No crime in beating child molester to death
Authorities say the attack occurred behind this small building in a rural area near Shiner, Texas. (AP)
The law says it’s not always wrong to kill.
In Texas, a grand jury concludes it’s not a crime to beat a man to death if he’s molesting your daughter.
The 23-year-old father, who has not been named to protect his 5-year-old’s identity, said he heard his daughter screaming behind a barn. When he raced to the rescue, he found Jesus Mora Flores, 47, a ranch hand hired to help with the horses, attempting to rape his child.
Using nothing but his fists, the angry father unleashed a furious beatdown. Then the father called 911 and begged for an ambulance to find his rural ranch near the small town of Shiner.
“Come on! This guy is going to die on me!” the man is heard screaming on 911 audio played for the media Tuesday in a press conference called by the Lavaca County district attorney and sheriff.
By the time emergency crews responded, Flores, who was in the U.S. legally, was dead. His pants and underwear were down around his ankles.
Medical tests indicate the girl was molested.
The father was never arrested and will not face charges. A grand jury heard the frantic 911 call and concluded the killer was authorized to use deadly force to protect his daughter.
The father is just “a regular kid, went to dances, drank beer like the rest of the kids around here,” said neighbor Michael James Veit, 48. ”They won’t find a jury pool here that will convict him.”
The neighbor’s probably right about the jury, but the father and child victim will never be “regular kids” again.
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Well...
June 20th, 2012
3:53 pm
And at 5, the little girl may be able to lead somewhat of a normal life if the people around her don’t keep bringing up the incident. It’s the father who needs to be watched more.
Gross
June 20th, 2012
3:55 pm
gross gross gross
scallywag
June 20th, 2012
3:58 pm
Ultimately the take your stand law may need some finessing as it does allow the specter for abuse and misinterpretation and the willful use of subjects to take things extraneously into their own hands had the law not existed…which has always been the $64 million question here.
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2012/06/father-who-killed-daughter-molesting-daughter-will-not-face-charges-hysterical-over-phone/
Braves #17 Fan
June 20th, 2012
4:08 pm
How can anyone get their jollies this way? I absolutely do not get it. Hopefully the kid makes it through okay.
abused and used
June 20th, 2012
4:30 pm
As a Christian I am surprised by some of these comments…as a victim of sexual abuse that lasted over 14 years I am appalled at some of the idiotic statements from others! Please remove those rose colored glasses you are wearing! You have absolutely no idea what it is like to have your innocence taken from you! If you do not think for a second that this scumbag had hurt other innocent children you are wrong! This is not a one time incident nor does qualifying it as a disease benefit anyone! This is my first time ever speaking out of the damage done to me! When a child is molested and says “NO STOP” and that is unheard and they are physically powerless to avoid it, they are unable to stand up for themselves for the rest of their lives! Is that what you want for your Mother, your Daughter, your Niece? Think about this, girls are not the only victims of this kind of abuse. Women are far more likely to end the cycle than men are! Boys are molested and abused nearly or more often, they are just to afraid to speak up! Let me tell you one more thing about the abuser…they threaten you mentally and physically telling you will get in trouble or they threaten the things you love most! I know, I have been there and it is usually a family member or friend that you are supposed to be able to trust. When that very person blames it all on you, you tell me what you would do at the age of four, six, ten or sixteen to stop this person! I do hope and pray that this little baby and all victims of abuse receive the kind of therapy love and support that they will need for the REST of their lives! If not, I can almost gurantee that they will lead a life of unhealthy and abusive relationships. So the next time your Liberal Bleeding heart says justice was not served…please think of how your life would have been destroyed by these actions! Judge not, lest ye also be judged,,,however, vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord! The Lord used this father for his vengeance on this earth! He gave him strength!
James
June 20th, 2012
4:37 pm
it puts chills all over me that pices of sh*t are still in our neighborhoods/ ranches… i pray for the little girl to find normalcy and i would love to buy that cowboy a beer..he also saved us thousands of dollars on court cost and jail cost…I think the rapist got lucky to die so quickly..i would have different plans on his pain and suffering (pulp fiction style)
Brandon
June 20th, 2012
7:02 pm
Does the AJC need a new editor or something? How do the following quotes by George Mathis end up in a news story about a man who murdered a rapist?
Mathis writes that “the angry father unleashed a furious beatdown” on the rapist. In other words, the rapist was beaten to death by the father, and Mathis is very exited about it judging from his language. A “furious beatdown” does not sound professional and the word “beatdown” is not even passing the spell check feature in this comment box.
Mathis feels the need to point out that the rapist “was in the U.S. legally” while working on the ranch. Were we to assume he was illegal since he was Latino and working on a farm? Would it change the outcome of the case if he was illegal? Unfortunately, we are left wondering about the citizenship status of the father and his daughter.
Finally, Mathis ends by saying: “The neighbor’s [sic] probably right about the jury, but the father and child victim will never be “regular kids” again.” Thank you Mathis for your awful contraction and for pointing out the fact that this event will leave an emotional scar on the father and daughter that will last a lifetime. George Mathis, you sound like an idiot.
After reading this article I feel like it would belong in a high school newspaper. It is sad to read all the comments that applaud a man for committing murder as an act of revenge. The father obviously caught the rapist in the act and defended his daughter, but once he disabled the rapist he certainly kept beating him beyond belief in order for him to die from the trauma. Therefore, the father acted in defense of his family and then committed third degree murder as a passionate act of revenge against the man who raped his daughter.
DawgNole
June 20th, 2012
8:28 pm
Law & Order
June 20th, 2012
2:21 pm
We are a nation of laws. We must speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. Mr. Flores was brutally attacked and killed, and we need answers.
This man should a trial of his peers.
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YOU may need answers, but I don’t believe most of the rest of us on here do.
You also appear to need English lessons. Perhaps you could help us understand what that last sentence of yours is supposed to mean: “This man should a trial of his peers.”
Hello?
this guy
June 20th, 2012
9:04 pm
@DawgNole no we all absolutely need answers, the law is the law and to make exceptions is to throw it all out the window. there needs to be an investigation and there needs to be a trial, sure he’ll be acquitted and its all just really going through the motions, but those motions are very, very important.
this guy
June 20th, 2012
9:08 pm
@Brandon well he wont get third degree because of the very easily argued temporary insanity. the very fact that he called 911 immediately after and was concerned he had killed the man meant that he wasnt a person capable of taking a human life without remorse. so basically we have accidental homicide.