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No charge for Texas dad who killed daughter's rapist
At a news conference, Lavaca County officials played the father's distraught 911 call
A US father who found his five-year-old daughter being raped, then beat the attacker to death will not be charged, prosecutors have said.
The 23-year-old man told police he found the girl being assaulted on Saturday 9 June by Jesus Mora Flores in a rural part of southern Texas.
A grand jury has declined to indict the man, finding that he was allowed to use deadly force to protect his daughter.
The father has not been named to protect the identity of his daughter.
The Lavaca County district attorney and sheriff announced the man would not face charges, as they held a news conference on Tuesday.
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A witness who saw Flores abducting the girl to a remote spot raised the alarm, said a statement by the district attorney.
The father ran towards his daughter's screams and as he found her being attacked, "inflicted several blows to the man's head and neck area", said investigators.
A recording of the father's 911 telephone call was played at the news conference in which he tells a dispatcher he beat up a man he found raping his daughter.
As police struggle to locate the family ranch, the father swears and tells the dispatcher: "Come on! This guy is going to die on me! I don't know what to do!"
Emergency crews who responded to the father's 911 call found Flores' trousers and underwear pulled down on his lifeless body.
A medical examination of the girl at hospital backed up the father's story that she had been sexually assaulted, said prosecutors.
The father was not arrested, but was investigated for homicide.
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theControversy20th June 2012 - 18:46
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BlackBird20th June 2012 - 18:40
Many of you don't think you could do this without being charged yourself. I don't know how many of the details have been given here on this website, but the father is 23, the victim is 5. He's been a responsible parent since he was 18, the scumbag was old enough to be his father, and forcibly dragged the little girl away from the others, and was found with his pants around his his ankles.
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WilliamsSpit20th June 2012 - 18:39
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You sir, are out of touch with reality. Was the attacker respecting the human rights of the 5 year old girl he was raping? I think not. At which point he forfeited any human rights that should be extended to him.
Also, to answer your point about how police would be regarded in this circumstance, in my opinion I would support the same outcome.
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Tony20th June 2012 - 18:48
I can`t fault this one.
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doug20th June 2012 - 18:43
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