The group Hi-Five who had classic hits like Kissing Game and Unconditional Love appears to be cursed.
Lead singer Tony Thompson had a multitude of drug problems and died from inhaling freon from an air conditioning unit. Another member was paralyzed in an accident and then there is this.
Hi-Five singer Russell Neal had been arrested in the murder of his wife, Catherine Martinez. At the time, all we knew was that Neal went to the police to tell them that the couple had been in an argument and that she was in need of medical attention. From there, police found her dead in their apartment in Houston, as the cause of death was blunt force trauma. Martinez, the mother of Neal’s two children, was also stabbed multiple times.
Neal didn’t go to police about the incident until two days after she was killed, their sons locked up in a room in the house during the incident.
Neal would be arrested, charged, released on bail, and then, out of nowhere, have his bail revoked. While in jail, he started to call himself Jesus Christ and has since been placed in a mental institution in Rusk State Hospital in Texas. Harris County Court decided that as of right now, Neal is mentally ill and remains incompetent to stand trial — this despite police reportedly stating that he knew what he was doing when he attacked his wife in 2014.
Neal’s brother is also accused of killing his wife and pleading insanity to get out of a trial.
Just a wild, wild story.
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