Man Kills Son After Having To Pay Childs Support

[western_chaos]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_re_us/new_orleans_child_killed_6

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."

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My thoughts:
This guy is an absolute scum! He should now pay with his life behind bars instead now.

[*Timothy*]

What a piece of shit.

Hell is even to good for this dude.

[mrlee]

hes absolutely retarded.

[Axl4Prez2004]

This is absolutely disgusting.  Deadbeat dads are bad enough...but this is just hideous.  This sperm-donor (and the 3 guys who kidnapped the kid) should all be thrown in an isolation prison and never see the light of day again.

[crow316]

There were no 3 guys.

[Axl4Prez2004]

There were no 3 guys.

oops, my bad...he still deserves those 3 life sentences though.   

[D]

I remember when Carolina Panthers former WR Rae Carruth killed the mother of his son over Child Support. dude was a fucking NFL football player! pay the damn child support

I can't believe someone could do something like that.

[Axl4Prez2004]

Maybe I should put it in the Things I Hate thread, but it really pisses me off when women don't demand full child support.  Usually, when that happens, it's pride.  My mom did that.  My fucking dad lived at a higher standard of living (nothing opulent, he worked on electrical lines), and my mom didn't ask for what the court said he should pay.

If any women are reading this, don't you ever make the same mistake. 

[JMack]

He deserves to be eaten alive by rats in a pit.  Maybe pulled apart slowly by each limb, medieval style.  What a horrible story and person.