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From reading the story, this man had never had visitation with this 2 1/2 yr old boy.
But, it just seems premeditated, he has never had visitation, is ordered to pay child support and then takes the child for the first visitation.
Then, kills the child, and makes up some lame kidnap story.
I just feel so much for this 2 1/2 year old boy. He probably had some fear of leaving his mom, his family to go with a man, who is called daddy.
And then......
I have always been against the death penalty. But where is the possible redemption for this man who would kill to escape paying support?
His mind did not say, I will be paying support and I want to get to know this boy who is my son. No, it went to how can I get out of this?
Prayers for the mom. Prayers to accompany the little boy to heaven.
A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty to capital murder in Criminal District Court Thursday morning, admitting that he slit his 2-year-old son's throat to avoid paying $4,000 in overdue child support. Danny Platt accepted a life prison sentence...
"When a child is killed, it's always a very sad, a very difficult situation, even for us," Cannizzaro said. "This is a final solution. There is no appeal. He admits he is guilty. And the family does not have to relive these very horrible events."
Judge Keva Landrum-Johnson imposed the life sentence, without the possibility of parole.