Father vows revenge on murderer who killed his son in 1975
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[quote](CBS/WPRI) EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John Foreman, the father of a 5-year-old boy who was brutally murdered more than 30 years ago, revealed gruesome details about his son's death to a radio station Monday, while saying he would kill his son's murderer if he is released from prison early.
[b]"I do intend, if this man is released anywhere in my vicinity, or if I can find him after the fact, I do intend to kill this man," he said on WPRO-AM's John DePetro Show Monday morning.[/b]
Foreman's son Jason was stabbed and killed by their South Kingston, R.I. neighbor Michael Woodmansee in 1975. The boy's shellacked bones and skull were found in Woodmansee's home seven years later, while police were investigating an attack on a local paper boy, reported CBS affiliate WPRI.
Woodmansee received a 40-year sentence, but because of a plea-bargain agreement he is eligible for release as early as August, according to a Providence Journal story released over the weekend. It was this news that incited Foreman's radio show rant.
The victim's father described details from his son's murder that were never heard in the 1983 trial because of the plea-bargain agreement and a judge's order to seal all the evidence.
[b]Foreman called his son's killer a monster and a cannibal, who ate his son's flesh.[/b]
Many of the details of the killing remain in Woodmansee's diary, which Foreman says he wants to access.
Foreman now has major regrets about consenting to the plea-bargain agreement.
"I put it all behind me... and now, you know, 12 years off for good behavior, come on. It was a shame he only got 40 years to begin with, he should have got a life sentence," he told DePetro. "But stupidly, I allowed the plea bargain to go so I wouldn't have to put up with the agony of hearing all the events at that time, I didn't want to hear 'em."
The office of Attorney General Peter Kilmartin released a statement Monday saying he's urging the Department of Corrections to consider every possible avenue to keep Woodmansee behind bars.
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source: [url]http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20041099-504083.html[/url]
I wonder how this will play out.
[QUOTE=TropicalV2;28521324]
I wonder how this will play out.[/QUOTE]
Probably with this guy being charged with uttering threats.
holy fucking shit that's awful
A smart man with any intention to actually go through with his plans wouldn't publicly announce them.
I can't say I'd care if this cannibalistic murderer got offed
"omg hold me hold me i want to kill him hold me!"
Thing is, would killing his son's murderer really take away the pain?
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;28521408]I can't say I'd care if this cannibalistic murderer got offed[/QUOTE]
There's no evidence there was any cannibalism, the father could be exaggerating. Emotions will do that.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28521344]Probably with this guy being charged with uttering threats.[/QUOTE]
The world we live in.
[QUOTE=hamberglar;28521551]The world we live in.[/QUOTE]
It makes sense? Why should people be allowed to threaten people's lives without any repercussions?
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;28521575]It makes sense? Why should people be allowed to threaten people's lives without any repercussions?[/QUOTE]
'Cus it's draconian to pre-emptively arrest and charge without any real evidence they are going to commit a crime.
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;28521434]Thing is, would killing his son's murderer really take away the pain?[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure he would feel a lot better seeing the dead body of the man who killed his son.
That's disgusting, what an awful human being.
[QUOTE=CheeseMan;28521601]'Cus it's draconian to pre-emptively arrest and charge without any real evidence they are going to commit a crime.[/QUOTE]
"I do intend to kill this man" is pretty clear
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[QUOTE=Leonmyster;28521632]I'm pretty sure he would feel a lot better seeing the dead body of the man who killed his son.[/QUOTE]
"Murderers deserve to die that's why I murdered one"
wouldn't support the action but wouldn't be surprised
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;28521434]Thing is, would killing his son's murderer really take away the pain?[/QUOTE]
Probably not but you can't blame the guy for wanting to.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28521681]"I do intend to kill this man" is pretty clear[/QUOTE]
If he thinks it over, he might just break down if he actually meets the guy. So close and yet so far away, he might just not want to see the guys face ever again.
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;28521434]Thing is, would killing his son's murderer really take away the pain?[/QUOTE]
It'd numb him for a while, since he would've stooped as low as the murderer by doing so.
Atleast the kid wasn't raped...
Right?
[QUOTE=Protection;28521746]Atleast the kid wasn't raped...
Right?[/QUOTE]
yea instead his flesh was eaten like WTF
I don't support killing the guy, but, for the sake of it:
[QUOTE=TAU!;28521722]It'd numb him for a while, since he would've stooped as low as the murderer by doing so.[/QUOTE]The neighbor killed (and possibly [i]ate[/i]) a five year old child.
The father would be killing someone who killed his five year old child.
He would not be stooping as low as the murderer by killing him.
Still wrong? Yes.
But as bad as the murderer? Fuck no.
When does the movie come out?
Its not about stooping to levels and such things. The fact that if someone killed my son and I knew he was free to walk the streets, come and go as he pleases wile my son is dead is the ultimate insult. In all fairness I believe he should be killed. I only believe murder in revenge is acceptable in some cases such as this person who kills a child.
Killing someone is not that easy. Anyone who truly supports the death penalty should be made to actually execute someone so they can see how it feels. Ive seen grown "tough guy" men who when hunting would not execute a wounded pig that I had shot.
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;28521434]Thing is, would killing his son's murderer really take away the pain?[/QUOTE]
No, but I'm sure he'd enjoy it very much.
[QUOTE=TAU!;28521722]If he thinks it over, he might just break down if he actually meets the guy. So close and yet so far away, he might just not want to see the guys face ever again.
It'd numb him for a while, since he would've stooped as low as the murderer by doing so.[/QUOTE]
I'd say it isn't stooping as low as the murderer, considering his son was innocent, and he (the murderer) is not. Who's to say he won't kill anyone else when/if released? Maybe this father could save live(s) if he follows through.
It'd kill the man who murdered my child as well.
or I would want to kill him, I probably wouldn't have the balls to do it
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Can't say I blame him. If I had a son and he was murdered, I don't know what i'd do.
They should release him early.
[QUOTE=Kab2tract;28522035]I'd say it isn't stooping as low as the murderer, considering his son was innocent, and he (the murderer) is not. Who's to say he won't kill anyone else when/if released? Maybe this father could save live(s) if he follows through.[/QUOTE]
The possibilities are endless when it comes to this, and anything else. He might end up killing a man who is so burdened by guilt and a decaying mind that all he'll want nothing but comfort or peace. If he is so obsessed with revenge then he may not see that there are better alternatives. If the murderer is caught he'll waste away in a prison cell and/or get killed by other prisoners since he did this to a kid. The Father will only be hurting himself if he goes through with this. After saying that I'm not going to try and say that I wouldn't want vengeance if this happened to me.
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