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October 12, 1978: Sid Vicious Arrested For Murder
Daily Express, Hulton Archive
Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen when she was found dead from stab wounds to gut after a night of wild drug use in a New York hotel.
Vicious died of a drug overdose before the charges ever went to trial, but in a reverse Kurt & Courtney conspiracy there remain a number of theories as to what happened that night. Some suggest Vicious wasn't actually involved and it may have been a robbery, or a drug deal gone wrong.
