GUILTY TN - Bag of Bones, Tennis Shoes, Percy Priest Lake, Sept 2018 - Michael Lee Goff Jr -14yo son arrest

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -- Metro Police are investigating a bag of bones found in the Donelson/Hermitage area on Sunday.

Police are still working to determine if the bones are human or animal remains.

MNPD investigating bag of bones found near Percy Priest Lake

HERMITAGE, Tenn. (WKRN) - A TWRA officer made an alarming discovery on a bluff above Percy Priest Lake Sunday.

He found a bag containing bones and a pair of tennis shoes.

Bag of bones found near Lincoya Bay Apartments close to Percy Priest Dam

The bones were discovered in a bag on a bluff by the Lincoya Bay Apartments.

Bones Found In Bag In Hermitage Area

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - The bones found inside a duffel bag at Percy Priest Lake are in the process of being identified.

The duffel bag was found along the shoreline around 1 p.m. Sunday, by a boater who had been at the lake with his family.

The boater spotted the duffel bag, opened it up and saw bones. He called Metro police but when he couldn't get in touch with an officer, he called the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

The area where the bag was found is described by the TWRA as "populated" and that it was "very visible."

TWRA boating officer Josh Landrum said he was the first one on the scene.

He told News 2 he saw the bones and a pair of tennis shoes inside the bag and knew right away that the bones were not animal. He did not see a skull inside the bag.

Read more: Human remains found at lake in process of being identified

 

[madamx]

Oh wow so not only tennis shoes they found jewelry and clothing along w the remains.

 

[cecileew]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tennessean.com/amp/1217493002

 

[beebosox]

I attended Percy Priest Elementary! And the lake is very nice too.

 

[Gardener1850]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tennessean.com/amp/1217493002

The man whose bones were found in a small duffel bag by Percy Priest Lake has been identified by police

Michael Lee Goff Jr, 57, was reported missing by his mother on May 26, according to a release from Metro Nashville Police.

Goff lived on Cloverland Drive, police say, near Brentwood on the Davidson/Williamson county line.

Nashville police: Bones found at Percy Priest identified as missing Brentwood man

 

[scarlettbones]

Wow, they made an identity super fast!

 

[madamx]

I wonder if they also have an idea who did it?

 

[iulia]

15-year-old arrested for alleged murder of his father

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - A teen is in custody after allegedly murdering his father, according to police.
15-year-old Michael Goff III was arrested in connection with the May 26 murder of his father, 57-year-old Michael Lee Goff Jr.

 

[LietKynes]

Murdered by his own child. How horrific.

 

[MaryG12]

Murdered by his own child. How horrific.

I wonder what the motive was?

 

[LietKynes]

I wonder what the motive was?

Who knows ?
My bet is that he'll put the blame on his dad.... easy to claim abuse ...or something of that nature -- even if it never happened, and the killer was possibly evil from birth.

 

[2Hope4]

Wow!!! What a terrible time for Michael's, the deceased, Mom! She reported her son missing, and her grandson is suspected of killing him. I can't imagine her heartache.

 

[2Hope4]

Police said Goff III told them on May 27 that he and his father were riding in South Nashville, when Goff Jr. stopped the car, gave his son his watch, said "I love you", walked into a wooded area and never returned.

Detectives said witnesses reported that on May 28, Goff III showed them cuts and scratches on his hands and told them he killed someone a few days earlier with razor wire.

According to a release, detectives also got a tip that another 15-year-old likely had information on the murder. Police said the teen returned from out of state this week and reported that Goff III came to his home on May 26 and said that he had just killed his father.

The teen told police he went with Goff III to dispose of Goff Jr's body and witnessed Goff III take money and other items from the body.

15-year-old arrested for alleged murder of his father

 

[hotsytotsy]

Grandmother reveals new details in case involving teen accused of father’s murder

 

[TTF14]

Grandmother reveals new details in case involving teen accused of father’s murder

Just terrible .

 

[hotsytotsy]

@TTF14 I agree

 

[Gardener1850]

Grandmother reveals new details in case involving teen accused of father’s murder

Some quotes from the link:

Mary Goff said her grandson is a great athlete but he has a dark side.

Search warrants show that investigators found three guns, a small metal suitcase and a total of six bags that Goff said he took from his dad’s storage unit. The documents also reveal that Goff searched on his cell for how to obtain, make and where to purchase cyanide.

According to Metro Police, Goff told them he and his dad were selling drugs together and when police first interviewed Goff, he had white powder around his nose.

Mary Goff doesn’t believe her son was selling drugs but does believe her grandson was. She said Goff, Jr. had a drinking problem but was a good person.

“My son was a very good guy. My son worked hard, studied hard. He has a master’s degree,” Goff told News 2. “He’d give you anything he had.”

Mary Goff said her son loved his son very much. She believes the motive for her son’s murder was money.

 

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Teen accused father’s murder will not be tried as an adult

Jun 11, 2019

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Prosecutors wanted Goff’s case to be transferred to adult criminal court.

However, in her order, Judge Sheila Calloway wrote that Goff III has PTSD, has not been in trouble, and is receptive to mental health treatment. Therefore, he will remain in the juvenile justice system.

The order states that Goff III had no previous delinquency convictions. He was also diagnosed with PTSD when he was nine, related to the abuse he witnessed by his father against his mother.

According to testimony given by his mom, Michael Goff, Jr., abused her for years. The order says that the abusive behavior is well-documented with numerous criminal records and orders of protection against Goff, Jr., between November 2004 and May 2012.

According to friends, Goff, Jr., also had a drinking problem. He had been arrested a number of times.

The order states that witnesses report that one to three days before his murder, Goff, Jr. threatened to kill and burn his family. Shortly after the threats of burning the family, Goff III’s sister’s house burned down.

Teen accused father’s murder will not be tried as an adult

 

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Teen accused of killing father pleads guilty in Juvenile Court

Jun 27, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A 16-year-old has pleaded guilty to murdering his own father.

Michael Goff, 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Juvenile Court.

Goff’s father, Michael Goff Jr., was reported missing in May 2018. His remains were later found stuffed inside a duffel bag near Percy Priest Lake.

Just 14-years-old at the time of the murder, the younger Goff was arrested after being interviewed by Metro police.

He will now be placed in the custody of DCS.

Teen accused of killing father pleads guilty in Juvenile Court