[QUOTE=USA Today]THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man is accused of decapitating and dismembering his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the boy's head near the street so the child's mother would see it — a killing that brought seasoned police officers to tears, authorities said Monday.
Jeremiah Lee Wright, 30, of Thibodaux has confessed to killing Jori Lirette, Police Chief Scott Silverii said. He said Wright was booked with first-degree murder and was held Monday in lieu of $5 million bond.
Silverii's spokesman, Detective Ricky Ross, said he does not believe Wright has an attorney.
Silverii said the motive was unclear, though Wright told police "that he'd gotten to the point where he was tired of taking care" of the boy, who had cerebral palsy and heart problems, needed a feeding tube and was in a wheelchair.
"He said when he put his head out by the side of the road it was so the mother would see it when she came by," Silverii said. He said Wright's only explanation for doing so was "just that he wanted her to feel stupid when she saw the head."
The police chief said Jori's feet and one hand also were cut off, recovered with the body in several white plastic garbage bags.
The slaying was the first in Thibodeaux since 2008.
Silverii said the boy apparently was decapitated over the kitchen sink, which was sent to the Louisiana State Police crime lab along with a box of tools found nearby. An autopsy taking place Monday in Jefferson Parish would identify when the child died and what was used to decapitate and dismember the boy, Silverii said.
Police had been called to the house last month when the couple had an argument — possibly about money — though neither person brought charges, Ross said. The police chief said Wright had been arrested a few times previously, though he was never charged with violent crimes. Wright served 10 days for theft in 2005.
Lirette, 27, told The Daily Comet of Thibodaux that she and Wright had been together for 10 years, but that she had planned for some time to leave him.
"I didn't get out fast enough," she said.
The newspaper reached Lirette and other mourners Sunday night at the home of her mother, Delene Himel, who does not have a listed phone number.
Mark Chatagnier, a friend of Wright's, told the newspaper that Wright was unemployed and that Lirette often left him to care for Jori, even when she was not working.
"She would take off and totally expect Jerry to do everything," Chatagnier said.
Lirette denied that. She said she cared for another disabled person to pay household bills and was still around to care for her son, who had been born three months premature, could say only a few words and weighed no more than 50 pounds when he died.
Despite his challenges, she said she never felt her son was disabled.
"I never struggled with my son," Lirette said. "He was happy. Everything I could do, I did."
She said she took her pickup for repairs Sunday morning so she could take Jori to an ear doctor Tuesday in New Orleans, about a 75-minute drive east.
She returned to a home blocked with police tape.
When she identified herself, Silverii had Ross, who had been her minister for 12 years and remains a lay pastor, and a captain tell her what happened to her son.
"These are experienced men. They came out of there in tears. Just absolutely in tears," Silverii said.
Grief counselors from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office also spent time with her, he said.
South Thibodaux Elementary School, where Jori was a second-grader, was "a very somber place" Monday, said Floyd Benoit, spokesman for the Lafourche Parish school system.
He said about six social workers, psychiatrists and psychologists were at the school to talk to anyone who needed them, and a few were at other schools where teachers or students knew Jori.
The school has 560 students, including 84 second-graders and 18 in special education across all grades, he said.
"It's the staff that's having a harder time today, because they understand more of what's happening," Benoit said.[/QUOTE]
Of all the deplorable things I've heard of, this might just take the cake. How can you murder your own child? One who's completely and utterly looking to you to take care and protect him?
If it isn't a bother to ask, what was the fathers ethnicity?
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;31757831]If it isn't a bother to ask, what was the fathers ethnicity?[/QUOTE]
Why would that even matter?
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;31757831]If it isn't a bother to ask, what was the fathers ethnicity?[/QUOTE]
I really, really don't think that matters.
I seriously have no idea how some one can behead their own kid and just place it out front like its nothing.
Not like his wallet was stolen, just his head, even then I don't find that relevant to ethnicity.
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;31757831]If it isn't a bother to ask, what was the fathers ethnicity?[/QUOTE]
White. Why does it matter? He cut his disabled son's head off and left it in front of his wife's house to leave a message. Ethnicity doesn't factor in here.
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;31757831]If it isn't a bother to ask, what was the fathers ethnicity?[/QUOTE]
OH MY GOD YOU RACIST.
Fucking terrible. I feel for the parents though. it's hard raising a kid with CP. My uncle has a kid with CP and it's fucking sad. :(
[IMG]http://images.smh.com.au/2011/08/16/2560153/art-jorilirette-420x0.jpg[/IMG]
Here's a picture of the kid.
This has to be like the 10th decapitation story I've read this month. What the fuck people.
what the fuck? i understand it's hard caring for a disabled son but i always thought if i had a disabled son i'd make the best of it and make him my best friend... the fuck is wrong with people these days.
Why didn't he just decapitate himself and save everyone the trouble?
[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;31757896]OH MY GOD YOU RACIST.
Fucking terrible. I feel for the parents though. it's hard raising a kid with CP. My uncle has a kid with CP and it's fucking sad. :([/QUOTE]
If the intent was to make his life easier or put his son 'out of his misery' he would have done it in a completely different fashion. The intent here was to be a monster and destroy the wife, while letting out all his frustration on his child.
You should only feel sorry for the mother's loss.
There is just no words to describe how despicable this really is.
Well that is just horrible :saddowns:
[QUOTE=xiohexia;31757914]Why didn't he just decapitate himself and save everyone the trouble?[/QUOTE]
I hope to fuck you don't mean the kid with CP should decapitate himself. If you did, I'd organize a lynching mob.
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;31757831]If it isn't a bother to ask, what was the fathers ethnicity?[/QUOTE]Was that your first reaction when being presented to these news?
I'm going to be sad for the rest of the week. This is just awful.
[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;31758000]I hope to fuck you don't mean the kid with CP should decapitate himself. If you did, I'd organize a lynching mob.[/QUOTE]
the dad is obviously what i meant. cp restricts movement, which would make your idea virtually impossible.
This is the worst human being I've ever read about on here.
Honestly, nothing has sickened me more than this.
For fucks sake, why can people be so fucked up and insane?
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;31758139]why.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Silverii said the motive was unclear, though Wright told police "that he'd gotten to the point where he was tired of taking care" of the boy, who had cerebral palsy and heart problems, needed a feeding tube and was in a wheelchair.[/QUOTE]
Because the dad got tired of taking care of him.
-snip-
This guy is mentally unstable. Move along.
This is the kind of sick trash that needs to be put down.
Reading all these news posts about cats getting bloody eyes, among other things is going to turn me into a sadist one of these days...
How could someone do such an unthinkable thing? Every human being counts!
[quote]Silverii said the motive was unclear, though Wright told police "that he'd gotten to the point where he was tired of taking care" of the boy[/quote]
Because killing the boy was the only solution :rolleyes:
This guy deserves the death penalty.
What the fuck. How can you do such a thing?
This is terrible.
[QUOTE=kaine123;31758434]This guy deserves the death penalty.[/QUOTE]
no. Keep him locked in a 4x4 padded cell. Worse than the death penalty. Sleep, take a shit and piss standimg up
I'll be honest, I'm not that shaken. Sure, the guy is pretty bad but I don't think OH MY GOD THIS IS TERRIBLE LET ME GO CRY ABOUT IT.
Still, though, you'd think there was more behind it than this "I just didn't want to take care of him"
He better go through rehabilitation and then get reintroduced back into society as a man able to give back to the community.
he fucking better
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.