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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RiverDawg
June 20th, 2012
8:56 am
Justice served.
Roekest
June 20th, 2012
8:56 am
Good! Using his fists was too kind for the late-molester. Being on a ranch, I figured he could have found some nasty tool to do the job with. Country justice isn’t always the best solution, but it was in this case.
Matthew
June 20th, 2012
8:56 am
Im glad that hes not getting charges pressed. The molester deserved to die for taking advantage of a 5 year old girl.
D Cooke
June 20th, 2012
8:59 am
Damned straight they will never be ‘regular kids’ again. The guy is a hero. One less monster in the world, he should be getting a medal.
Lauren
June 20th, 2012
9:01 am
Thank God. The molester got what he deserved.
Edmund Leigh
June 20th, 2012
9:09 am
Being a father of 3 youngsters including 2 daughters I commend this father for taking the appropriate action to protect his 5 year old daughter from a pervert child molester. Justice was done. This is why when women get married in the church the father walks the bride down the aisle to show that the bride has passed from one protector and provider to another.
NotYou
June 20th, 2012
9:10 am
I understand authorities must investigate to ensure his claims are factual but beyond that, killing the guy to protect his daughter should not be questioned. A 47 year old man was committing a violent act on a child. It took a grand jury to decide the dad didn’t commit a crime?
WOW
June 20th, 2012
9:13 am
DAM RIGHT!!!..PERVERT GOT WHAT HE DESERVED
Mateo
June 20th, 2012
9:15 am
Now he just needs to find the rest of his family and take them out too. Revenge is bigger in Texas.
Larry
June 20th, 2012
9:19 am
Made my day…thanks!
Mom
June 20th, 2012
9:24 am
That POS got what he deserved. I’m just glad the father got to his daughter when he did.
TC
June 20th, 2012
9:26 am
Greatest story I’ve ever read.
GRRRREAT
June 20th, 2012
9:28 am
Great job this is how all deviants should be punished. Also thanks for taking 1 more vote from the DICKtator.
Jonk
June 20th, 2012
9:31 am
Jesus went to hell to stay with Lucifer.
MR164
June 20th, 2012
9:34 am
@ Jonk LMAO
vd
June 20th, 2012
9:35 am
You try to rape a child you get what you deserve. I don’t take delight in anyone’s death- not even this man. But he got justice on Earth for a terrible, heinous crime.
Innocent Bystander
June 20th, 2012
9:36 am
That should be every child molester’s sentence: 5 minutes alone in a room with the victim’s mom and dad and a couple of Louisville sluggers.
Sensationalistic
June 20th, 2012
9:37 am
Interesting. You always hear about how many times somebody was stabbed when protecting a kid. It seems that after 8 or so times, the law starts to think that you are no longer in danger after immobilizing the attacker.
I wonder if the guy knocked him out with one punch or if he spent an hour pummeling him.
Trizzle
June 20th, 2012
9:38 am
I am a FIRM believer in civil justice in all cases. This man did exactly what he was supposed to do. I would have killed him just the same and not thought twice about it. If we were able to do this to offenders right on the spot, it would be better then a lengthy trial that tax payers have to pay, and there is no possibility they couldn’t be found guilty and let go. Plus, if they are convicted, then its the tax payers that have to flip that bill as well, and then the worry about what happens when the creep gets out. I firmly believe that whatever crime you commit should be done upon you. For instance, if you kidnap, torture and rape, then you should be kidnapped, and raped. If you murder someone, then the way you did it should be done upon you. Forget the court process. If this was to happen, I dang sure guarantee that it would stop these criminals dead in the tracks and we would have less people getting hurt in this world. The same goes for animals. If you electrocute and kill an animal, then in turn you should be electrocuted and killed all the same.
Terry Bull
June 20th, 2012
9:38 am
Was this supposed to be a news story? Or an opinion column. If it was a news story, then the last line is completely inappropriate.
RxDawg
June 20th, 2012
9:39 am
No reason for someone like that to remain a part of this society. The bodies immune system rids itself of infections and trash. The human race just did the same.
Trizzle
June 20th, 2012
9:40 am
@ Sensationalistic
Would you really question this if it was your child? Seriously? Would you stop at one punch if you saw your little girl or boy about to get raped right in front of you? You either do not have any children or you don’t give a crap.
kb
June 20th, 2012
9:40 am
I hope that the little girl get some rape conseling. She is going to need it. As for the guy who did it, good. Her dad acted like a real hero. This society is breeding guys with this sick mindset (a.k.a this guy, Jerry Sandusky, and etc.) This scrap has to stop NOW!!!!!!!
Free George
June 20th, 2012
9:41 am
The father was completely justified in doing what he did. So was George Zimmerman.
Light
June 20th, 2012
9:50 am
I’m glad, no I’m estatic, the father protected his daughter. Too many children are molested and parents may know something is wrong but don’t dig enough to really find out…maybe because they really don’t want to know. In the end, the child always carries the pain, even if they don’t say it verbally or show it emotionally, it manifests in some shape, form or fashion. Parents love and protect your children. I have several friends who were molested as young girls and their moms didn’t believe them and I personally witnessed the torment it caused (abandonment, lack of safety and protection, etc) and affected potentially positive relationships. They eventually worked through it with counseling, prayer, and God, but not without battle wounds.
WOO HOO
June 20th, 2012
9:51 am
What you do now is give that dad a check, a plaque and name a street after him! Good job!!!!
KEVIN
June 20th, 2012
9:54 am
IN WASHINGTON THE RAPIST WOULD BE A MARTER, AND THE FATHER WOULD GET LIFE, BUT ONLY AFTER C.P.S. TOOK HIS DAUGHTER FROM HIM FOR BEING VIOLENT
airborne ranger (ret.)
June 20th, 2012
9:54 am
I pray for the father, it’s very hard to live with the fact that you’ve taken another persons life (right or wrong). I struggle daily with the actions I took in the military, I doubt anyone here has ever taken a life!
Legallychisis
June 20th, 2012
9:57 am
This has completely renewed my faith in the law!! Happy Fathers Day Mr unidentified beat a child molester to death SIR!! # 2 thumbs up for justice
Kelli
June 20th, 2012
9:57 am
I will place this family in my prayers. Both the child and the father have been traumatized by this disgusting person who is now gone. But I sincerely hope that the child did not witness her father beating this man to death. A punch or two would be bad enough to witness for a child and justifiable for her to see as retribution; but to see her father kill a man. I am sure the father wanted to hurt the man and this is where manslaughter makes sense but they’re both going to need some long term therapy.
Nicole
June 20th, 2012
9:57 am
Justice Served!!! this is the way all molesters should be handled for raping children. killed instantly, period!!!
Aunt Rita
June 20th, 2012
10:00 am
Mr. Trizzle: I don’t have any children, but have three nieces and a nephew that I love more than anything on this earth. If anyone, ever, in any way, harmed them, there would be no end to my wrath. Please remember that not having a child does not preclude us from loving our extended famly with all our hearts.
HootyGoot
June 20th, 2012
10:00 am
The molester got off easy. He should have had to go to prison and suffered and been raped every day for the rest of his life.
Osiris
June 20th, 2012
10:03 am
This guy is officially my hero. I would have happily contributed to any defense fund if they had tried to arrest him.
Willydoit?
June 20th, 2012
10:03 am
God bless this father and child!
Lucifer with take care of ol Mr. Flores
Mom of two girls...
June 20th, 2012
10:11 am
PERFECT! Every one who touches a child should face this kind of justice! This is the way it was done when my mom was a kid. She tells these stories to me all the time. Men who touched children never saw another day!
Gainesville Heat
June 20th, 2012
10:16 am
Justice Served.
Ethel
June 20th, 2012
10:16 am
The father was correct to take action to protect his child. I commend the Grand Jury and say, “Shame on the District Attorney for even taking this matter to a Grand Jury!” Texas voters, “Vote in a new District Attorney!”
Tag
June 20th, 2012
10:24 am
RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
Billy
June 20th, 2012
10:27 am
If there’s a contest between justice and a piece of paper, I’ll always go with justice. That’s more important than the “connect the dots” idiocy of the ACLU and other brainless dolts…
KenFromCalifornia
June 20th, 2012
10:27 am
“i’m glad i live in pennsylvania!”
– jerry sandusky
4justice
June 20th, 2012
10:28 am
The same thing would happen at my house if someone thought about hurting my child. He did his duty as a parent and it is instinctive. Justice has been served.
Social Commentary
June 20th, 2012
10:29 am
This should happen to all molesters caught in the act. No one feels sorry for adults who ruin children’s lives by doing this. As a society, we must be extremely careful about whom we allow around our children. Many times relatives are the biggest culprits when it comes to molesting children. Just keep your children close at all times.
abused and used
June 20th, 2012
10:29 am
I wish someone would have killed my molestor! From the age of 4 until the actual rape and taking of my virginity at the age of 13 I was molested repeatedly! What part of a daughter screaming and crying not to leave you to the point a 6 year old is hanging on to the bumper your car does not give you a clue! Thanks Dad…for NOTHING! That POS is probably still destroying innocent childrens’ lives!
DragMe2Diablo
June 20th, 2012
10:32 am
I would have beat him to a pulp. Then drag him to the back yard, have my wife grab my Colt .45 and shoot him between the legs and watch him suffer before I shoved the nozzle down his throat so he can prepare to meet his maker.
Steve
June 20th, 2012
10:33 am
justice served!
steve
June 20th, 2012
10:37 am
Personally I don’t give a d@mn about jail time for myself,I would not hesitate to kill someone if they molested my kid or even if I caught them molesting anyones kid!!! Justice Served!!! If you have a kid you would understand why this guy beat this pedophile down.
jcb
June 20th, 2012
10:42 am
“A Time for A Kill!”
jcb
June 20th, 2012
10:45 am
oops…the CORRECT movie title is, “A Time to Kill.”
tlj
June 20th, 2012
10:56 am
the larger crime would have been taking the father away from his daugther at a time when she truly needs him to get through this experience. Bravo for the Dad in protecting his child.
Rodster
June 20th, 2012
10:57 am
Good! Justice was done.
robroka
June 20th, 2012
11:00 am
Yes, sir. Well done Dad!
Anita
June 20th, 2012
11:02 am
Justice served right. I wish I could have gotten a few fists in there myself. PERVERT!!! All Perverts should suffer this way.
Homer the Brave
June 20th, 2012
11:05 am
Justice was served. I would have done the same thing & I don’t know if I could’ve been that kind….
Homer the Brave
June 20th, 2012
11:06 am
In fact if there was more punishment handed out like this to perverts, you might see some thinking twice/
Jerry S....No, make that J Sandusky
June 20th, 2012
11:13 am
uh ohhhh
LukasAtl
June 20th, 2012
11:20 am
And now the molester is answering for all of his crimes with punishment in the lake of fire.
Tee Cee
June 20th, 2012
11:20 am
I am certain that the father did not mean to kill Chester Molester. However, the beat down was warranted. Unfortunately, a life was taken. There are a lot of hooligans running around here in Atlanta, terrorizing good-hard working people. I think we should line them all up, and spray them with a can of WHOOP A**. The problem with this country is our disgraced and weak justice system. In many other countries when you commit heinous crimes like this, you don’t make it to trial. The neighbors have already “tried your butt” in the court of public opinion, as this father did. When you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar, it should be lights out for ya. Pay the piper!
Ripp
June 20th, 2012
11:21 am
To the dad of this little girl I have one thing to say ” I Got Money In The Bank Homie What You Drank” Great Job in saving your daughter from this twisted no enzyme freak molester.Children like Jorelys Rivera and Adam Walsh and may others did not have this outcome and thanks to this child’s dad he is now like a cannibal corpse song hammer smash face with this child’s dad hammering and smashing his face in for what he attempted to do his daughter.
Pen
June 20th, 2012
11:31 am
Justice was served. I pray for the little girl to be healed. That the father can find peace, and that the family of the molester to have a better life without him.
RememberDuaneAllman
June 20th, 2012
11:33 am
Justice served……
Moneyball
June 20th, 2012
11:47 am
The air that we breathe today is more pure now that we don’t have to share oxygen with this creep.
Judy
June 20th, 2012
11:49 am
The man needs to be given a medal. Too bad those laws aren’t on the books of more states. Hats off to the young man for protecting his little girl.
Clubber
June 20th, 2012
11:59 am
If this exact same act had played out in Dallas, LA, Houston, NY or ATL, the guy would be going to
prison…..and that would be wrong.
Nina
June 20th, 2012
12:01 pm
Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crackbaby
June 20th, 2012
12:02 pm
Let this Dad go at Jerry Sandusky for a few rounds.
Sensationalistic
June 20th, 2012
12:11 pm
Trizzle: You missed what I was saying. Whenever you hear of a police officer shooting an unarmed person, they always reveal how many shots were fired. When you unload three clips into a person, then I believe that borders on murder.
Everybody is jumping to conclusions here saying justice was served. You can lump this man into the same boat as Jerry Sandusky, but that is probably the wrong thing to do. For all we know, there could have been a mental/developmental disability that prevented the ranch hand from fully comprehending the gravity of what he was doing.
Go watch The Green Mile and you’ll see what happens when you set your opinion as “the black man killed the two kids.” You have to see all the facts first.
Marsh
June 20th, 2012
12:15 pm
Oh, fercrissakes. Come back and talk to me when somebody’s molesting your toddler, Sensationalistic. This boggles the mind.
airborne ranger (ret.)
June 20th, 2012
12:35 pm
Dad Who Killed His Daughter’s Molester Regrets It, So Stop Applauding Him!
Posted by Jeanne Sageron June 13, 2012 at 10:49 AM
The debate over whether a father who found a man molesting his 4-year-old daughter and allegedly beat him to death has been raging for days now. And it’s time to put it to bed. Cops say the Texas dad will likely not be prosecuted. What’s more: he says he wishes it hadn’t happened.
TL
June 20th, 2012
12:38 pm
Oh this sickens me. But as someone above said justice served, and on the off chance he had survived I would have taken his balls.
Mick
June 20th, 2012
12:39 pm
This is exactly why most Americans want the fence along the border built. If this guy was let in legally, somebody wasn’t doing their job. As a father of two daughters, i would have done the same the father did.
So good.
June 20th, 2012
12:40 pm
This is the best story ever.
HAN
June 20th, 2012
12:48 pm
If we allowed every father, the brothers, and the uncles of rape and molestation victims (where there is absolutely no question whatsoever the wretch did the crime as in this case) to handle the matter as this man did, predetory sexual crime would virtually disappear in the USA. We would be a spiritually, emotionally, and physically better society. Think of the court costs to prosecute, and the tax payers housing and feeding the reprobate in prison that was eliminated!
urban redneck
June 20th, 2012
12:51 pm
he got what was comin to him.
FB
June 20th, 2012
12:59 pm
I thank god he found him when he did. If he would not have found him he would have raped the little girl, took her off killed her and dumped the body somewhere. There is no way he would have tried to continued to work for the little girl’s father knowing the little girl could identify him & tell what he has done. So not only did he stop him from molesting his daughter, stopped him from killing her as well.
sp
June 20th, 2012
1:00 pm
@sensationalistic I’ve seen the Green Mile – are you saying it’s possible the guy was just trying to cure the little girl’s bladder infection?
Hey you can take solace knowing the guy died doing what he loved best
yes
June 20th, 2012
1:01 pm
JUSTISE SERVE!!!!
Derek
June 20th, 2012
1:02 pm
Do any of you understand or think about what Jesus would do? Im not asking you to condone or like people with serious illnesses, but to continue to verbally assault someone with an illness is not what God wants. Yes the father killed this child molester that was attacking his daughter. It is not a proud moment for the father and I am sure he knows that! Nobody wants to kill another human being, if so, than how can you judge one illness to another? Please understand the way that the human brain works before you think about passing judgement on someone. God bless you all.
Shiri
June 20th, 2012
1:12 pm
If this happened in a different state, it would be a racial thing.
Peter
June 20th, 2012
1:17 pm
Who is going to beat Sandusky to death………. I am assuming by the responses that is the correct action to take if the trial was in Texas ?
sp
June 20th, 2012
1:17 pm
Derek – it’s what Jesus did that got him killed. I don’t think the dad had a chance to give him a psychiatric evaluation…
Peter
June 20th, 2012
1:18 pm
Derek …. You are talking to the wall buddy…….. Most of these fine Christian folks are wolves in sheep clothing.
theidahokid
June 20th, 2012
1:24 pm
Good thing this didn’t happen in California, they would have locked the father up, and gave the child to a group of molesters
Eddie
June 20th, 2012
1:29 pm
I was sure by the opening paragraph of the story that this was one of those cases where a person was accused of crime, arrested, then killed in a fit of rage by someone who couldn’t wait for a trial so theaccused could plead his case. Heck, that’s how almost all of the media has reacted. After seeing the facts presented here, all I have to say for the father is “well done.” This rat had his pants down arround his knees and the girl was screaming. The evidence shows she was molested. Saying that her father was wrong to beat the life out of him is like saying a person should let a person kill you, then wait
David
June 20th, 2012
2:17 pm
He is a Hero for protecting his daughter !!!
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.
Paul the Apostle
June 20th, 2012
2:22 pm
Jesus told me to turn the other cheek.
What was she wearing?
June 20th, 2012
2:23 pm
Killing is NEVER justified.
This man deserves life behind bars.
Groundhogday
June 20th, 2012
2:23 pm
“Terry Bull
June 20th, 2012
9:38 am
Was this supposed to be a news story? Or an opinion column. If it was a news story, then the last line is completely inappropriate.”
Mr. Bull,
Look at your browser’s address bar; you’ll see http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2012/06/20/no-crime-in-beating-child-molester-to-death
The key word there is “blog”…..that should answer your question as well as satisfy your journalistic ethics…
Nelson
June 20th, 2012
2:31 pm
Justice sometimes comes in the form of a fist.
Vee
June 20th, 2012
2:34 pm
I mean I cannot imagine that seen but I can see me blacking out and rage going through me to beat a person so badly. He had it coming I’m just glad he didn’t pay for doing the one thing parents are supposed to do and that defend and protect our children.
RedandBlack Peachy
June 20th, 2012
2:36 pm
This little girl will have a lot to process going forward. The one thing she won’t have to process is fear this man will come back and any doubt that her father is her protector.
Nelson
June 20th, 2012
2:40 pm
Sounds like the the 2:23 comment has some hidden secrets.
Bob LaBlah
June 20th, 2012
2:59 pm
Law and Order – you don’t know the law. He did have a jury. THE GRAND JURY! Read the story.
Well...
June 20th, 2012
3:10 pm
If he hadn’t beaten him to a bloody pulp, he may be buring his daughter….how about that! No way he would have let that little girl walk/limp away after molesting her! He got what he deserved. He wanted to smell some honeysuckle, he’ll be six feet under smelling all that’s planted there!!
Ignunce Multiplied
June 20th, 2012
3:31 pm
Take out the rest of the family? Are you seriously that warped? If so, then the rest of the world needs to keep an eye out for YOU, with that kind of thinking. Yeah, kill the innocent for what their relative did. Or was that supposed to be funny?
Brick
June 20th, 2012
3:31 pm
I have to disagree with killing always being wrong, I believe our president disagrees with that as well. Guy was caught litterally with his pants down attacking a 5 year old girl, sick or not he deserved to be put down. Guy was guilty, dad saved the tax payers of Texas money for his trial and the expense of room and board for the next 30 years. If all of these pediphiles knew that would be the result of their actions there just might be less child molesting going on in this world. One thing is 100% certain, this pervert won’t be doing it again.
Patrick
June 20th, 2012
3:46 pm
Everyone’s pretty much said what I would have said. Good riddance to bad rubbish and all that. Personally, if I was the sheriff of the county this Father of the Year (no sarcasm on this title) lives in, I would see to it the father gets a medal, and the money that would have been spent housing and clothing that waste of oxygen goes instead toward a scholarship for his little girl, or else towards him, to use however he wished. Give him and his family a week-long vacation to Disney World. They friggin’ deserve it.
Jasmine Terse
June 20th, 2012
3:47 pm
Justice is served, but the father and daughter are forever changed indeed. I can’t imagine taking someone’s life like that. It’s sad the daughter had to experience so much trauma at such a young age. I pray she gets the help she will need.
greg
June 20th, 2012
3:53 pm
im all for what the father did but come on people, of course it had to go to court, you cant just take someone’s words at face value in the legal system, if that were the case all you have to do is lie and you’d get off scott free every time.
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.
H Hooper
June 20th, 2012
9:16 pm
Its a shame he couldn’t have beat the man to death TWICE…..
let this be a lesson to other devils
June 20th, 2012
9:20 pm
This father is my hero!!!! I think all of these sex offenders deserve street death penalty. Why do people waste time fighting about politics and race when we should be fighting to protect our children! I applaud this father.
Cessy
June 21st, 2012
1:08 am
The father deserves a medal!!! Death to child molesters!!!
Sandra
June 21st, 2012
9:48 am
The article does not say whether or not the assailant was armed and dangerous or if the deadly force was needed or just the father’s passion. Rape is a serious crime. I’ve been raped, but the penalty for rape alone is usually not death. I hope the child gets the necessary treatment. Although I must admit, she should feel safer knowing the assailant is dead.
Cammi317
June 21st, 2012
2:21 pm
Sounds like they got it right to me!
Larry Alabama
June 21st, 2012
6:15 pm
I completely agree with the father’s actions. I disagree with Mateo. It was not revenge the man was looking for, but justice. There is no justice in the murder of people who have nothing to do with the crime.
Betty
June 22nd, 2012
6:15 am
Wow… I am shocked and proud. When I first started reading this story, I was afraid to read the comments. I am in NYC where you shouldn’t call a spade a spade lest it feels inferior to the diamond, and really did not want to see that in this case. Thank you all for giving me a little more hope for the human race.
And to those of you who are of the opinion that one should not kill another human, you may be politically correct, but one should not rape children either – sadly, its not like he was ever going to be ‘cured’ now was he? I just hope that all the other little children he forced himself on (’cause at 47 you know this wasn’t the first time) could know that he is gone so they could feel a little bit of relief in their souls as well.
And to you, Dad of this story, may you and your daughter find peace.
Jim
June 23rd, 2012
6:37 pm
My prayers are with the victims family, that being the little girl, I hope she will be alright, and God bless the father, I would do the same thing but feel no remorse and you can quote me. I have 3 kids with a girl the same age so I understand and commend the father for justice done in an unjust world.
willie
June 24th, 2012
1:10 pm
I gotta disagree with You, Mateo… Just because a man molests a child should the rest of his family (who all are most likely his victems also) be persecuted? would a murderers family also be persecuted? I think not…
willie
June 24th, 2012
1:53 pm
@Law and Order: are You one of those molesters? I was molested by several relatives as a child… Justice was done… I dont understand how You can stick up for someone like the molester… Maybe You dont have any children or Young relatives? You’re as sick a person as the molester was if what You said was what You believe…