DEAD beat dad

jim.munoz · January 9th, 2009, 03:56 PM

This just makes me sick

Father kills 2-year-old son, dumps him in park. Police say to avoid 4K Owed In Child Support
by Brendan McCarthy and Molly Reid, The Times-Picayune
Saturday January 03, 2009, 9:40 PM

CHRIS GRANGER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNENew Orleans homicide detectives Harold Wischan, left, and Anthony Pardo, right, escort Danny Platt into central lock up on Saturday. Platt is accused of shooting his son to avoid paying child support.
New Orleans police said Saturday that a dispute about $4,000 in child support payments prompted a 22-year-old man to kill his 2-year-old son, dump his body in a playground and concoct an elaborate story about the boy's abduction.
Detectives escorted Danny Platt, 22, into jail Saturday evening and booked him with first-degree murder in the death of his son, Ja'Shawn Powell, less than 24 hours earlier.
His hands cuffed behind his back, his head hanging low, his eyes red and wet, Platt said, "I'm sorry about killing my baby."

Platt had confessed to detectives at midday and led them to an overgrown section of a Central City playground where he had dumped the boy's body in a bag, police said.

Platt told police that he did not want to pay the child support he owed to the boy's mother and that he had previously threatened violence over the money.
"He had made some comments that he would kill either the wife or the child before he paid child support," NOPD Superintendent Warren Riley said at a news conference.
Ja'Shawn had big brown eyes, chubby cheeks and a stain on his baby teeth.
His 48-pound body was discovered in a section of Van McMurray Park, behind a house in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue.
John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish coroner's office, declined to confirm the identity of the victim or release the cause of death. He said only that a body had been found in a bag Saturday and that an autopsy will be done today.

Tale of abduction
On Friday night, Platt told investigators that a group of men wielding AK-47s had taken the boy after confronting the father and son at a Central City street corner, just blocks from where the body was later found.
State Police issued an advisory Saturday morning, and the New Orleans Police Department issued an Amber Alert and a description of the missing boy. Within hours, though, the father's story began to fall apart.
"His story never really added up," Riley said. "He was a suspect from the very beginning."
Police said Platt, who lives in the 2800 block of Baronne Street, told investigators that he and Ja'Shawn were standing at Jackson Avenue and Brainard Street on Friday around 11:30 p.m. when three men forced him to the ground at gunpoint. He said the men took his son and fled in a dark 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe or GMC Yukon with black-tinted windows and shiny paint.
Ja'Shawn's mother, Daniella Powell, said in an interview with WWL-TV that Platt recently had been ordered to pay more than $4,000 in child support and that it had become a point of contention between the two.
On Friday around 8:30 p.m., Platt called her, asking to spend the weekend with Ja'Shawn, she said. He picked up the toddler shortly thereafter.
He called back several hours later to say the child had been kidnapped, then quickly hung up, Powell said.
Powell said Platt told her he had reported the abduction to police, but when Powell called the police herself, she was told he had not called.
Powell told the station that Platt changed his story several times, first telling her that a woman had taken Ja'Shawn, then saying a group of men took the child after looking for a man named Johnny and asking for money.
Platt and Powell were separated, police said. Platt had visitation rights, though he had never taken advantage of them before.

'A lot of pressure'
The suspected motive for the slaying shocked even veteran homicide detectives.
"This incident and the manner in which he killed his child was extremely hideous," Riley said, wondering aloud how someone could use murder as a remedy for paying child support.
"There are some sick individuals in this society, and this gentleman is clearly one," he said.
During his short walk to jail in front of cameras and reporters, Platt said there were a "whole bunch of reasons" for killing his son. "I had a lot of pressure on me," he said. He didn't elaborate.
Police and FBI agents worked through the night after the abduction report.
Then, shortly after noon Saturday, detectives cordoned off part of the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue. Gagliano and crime scene technicians appeared. They traipsed through an unkempt lot and an alley alongside a house.
With the rain coming down, they held umbrellas high and stared at the ground near the park's baseball backstop, a dozen or so yards from a colorful jungle gym.

Gagliano backed his car up the alley. He didn't need the transport van or a gurney. The toddler's body fit in the trunk.

Genevieve! · January 9th, 2009, 04:04 PM

disgusting.

Life in Jail is WAY better than coming up with 4 grand!

MIKE 04 GT · January 9th, 2009, 04:09 PM

sick son of a bitch.

Ace417 · January 9th, 2009, 04:09 PM

WTF seriously I'm sure he couldve worked out some sort of payment, i mean they dont just spin a wheel and pick how much you pay for child support. He couldve easily gotten it reduced if he was having a hard time.

G.T. Rags · January 9th, 2009, 04:13 PM

people like that make me want to do real bad things

January 9th, 2009, 04:21 PM

People like that make me think that I am fighting in the wrong country..

Till · January 9th, 2009, 06:02 PM

that almost made me cry man....

This little kid with alot of life left, tons of toys to play with tons of friends to meet.
School to go to, grow up have fun be a kid

and it was taken away, why? Because of Money....

Thats what everyone cares about now! FUCKING money, thats more important then life wtf is wrong with people

That sick fuck deserves to be ripped to pieces

jim.munoz · January 9th, 2009, 06:04 PM

yeah he'll be dead shortly. Once the other inmates find out he's a kid killer

graystang01 · January 9th, 2009, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Tiller88

that almost made me cry man....

This little kid with alot of life left, tons of toys to play with tons of friends to meet.
School to go to, grow up have fun be a kid

and it was taken away, why? Because of Money....

Thats what everyone cares about now! FUCKING money, thats more important then life wtf is wrong with people

That sick fuck deserves to be ripped to pieces

+1

how can you do that to anybody, much less your own freakin kid. i honestly have no idea wuts wrong with people

06RedfireGT · January 9th, 2009, 06:11 PM

Give me 20 minutes alone in a room with that guy and a knife, preferably dull.

Till · January 9th, 2009, 06:18 PM

What the fuck is wrong with this guy!!!

I have so much fuckin rage for this guy now!

He even said he threatened violence toward the kid or mother
WHAT THE FUCK!!!
If I was that mother that SOB would have never even SEEN my child after that remark!!!

I mean why would you do this!!!!
What kind of Fucked up mind could even do this!!!

OMG I am soooooo pissed about this, why man why...

Those who believe in god (I do so dont say I dont)
why would he let this happen to a INNOCENT little boy!!!
or even Karma how would this effect a little boy!!!
He wasnt even in the world for a good amount of time

man I just dont even know, the world gets worse every day....

THEN HE SAID HE WAS SORRY!!!!
You cant be sorry you flippin did it!!!!!!!!!!!
O im sorry I killed my child I dont know what I was thinking?
WTF you cant say that, you shouldnt have even thought of killing YOUR OWN child!!! or any one else's child!!!!

JBIGBOOTSY · January 9th, 2009, 06:46 PM

Dead beat dad=beat dad dead

04mustang232 · January 9th, 2009, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by Tiller88

that almost made me cry man....

This little kid with alot of life left, tons of toys to play with tons of friends to meet.
School to go to, grow up have fun be a kid

and it was taken away, why? Because of Money....

Thats what everyone cares about now! FUCKING money, thats more important then life wtf is wrong with people

That sick fuck deserves to be ripped to pieces

Same here tiller. I agree with everything you said, and it makes me get emotional just thinking about that. That is disturbing to say the least. There are tons of families out there that would pick that kid up in a second for adoption. Mine included.

MustangMally97 · January 9th, 2009, 07:03 PM

He will burn in hell for this. So sad!

itschristorres8 · January 9th, 2009, 07:06 PM

i saw it on the news
what fuckin piece of shit
i hope he gets what he deserves...that kid COULD have been something great...we will now never EVER know

Till · January 9th, 2009, 09:33 PM

Yeah HE could have been that guy that CURES caner or CURES AIDS or something BIG like makes world peace or anything!!!

ANything you could imagine, man I woulda took that kid in with no doubts, woulda picked up a second job just to afford everything but it would have been better then him being murdered......

I dont think anything has ever gotten to me this bad before, I want to kill this guy......

He'll get it soon enough though man I hope its slow and painfull

TheUNZippee! · January 9th, 2009, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by 06RedfireGT

Give me 20 minutes alone in a room with that guy and a knife, preferably dull.

Give me 5.

No weapon needed.

Breakout · January 9th, 2009, 09:38 PM

Kinda like Casey Anthony. She killed her 3 year old and there's pics of her partying after the murder (granted she wasn't getting out of child support, but still)

Till · January 9th, 2009, 09:45 PM

Look at the world 20-60 years ago....

Now look at it now, will our children's children have a life?

Everyday more and more crime, but wait our economy is going down, so there is a Hiring freeze on almost all Police hiring.....

Everyday the news brings more bad news, wheres the good news? Wheres the news that hey some rich guy gave 1 million dollars to a homeless shelter or hey some RANDOM guy stopped and helped a cop being jumped by some thugs?

Really how long until you think its out of control?

The part that kills me, is he said, I threatened violence against her or the kid (not exact words but theirs a main idea)

.....so why did she let him take her kid?
No one said anything about this?

No idea any more *shrugs* this breaks my heart brings a tear to my eye every time I open this thread...

going to bed later MM

06RedfireGT · January 9th, 2009, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by TheUNZippee!

Give me 5.

No weapon needed.

You can't make him suffer enough in 5 minutes.

January 9th, 2009, 03:56 PM	#1
jim.munoz Regular 2000 V6 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Los Angeles,CA Posts: 224 iTrader: 1 reviews	DEAD beat dad This just makes me sick Father kills 2-year-old son, dumps him in park. Police say to avoid 4K Owed In Child Support by Brendan McCarthy and Molly Reid, The Times-Picayune Saturday January 03, 2009, 9:40 PM CHRIS GRANGER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNENew Orleans homicide detectives Harold Wischan, left, and Anthony Pardo, right, escort Danny Platt into central lock up on Saturday. Platt is accused of shooting his son to avoid paying child support. New Orleans police said Saturday that a dispute about $4,000 in child support payments prompted a 22-year-old man to kill his 2-year-old son, dump his body in a playground and concoct an elaborate story about the boy's abduction. Detectives escorted Danny Platt, 22, into jail Saturday evening and booked him with first-degree murder in the death of his son, Ja'Shawn Powell, less than 24 hours earlier. His hands cuffed behind his back, his head hanging low, his eyes red and wet, Platt said, "I'm sorry about killing my baby." Platt had confessed to detectives at midday and led them to an overgrown section of a Central City playground where he had dumped the boy's body in a bag, police said. Platt told police that he did not want to pay the child support he owed to the boy's mother and that he had previously threatened violence over the money. "He had made some comments that he would kill either the wife or the child before he paid child support," NOPD Superintendent Warren Riley said at a news conference. Ja'Shawn had big brown eyes, chubby cheeks and a stain on his baby teeth. His 48-pound body was discovered in a section of Van McMurray Park, behind a house in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue. John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish coroner's office, declined to confirm the identity of the victim or release the cause of death. He said only that a body had been found in a bag Saturday and that an autopsy will be done today. Tale of abduction On Friday night, Platt told investigators that a group of men wielding AK-47s had taken the boy after confronting the father and son at a Central City street corner, just blocks from where the body was later found. State Police issued an advisory Saturday morning, and the New Orleans Police Department issued an Amber Alert and a description of the missing boy. Within hours, though, the father's story began to fall apart. "His story never really added up," Riley said. "He was a suspect from the very beginning." Police said Platt, who lives in the 2800 block of Baronne Street, told investigators that he and Ja'Shawn were standing at Jackson Avenue and Brainard Street on Friday around 11:30 p.m. when three men forced him to the ground at gunpoint. He said the men took his son and fled in a dark 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe or GMC Yukon with black-tinted windows and shiny paint. Ja'Shawn's mother, Daniella Powell, said in an interview with WWL-TV that Platt recently had been ordered to pay more than $4,000 in child support and that it had become a point of contention between the two. On Friday around 8:30 p.m., Platt called her, asking to spend the weekend with Ja'Shawn, she said. He picked up the toddler shortly thereafter. He called back several hours later to say the child had been kidnapped, then quickly hung up, Powell said. Powell said Platt told her he had reported the abduction to police, but when Powell called the police herself, she was told he had not called. Powell told the station that Platt changed his story several times, first telling her that a woman had taken Ja'Shawn, then saying a group of men took the child after looking for a man named Johnny and asking for money. Platt and Powell were separated, police said. Platt had visitation rights, though he had never taken advantage of them before. 'A lot of pressure' The suspected motive for the slaying shocked even veteran homicide detectives. "This incident and the manner in which he killed his child was extremely hideous," Riley said, wondering aloud how someone could use murder as a remedy for paying child support. "There are some sick individuals in this society, and this gentleman is clearly one," he said. During his short walk to jail in front of cameras and reporters, Platt said there were a "whole bunch of reasons" for killing his son. "I had a lot of pressure on me," he said. He didn't elaborate. Police and FBI agents worked through the night after the abduction report. Then, shortly after noon Saturday, detectives cordoned off part of the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue. Gagliano and crime scene technicians appeared. They traipsed through an unkempt lot and an alley alongside a house. With the rain coming down, they held umbrellas high and stared at the ground near the park's baseball backstop, a dozen or so yards from a colorful jungle gym. Gagliano backed his car up the alley. He didn't need the transport van or a gurney. The toddler's body fit in the trunk. Attached Thumbnails __________________ *Silver Vehicle Club Member #4*

January 9th, 2009, 04:04 PM	#2
Genevieve! eeeee! 2003 Mustang GT Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Coruscant Posts: 6,242 iTrader: 0 reviews	disgusting. Life in Jail is WAY better than coming up with 4 grand! __________________

January 9th, 2009, 06:04 PM	#8
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January 9th, 2009, 06:11 PM	#10
06RedfireGT One Man Wolf Pack 2006 Mustang GT 13ish....maybe Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Regulatin On Some OGs Posts: 22,492 iTrader: 2 reviews	Give me 20 minutes alone in a room with that guy and a knife, preferably dull. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

January 9th, 2009, 06:46 PM	#12
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January 9th, 2009, 04:09 PM	#3
MIKE 04 GT Regular 04 MUSTANG GT 14.5 @ 97.2 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SC Posts: 311 iTrader: 0 reviews	sick son of a bitch.

January 9th, 2009, 04:21 PM	#6
BlackSunshine Guest Posts: n/a	People like that make me think that I am fighting in the wrong country..

January 9th, 2009, 07:03 PM	#14
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January 9th, 2009, 07:06 PM	#15
itschristorres8 Banned 00 V6 & 09 GT 13.37@104.4mph--BONE stock GT Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 15,806 iTrader: 2 reviews	i saw it on the news what fuckin piece of shit i hope he gets what he deserves...that kid COULD have been something great...we will now never EVER know __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Acmillr loves me

January 9th, 2009, 09:38 PM	#18
Breakout Tree Fiddy Z 2006 Nissan 350Z Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,018 iTrader: 0 reviews	Kinda like Casey Anthony. She killed her 3 year old and there's pics of her partying after the murder (granted she wasn't getting out of child support, but still)

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