the most common explanations are
* "It was just a joke!", when a prank or practical joke goes horribly wrong.
* They were having an argument with the victim and accidentally shoved/nudged/chased them over the precipice or down the stairs.
* "I didn't mean to hit him that hard!": They did mean to hit him, just a teensy bit, or some such thing.
* "I only meant to make him sick...", usually so that the victim would be unable to do something and the killer could step into the victim's place. It may be a competition, a presentation, or a trip. Or almost anything else.
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| - An alternative to the Motive Rant has the perp, when cornered, explain how the murder was all an accident. Their excuse can be almost anything, but the most common explanations are
* "It was just a joke!", when a prank or practical joke goes horribly wrong.
* They were having an argument with the victim and accidentally shoved/nudged/chased them over the precipice or down the stairs.
* "I didn't mean to hit him that hard!": They did mean to hit him, just a teensy bit, or some such thing.
* "I only meant to make him sick...", usually so that the victim would be unable to do something and the killer could step into the victim's place. It may be a competition, a presentation, or a trip. Or almost anything else. After making the I Didn't Mean to Kill Him declaration, they'll often go on to explain that they dismembered the corpse and hid the pieces in a septic tank because they "panicked". In such a spiel, they will always, every time, utter the line "I didn't mean to kill him/her", as if that's supposed to make it all better. Examples of I Didn't Mean to Kill Him include:
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