PHOENIX - Conjoined twins have been arrested for a string of serial shootings that has gripped the Phoenix area with fear for weeks. Last night, one of the twins denied any involvement or knowledge of the crimes but says his conjoined brother may have used his car and weapons to carry out the attacks without his knowledge. "I am not a monster," said Lao S. Hausner in a jailhouse interview Monday with The Carbolic Smoke Ball. "I feel very sorry for the families of the people who were hurt, but I didn't do it."
Hausner, 33, said the other man arrested for the crimes — his conjoined twin bother Jackie Hausner, also 33 — might have taken his car and guns to commit the crimes. "I wouldn't put anything past him," he whispered. Lao explained in a stage whisper that even though he and his brother are "very tight," he can't let Jackie out of his sight "for fear he'll do something terrible."
But even if Jackie Hausner is adjudged to have acted alone, that may prove to be of little consolation to Lao. The state of Arizona would seek the electric chair for Jackie, which would have the unintended effect of frying Lao as well.
