father kills son over child support..
@chantalgiardina (2523)
United States
January 3, 2009 10:49pm CST
NEW ORLEANS – A man who initially told police gunmen kidnapped his 2 1/2-year-old son was arrested Saturday, accused of committing an "extremely hideous" murder because he was ordered to pay child support, Police Superintendent Warren Riley said.
Danny Platt confessed, told police where to find the child's body and will be booked on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Ja' Shawn Powell, Riley said at a news conference.
"He had said he would kill either his wife or his child before he paid child support," which he recently had been ordered to do, Riley said.
Riley said he did not know the amount of child support and would not describe how the boy was killed, saying the coroner would do that after the autopsy was complete. The coroner's spokesman did not immediately return a call.
"The mother is in a safe place," Riley said.
Although he had visiting rights, Platt, 22, of New Orleans, had never visited the boy until he picked him up Friday, Riley said.
Police put out a notice Saturday asking people to look for the boy and saying his father had told them three men with dreadlocks and AK-47 rifles had piled out of an SUV and kidnapped Ja' Shawn shortly before midnight Friday.
"His story never really added up," Riley said. "He was a suspect from the very beginning."
Riley said Platt eventually confessed and told officers where to find the body.
Police spokesman officer Janssen Valencia said he did not know if Platt has an attorney.
Platt had only a couple of "very minor" previous arrests, Riley said.
"How does an individual — because he's ordered to pay child support to take care of a kid ... believe that this is so much pressure that he would face — he would do this hideous act to his own child, or to any child, and think that is a remedy to paying child support?" Riley said. "I mean there are some sick individuals in this society, and this gentleman is clearly one."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_child_killed;_ylt=AhsXG199aY_.UxUTpzhw5AJvzwcF
how in the world can money be more importnat to you than your own child?
i mean i guess if you wer enever in the childs life then you wouldnt feel what a prent feels. but your own blood over money?!? crazy
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@jlamela (4897)
• Philippines
9 Jan 09
This is the most horrible news I ever heard in recent memories. How on earth could a father murdered his own child just because he is furious of the financial support?if he is avoiding financial obligation then how about the amount he would spend during his trial and the consequences of his action in jail?Goodness, this man is really sick and I think he would be brought to the Psychiatry.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
5 Jan 09
It is a mean and crazy world out there anymore. People will do just about anything these days for money. Some parents just do not care about their children at all. My daughters birth father could care less about her.
@singlemommy (2955)
• United States
4 Jan 09
That poor baby. This is horrible. My son just turned 2 years old in November. I know how happy he is seeing me and can you imagine this baby being happy to see his father and then his father kills him! OMG!
Personally, my son doesn't even know his father. I don't wish to discuss the circumstances but my son is better off not knowing him in my opinion. I tried to give his father a chance and he didn't want it, so thus, really it was his decision. I have never put child support on his father, basically because he doesn't want him, so I felt if he paid child support then it would be a "right" to my son that I didn't want his father to have. He didn't want him, I do, so my son is my responsibility.
I still can't imagine a father doing this to his son so he doesn't have to pay child support. It is just crazy!