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Home Front: Politix
Houston Area Muslim Goes On Killing Spree -- Kills 5, Beheads 2 Year-Old With Machete
2010-01-26
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."

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.
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.
Posted by: Anonymoose

#9  Except for the novelty of beheading a 2 year old, and being spiced up with a dash of PCP, Muslims On A Killing Spree is pretty much a Dog Bites Man story
Posted by: SteveS   2010-01-26 19:15  

#8  Anything less than a Colt .45 is likely to go unnoticed until they bleed out. Someone on PCP often won't even notice a broken arm, and just keep on fighting No one, no matter what drug they're on or what fanaticism propels them, can fail to notice a high velocity slug through their head, neck or heart, and even the stiffest dose of PCP loses its effect when a head, arm or leg detaches from the alleged user. Assailants who are knocked off their feet are also much less dangerous.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-01-26 18:40  

#7  ..than a Colt .45

Been known to effectively take out even charging drugged up Moros.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-01-26 10:09  

#6  Islam is the religion of choice for violent lunatics.

Anything less than a Colt .45 is likely to go unnoticed until they bleed out. Someone on PCP often won't even notice a broken arm, and just keep on fighting.
Posted by: gorb   2010-01-26 09:41  

#5  Police really hate meeting up with some naked PCP guy, because they are oblivious, impervious, and damned dangerous.

Colt makes some fine cures for PCP-induced dementia.

He remains in the Austin County Jail with bail set at $1 million.

How could anyone just dream of allowing him to be released on bail?

A neighbor held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived and arrested him on burglary charges.

Obviously he was not oblivious. Was he under PCP influence at all when he perpetrated the crimes?
Posted by: JFM   2010-01-26 09:23  

#4  Attorney General Holder will see to it that the bible thumping, gun-totting neighbor is soon arrested and a gag order is issued to islamaphobic sister Ka'Tara Price. Well he did fall just short of going totally Liberian and eating internal organs didn't he?
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-01-26 08:22  

#3  As an aside, the thing that caught my eye was that he was naked, which is a common symptom of PCP using berserkers.

Police really hate meeting up with some naked PCP guy, because they are oblivious, impervious, and damned dangerous.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-01-26 08:20  

#2  about 50 miles west of houston locally famous for wildflowers, pop about 4k, everybody knows everybody type place
Posted by: lord garth   2010-01-26 08:10  

#1  A family member told police she believed that anger and Thomas' conversion to the Muslim religion influenced his actions.

Enough said.
Posted by: NCMike   2010-01-26 07:59  

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