Man, sometimes life really makes you wonder. Is it so fun to steal something as insignificant as a pumpkin that it could be worth killing a man and going to jail for the rest of your life?

Man, it makes you wonder!

Here is a textbook case of why people should not steal anything.

As family, friends and top military brass gathered for the funeral of a man who was beaten while trying to stop a pumpkin thief, the 19-year-old accused was arrested on a charge of manslaughter.

The victim was 57-year-old victim, Paul Hines. The retired public servant with National Defense died after he was badly beaten last month outside an Aylmer grocery store.

He had witnessed two young men stealing a pumpkin from an outdoor display and told them to return it. Hines suffered serious injuries and was in a coma before he died about a week later.

Korey Perry, 19, was originally charged with assault causing bodily harm after the Sept. 29 attempted theft.

He was released from custody on a promise to appear in court at a later date, but Hines died in hospital exactly a week later.

Hines’s wife, Janet, his grown children Matthew and Caitlin and their families left the church after the funeral service, followed by the hundreds of people.

Many who were at the funeral said they could not come to terms with the senselessness of Hines’s death.

This is a tragedy that never should have happened. All this for a $5 pumpkin - it makes you wonder.