Posted on 07/08/2014 4:57:48 PM PDT by BBell
When Kenner Police entered the front door at 2409 Kentucky Ave. early Tuesday morning, they found Melissa Desilva hysterically crying as she bent over the body of her estranged husband, Lyndell Desilva, who lay in the hallway of the home they once shared, dying of gunshot wounds.
Melissa Desilva, 34, was apologetic as she tried to render aid. "She said she didn't mean for this to happen," said Sgt. Brian McGregor, spokesman for the Kenner Police.
Paramedics transported Lyndell Desilva, 38, to Interim LSU Hospital in New Orleans where doctors pronounced him dead a short time later. As investigators spent the rest of the morning interviewing Melissa Desilva, her four children and other relatives, a narrative began to emerge of unreported domestic abuse, which culminated in a deadly confrontation between the couple of 16 years.
"Things have escalated, and here we are today with him being shot," McGregor said.
Kenner Police did not book Melissa Desilva in her husband's death on Tuesday. "If we felt there was probable cause to make an arrest we would have made one. But we thought it best to refer this matter to the district attorney's office," McGregor said.
Melissa and Lyndell Desilva had been married for 12 years with four children: a 10-year-old boy and three girls, ages 14, 12 and 4. But the couple separated two months ago, McGregor said, because of worsening domestic violence.
Though Kenner Police have no records of phone calls or reports to authorities, relatives of both Lyndell and Melissa Desilva, including the couple's children, told investigators that she suffered years of abuse at his hands, according to McGregor.
"According to members of both families, all the way around, they all witnessed physical and verbal abuse," said McGregor. Even the children described seeing bruises on their mother over the years.
Lyndell Desilva moved out
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“a narrative began to emerge of unreported domestic abuse, which culminated in a deadly confrontation between the couple of 16 years.”
When he is dead, he can’t defend himself.
When he is dead she can make up any story she wants.
This is not a funny story, but for some reason that line made me crack up. I was like "Oh, okay, thank you for that elegant summary."
It did seem a little odd, the same tone as, “Well, we worked hard, and the thing just grew, and now we have a Founders Day celebration!”
That would take the fun out of freeping.
Sometimes I think half the people here are illiterate.
Exactly!
Well consider, if you will, that the dead husband’s relatives support her story.
Though Kenner Police have no records of phone calls or reports to authorities, relatives of both Lyndell and Melissa Desilva, including the couple's children, told investigators that she suffered years of abuse at his hands, according to McGregor.
Then consider that the police are turning over the case to the DA because they want to be fair and all of the available evidence supports her story.
"You've got a victim of a battery," he said. "You've got a individual (Lyndell Desilva) that is armed. There's a history of domestic violence. She felt threatened. She felt she was protecting her children. He wasn't living there at the time, and he's the instigator of the fight. She had marks and bruises on her that support the report of domestic violence. You take all of that into consideration."
Being a cop is a weird job. They can’t say the obvious thing, like “looks like the prick finally went to far.” But people still want commentary, so they have to use neutral cop speak and say things like, “the escalation of the ongoing situation resulted in the issuing of several projectiles at a high rate of speed that resulted in the expiration of one of the subjects of interest in this situation.” And then they turn away from the mic and mutter “and good riddance, too.”
Yes, possibly a big factor in the police decision to wait for the DA's decision to forego an arrest at this time. BTW, one of the photos of Lyndell at nola.com is tagged as provided by the Kenner PD. Since the late Mr. Desilva was very much alive in the photo, I'm sure the Kenner cops knew more about him than they're stating in this case.
Doing my Daniel Tosh Impression 7 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3hoZSCMek
Name calling on the net.
What are you, a 12-yr old democrat?
You should really grow up.
LOL... that’s like being a teacher. You cannot tell a parent, “Your child is lazy, dumb, and spoiled.” You have to say, “Francisco is having difficulties remaining focused for sustained periods of time. This is a skill that he needs to develop, but I’m worried about his motivation because he has specific challenges in the area of audio-visual processing and self-expression.”
Perfect bureaucratic double-talk.
Honestly, after the stupid comments you have made you are not worth responding to.
But yet, there you are.
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