A karate instructor named Jeff Doucet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had abducted an 11-year-old boy in June of 1983 and taken him to California.
When Jody was rescued and returned to his family, his father Gary Plauche was coping with reports that his son had been sexually assaulted. According to reports, Doucet had been molesting and abusing the boy for at least a year prior to the kidnapping. Police found Doucet and Jody in a motel and arrested him on a raid.
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An interview of Plauche back in 1983 was shown, where he says that he felt helpless. Ten days later, on March 16m 1984, when the police flew Doucet back to face criminal charges, Plauche was waiting with a gun. The suspect came through the airport, and a news reporter who was there that day narrates how he raised his camera to get a close-up shot and as he got parallel to the reporter, Plauche goes up, shoots and kills him. The whole incident is recorded on camera, and officers are shown apprehending Plauche and asking, “Gary, why?” over and over again.
The reporter says the incident stands out to this day in his mind, because Plauche answered, “If it had been your child, you would have done the same thing.” Today, Abram McGull is an assistant US attorney and views the tape through the eyes of a federal prosecutor. He says the video was the most ideal witness in this case, as you can see Plauche take the gun out of his boot, pull it out to shoulder level and pull the trigger to shoot – the video is shown in slow motion.
Yet Plauche, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, got off lightly. He only received five years’ probation and no jail time. The case received widespread critical attention at the time, with people divided over whether or not Plauche should have served time. Plauche claimed until his death that what he did was right, and that others in the same position would have done the same thing.
Absolutely! ATTA BOY!
GOOD! That’s the only viable punishment for rapists and pedophiles.
Not enough divisive stories happening in this millenium?
if it was my child, i would do the same
He’s right! Every man should do what Gary did in such a situation. Other thoughts are absolutely indiscutable!
Lived outside Baton Rouge and they aired this live on TV. Thing is……I Felt Bad For the Dad!!! I can’t say as I blame him at all! Someone does something to your child, you snap, will do anything to protect them! He still can’t own a gun.
Lovely shot. But the kid is gone. His life is over.
Go the dad! One less filthy scum to deal with
Perfect sentence. Probation. Couldn’t just let him off the hook. Vigilantes would be everywhere. Probation for murder was perfect.
Yes! Animals are put down that bite a kid! Rapists should be too. Why incarcerate them for decades while we pay the bill?
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Romans 12:19 – King James Version
Few things here.
Im a dad and hell yes that p.o.s. is not going to walk away with nothing from me after touching MY SON.
This was the 80s when it happened. Different time and culture. You wouldnt get 5 year probation in the state i live in now a days for avenging your family…..
Why does the dad look like a pedophile?, He has classic Narcissistic Features. I think the father was mad that someone else was touching his property. This is more of a lovers battle psychologically the dad makes my skin crawl what a great smoke screen he created, and the molester kidnapper never tells the secrets he knows about the boy. A normal parent would want to know what happened every detail then kill him not kill him before. The dad made his son the target, when children go thru this kind of Narcissistic abuse they develop in a certain way and pedophiles are drawn to this kind of development in a child. This whole thing makes me disgusted even the mom in the video displays empath affection, you can tell a narcissist by the people around them.
Hmmm a judgement of narcissism upon another by a woman who actually goes by the title ”Prettygirl” .Have actually read and understood the characteristics of a narcissist ?Perhaps you might take a better look in the mirror ,not at your looks but at your soul.You are typically projecting your own disdain for what you cannot confront within yourself.
@Prettygirl – I really think you have a problem that needs to be examined by a professional not a psych book.