Posted on 01/26/2010 12:54:59 AM PST by American Dream 246
A Bellville, Texas man went on a killing spree and murdered 5 family members this past weekend. His fury was so intense that he decapitated his 2-year-old niece with a machete.
Maron Thomas, 20, of Bellville, Texas, shot five family members at their home in rural Austin County, Texas. (Miami Herald)
A family member told police she believed that anger and Thomas’ conversion to the Muslim religion influenced his actions. Chron.com reported:
A family dispute pushed Maron Thomas to go on a rampage marked by a fury so intense that he decapitated his 2-year-old niece with a machete after killing her and four other family members, Austin County investigators said Wednesday.
Thomas, 20, was charged Wednesday with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his mother, stepfather, sister, brother and his niece. He remains in the Austin County Jail with bail set at $1 million.
“This is one of the most horrific crimes we’ve had in Austin County,” District Attorney Travis Koehn said. “Austin County is a safe place to live, but unfortunately, we are not immune to the same kinds of crimes that occur in other locations.”
The massacre happened between midnight Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday at the family’s home 7 miles outside the Bellville city limits, on FM 1456 between Buckhorn and Cochran.
Thomas then allegedly burglarized a car and was arrested around 3 a.m. after being caught trying to break into a house a mile and a half away while he was naked, investigators said. A neighbor held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived and arrested him on burglary charges. When deputies arrived, he had put on a pair of exercise shorts…
Thomas’ sister, Ka’Tara Price, 24, of Houston, said she believes anger and Thomas’ conversion to the Muslim religion influenced his actions. She said she is not aware of him suffering from any mental illness.
“I never said homeschoolers and Christians have a propensity to run amok. “
No, but by bringing them to the argument you have suggested there is some comparison to be made... there is no comparison. And to arbitrarily pick homeschoolers in addition to Christianity indicates you have some animus toward the practice of homeschooling or some predisposition that is not born of either experience or knowledge.
There are no right-thinking individuals who understand Christianity or Judaism that would suggest someone of either leaning, having participated in some heinous event, is anything other than a deviant. There is no need to deviate from the Muslim faith to perform a heinous act. You simply need to study, believe and practice what the Koran and many Muslim leaders teach. Your argument, therefore is invalid.
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