John Patrick Violette had been left alone with his only child, a four year old daughter named Caitlyn. A neighbor recalled being uneasy when she saw John speeding to the house around lunch time on Friday, apparently with signs that he was under emotional distress.
A immediate search for John started, and by the early hours of the morning, police were able to track him down, and arrest him.
I don't know what would possess someone to kill their child at all, let alone in such a dramatic and horrid way, I can only say that there is no punishment that will ever make up for what has been done.
Sources:
NewsObserver.com
Clayton child found decapitated
4-year-old's father taken into custody
In lieu of flowers, the family asked that contributions be made to the church for a new playground to be dedicated in Katlin's memory.
Colonial Baptist Church
6051 Tryon Road
Cary, NC 27518
(919) 233-9100
Categories: murders
Neighbor B.J. Woodall had an uneasy feeling around lunchtime Friday when she saw John Violette speeding into the neighborhood in his stationwagon.
"His face was cringing; he looked like he was disturbed about something," said Woodall, who stood in the yard talking to another neighbor as Violette zoomed by. Woodall said Violette was talking angrily into his cell phone as he raced up to the home's front stoop.
But there was no way that she could possibly know what laid ahead for John's family.
Amber Violette arrived at her Clayton home late Friday afternoon to find that her 4-year-old daughter had been killed, the child's head severed from her body, according to emergency dispatchers.
A immediate search for John started, and by the early hours of the morning, police were able to track him down, and arrest him.
John Violette had driven to Raleigh-Durham International Airport in a 1991 Buick stationwagon and taken a flight to Washington, although Clayton Police Sgt. S.P. Lapsley said this morning that nothing had led law enforcement authorities to believe he had any contacts in Washington.
"It was basically a follow-the-money-type thing ... through his credit cards," Lapsley said. "We tracked him to the hotel room that he had taken with his credit cards."
A statewide bulletin with a description of the vehicle had gone out, and RDU police notified Clayton officers at about 1 a.m. that the car was found.
Lapsley added that the warrants for Violette's arrest were handed down between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., and "we were pretty much already on his trail by then."
D.C. police said Violette was awaiting an extradition hearing. Lapsley said Clayton police hoped he would appear in court Monday for an extradition hearing and be back in North Carolina by the middle of the week.
I don't know what would possess someone to kill their child at all, let alone in such a dramatic and horrid way, I can only say that there is no punishment that will ever make up for what has been done.
Sources:
NewsObserver.com
Clayton child found decapitated
4-year-old's father taken into custody
In lieu of flowers, the family asked that contributions be made to the church for a new playground to be dedicated in Katlin's memory.
Colonial Baptist Church
6051 Tryon Road
Cary, NC 27518
(919) 233-9100
Categories: murders
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