Insanity

wind2000 · Sep 26, 2007

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A West Palm Beach man told police that he used a butcher knife to kill his 1-year-old nephew because he believed the boy was possessed, investigators said.

Eric Sawyer, 38, was arrested around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after police found his 1-year-old nephew Brandon Cole wrapped in bloody sheets in the laundry room of a home on the 5800 block of Orchard Way in West Palm Beach.

Sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller said the killing was "premeditated," and that Sawyer told police that he had been thinking about killing the boy for days, WPBF News 25 reported.

Sgt. Pete Palenzuela told WPBF that police believed they were responding to the home because of a dog attack but realized it was something more sinister when they found numerous stab wounds and cuts on the baby's abdomen. Palenzuela said police attempted to revive the child at the home but were unsuccessful.

Miller said there were three occupants in the house when police arrived, including Sawyer, his niece Ashley and the boy's grandmother, Judy, who police said owns the home. Investigators said a 911 call made by the niece referenced a child not breathing and who had possibly been mauled by a dog.

According to a police report, Sawyer was sitting on a couch in the living room of the home when police arrived and found the boy. Upon questioning him about what happened to the child, Sawyer told police, "I did it," according to the report.

When the responding officer asked Sawyer where the dog was, Sawyer replied, "It's not a dog, it's a human," the report said.

Miller said Sawyer was then placed in a police vehicle for officer safety. Upon further questioning on what was going on, Sawyer told police, "I did it. I thought the baby was possessed, so I had to cut it out of him," the report said.

According to the report, Sawyer told police that things in the home had been bad lately and that no one had been getting along. Police said Sawyer told investigators that he had been thinking about killing the boy for the last four days because the child was not in a good environment in the home and that he would not have much a future growing up this way. Sawyer told investigators that, because of this environment, he stabbed the boy with a butcher knife that he found in the kitchen in order to "release the evil spirits," according to the report.

Detectives placed Sawyer under arrest and took him to the Palm Beach County Jail. He was denied bond during his first appearance in court Wednesday morning.

The child's mother was believed to be at work when the incident took place, Miller said.

Miller told WPBF that deputies have responded to the home previously for domestic disturbances. According to a police report, Sawyer was arrested in April of 2006 while having a dispute with his mother, Judy. Police said that Judy told investigators that her son had mental problems and had not been taking his medications, according to the report.
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Poor nephew. The guy is probably mentally ill. -unsure

asiangang · Sep 26, 2007

yeh...things like this i think has happened before...sad...

Knoctur_nal · Sep 27, 2007

or an excuse not to go to prison and get sent a a mental institution instead..

hiake · Sep 27, 2007

Knoctur_nal said: ↑

or an excuse not to go to prison and get sent a a mental institution instead..
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Then all of a sudden he's miraculously "cured" of his insanity... And get a clean bill of health from the asylum -pirate

Knoctur_nal · Sep 27, 2007

gota give it to the sob if hes trying to play the system..

xiaojia · Sep 27, 2007

well.. if he has medications.. then they will have records of his illness. considering that he has mental illness.. and had been talking about murder for the past few days.. and yet nothing was done to prevent the incident..

fearless_fx · Sep 27, 2007

uuh you pretty much have to be insane to kill a 1 year old

[N] · Sep 27, 2007

Damn cold blooded killer, acting all calm and innocent. I think that he's trying to play the system too.

moor_moth · Sep 27, 2007

some fucked up shit right there..

hiake · Sep 27, 2007

fearless_fx said: ↑

uuh you pretty much have to be insane to kill a 1 year old
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Why? I always have problem understanding why people perceive murderers preying on babies, children more insane than those preying on adults.

Why is it that a person is more insane because he killed a one-year old instead of a grown man?

zero_c · Sep 27, 2007

hiake said: ↑

Why? I always have problem understanding why people perceive murderers preying on babies, children more insane than those preying on adults.

Why is it that a person is more insane because he killed a one-year old instead of a grown man?
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Because a 1 year old is cute as a button, who in their right mind would kill the cutest thing in the world.

smallrinilady · Sep 27, 2007

Kinda reminds me of the movie the Omen

but think of the uncle, what can be going through his mind
the child is evil, but everyone is sideing with the child

not saying what he did wasn't wrong
but sad to know when the whole world is against you

smallrinilady · Sep 27, 2007

zero_c said: ↑

Because a 1 year old is cute as a button, who in their right mind would kill the cutest thing in the world.
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many people, why are so many orphanages all over china filled with baby girls?

hiake · Sep 27, 2007

zero_c said: ↑

Because a 1 year old is cute as a button, who in their right mind would kill the cutest thing in the world.
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Simply cannot agree to that. Sorry. Never find bundles of joy to be cute or lovely.

turbobenx · Sep 27, 2007

i keep saying it and ill say it again.... shits happens

chickenutbread · Sep 28, 2007

that's scary. imagine if he was your friendly next door neighbor.

Taxloss · Sep 29, 2007

The man could have killed the baby because it was crying and with his mental history he can easily take that as a sign as possession or something and had to end it.

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