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I hope this guy is put in general population at the jail and that the other inmates take care of him.  He deserves to be fried. 

Cops: Dad Ordered to Pay Child Support Kills Son



01/03/2009  -- 

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 with first-degree murder 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.

Platt had only a couple of "very minor" previous arrests, he 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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rosco read my blog view my photos
Jan 4, 2009 | 4:55 PM

pssssst. I already posted this story 4 post down.

BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
Jan 4, 2009 | 6:27 PM

damn, Sorry!!! When I saw it online, I was so shocked and saddened, I posted it right away before even looking at the blogs.

mrcsmitty read my blog
Jan 5, 2009 | 12:11 AM

Get off the drugs and pay attention! Have all your brain cells been drank away?!

redhotz read my blog
Jan 5, 2009 | 1:17 AM

Oh My mrc....could you be any more rude? By the looks of your icon, your brain cells have been smoked away! Now then, on to the post...Hopefully, this man will be put into general population, beaten, abused, and bent over. Then, he will face death. What better way for him to get out of his debt to society? Sadly, sounds like since he doesn't have a real criminal background, he'll surely not get what is coming to him. So, if he is lucky enough to not see the death sentence, and he survives prison, when the time comes for him to meet his maker, then will be the time he gets what's coming to him.

rosco read my blog view my photos
Jan 5, 2009 | 7:09 AM

AWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwww smitty is starting to learn the ropes around here. LOL

BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
Jan 5, 2009 | 12:11 PM

Does anybody really pay attention to anything rosco posts?

mpvan read my blog
Jan 5, 2009 | 12:27 PM

His pictures are good.

Back to the original point.....the father SAID he was going to do what he did.

They should have taken him in custody on his threat and ability to carry it out.

jhhwingnut read my blog
Jan 5, 2009 | 4:35 PM

No offense BasehorLady....I'm rather shocked that....you're shocked....you just figuring out that these people who do these thing's are a "bit different".....like they have common sense or a conscience....wow....how much was the round trip ticket to where ever you've been for the last....LOLOL....several years ago we all watched in horror as the "jacker" haulin BLEEP in a SUV with a baby hangin out the side of it....geeezz didn't that give you a 'lil clue....to say nothin of the "zodiac", bundy, dahmer, Wichita's BK. murderer, oswald....sirhan....etc. ...and the cop's say were much "safer" without gun's of our own....Hummm...!?!?!

jhhwingnut read my blog
Jan 5, 2009 | 5:40 PM

BTW...BasehorLady....yea rosco is funny at time's....!!

BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
Jan 5, 2009 | 7:29 PM

I'm just saddened at how people can kill little innocent victims. Hearing it 20 years later still hits me as hard as the first time I heard of a parent killing their child. There are some of us who never get used to it. I'm one of them.

BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
Jan 5, 2009 | 7:31 PM

Another reason why it bothers me more now than it did even back then, I have children now... It hurts more to hear those stories, knowing that there are some children out there that have never felt love like my kids do.

jhhwingnut read my blog
Jan 5, 2009 | 8:06 PM

Hummmm...I know I'm weird butt.....everybody, alway's alway's say's how much worse it is when children get hurt, mamed, murdered....drowned...etc., is that because of some preconceived notion that children are more "valuble" than everyone else...more innocent....why is that, I'm just trying to understand why it's "more" ok to hear about a 30ish guy getting blown off his bicycle with a 9mm.....than a 7 year old dying for any reason....?? Is there an age limit when it's worse....?? I'm sorry if this sound's cold but what I'm saying is....I feel bad for anyone dying unless they're in unbearable pain for a long time...and they wish to die.....!!!

Jordan read my blog
Jan 5, 2009 | 10:20 PM

Jhhwingnut,

I agree, it does seem a little disingenuous to put more value on the life of a child than an adult. But it has always been “women and children” first. Perhaps it has something to do with the teachings of the Bible that we look upon children as being more innocent, less corrupted and therefore more deserving of life than older people. Yet, we are seeing more and more “children” taking lives, killing parents, grandparents and friends. We treat them differently in the criminal justice system. Well, that is, we use to. More and more of these kids are being charged as adults for violent crimes. I think in today’s society that the innocents we once associated with children is rapidly diminishing. As a society we’ve pretty much successfully taken their childhood away from them, so why think of them as children?

BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
Jan 5, 2009 | 10:20 PM

Good question wingnut. I'm not sure. This is only my opinion, but the older a person gets, the more they experience, the more they are tainted sometimes. Some of adults like to see little ones reach certain milestones that we, as adults, feel are valuable, no matter how minute they might seem. Like to get their first haircut. Take their first steps. Lose their first tooth. I think some of those "little" things are big to those of us who have children who have gone through all that. When we get joy out of those "firsts", we see the excitement in our children's eyes, and we know how it makes them feel. It saddens us when we know that other children won't get those same joys. I know it might sound weird to you, but this is just my take on it. When I get joy out of something, I like to see others get joy out of the same thing.

I lost two nephews, one was 11, and one was 25 and had a 4 year old. My first thoughts upon each of their deaths was about some of the "firsts" they weren't going to get to experience. I won't bore you with some of those, but I think you get the idea. When people are older and experience life, it's easier to let them go, such as our elderly parents (mine included). When we feel they've had a good life, it seems to put us at ease upon their passing.

I don't know about others, but I get sad when I hear of anyone dying UNLESS they were in the process of committing a crime. I'm sad for the families that are left behind, because I was one of them and know how it feels. Sorry to ramble. Maybe that didn't answer your question, but it w

BasehorLady read my blog view my photos
Jan 5, 2009 | 10:21 PM

Maybe that didn't answer your question, but it was my take on the matter!

Busybee read my blog
Jan 6, 2009 | 6:04 PM

Every life has value. If this guy gets out, will he go after the ex-wife next? Bet she is scared out of her wits; along with her grief!
This guys should never have had unsupervised visiting privelegs. My heart cries for all the families/friends of those whose loved ones lives have been snuffed out.
Is that the answer to solving a problem . . . take that person out??

jturner30 read my blog
Jan 8, 2009 | 1:45 PM

It's a natural instinct for people to protect the young.This guy should be strung up in the streets.

originalmo_trucker read my blog
Jan 11, 2009 | 5:20 PM

What makes it so terrible is the thought of a parent killing thier child. Think about it like this; you concieved this child (either as the father or as the mother) hopefully in an act of love between yourself and your partner. This child was a gift to you by the devine creator, a gift that you were to love and nurture to its own majority. Then, out of anger and selfishness you chose to end the life of this wonderful gift. You ended your own bloodline, your legacy to the world. That is what makes the killing of a child by a parent so unthinkable, so terrible.

The intentional killing of another human being is, with only a few exceptions, a terrible thing. Something that is lamentable, no matter the age of the victim. Each year there is a murder victims rememberance day. When the story runs in the media take a moment to think about all of those victims, and the surviving loved ones they have. If you have a loved one who was killed, either intentionally or unintentionally, my thoughts are with you. I hope that someday we won't hear about things like this, but unfortunately it will be with us forever.

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BasehorLady

Married mother of two boys, born 1992 and 1996. The oldest was born with Down Syndrome. I love to volunteer and am involved with several different organizations.

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