Houston attorney Michael C. Howard waited 17 hours after allegedly murdering 'cremating' son Mark Howard to call authorities

[LaborDayRN]

MSN

SABINE COUNTY, Texas - New details have been revealed in the murder and tampering with evidence charge against Houston attorney Michael C. Howard in the death of his own son.
Sabine County Sheriffs along with District Attorney Paul A. Robbins held a press conference on Thursday to go into more details about the incident.

According to JP MacDonough, an investigator with the Sabine County Sheriffs Department, the Sabine County Sheriff's Office received a call around 2 p.m. on Dec. 2 from Michael Howard, who told deputies he accidentally shot his youngest son, Mark Howard, who he mistook for an intruder
"more at link".....
Mark was a high functioning Downs Syndrome Adult.

 

[Marysmith]

MSN

SABINE COUNTY, Texas - New details have been revealed in the murder and tampering with evidence charge against Houston attorney Michael C. Howard in the death of his own son.
Sabine County Sheriffs along with District Attorney Paul A. Robbins held a press conference on Thursday to go into more details about the incident.

According to JP MacDonough, an investigator with the Sabine County Sheriffs Department, the Sabine County Sheriff's Office received a call around 2 p.m. on Dec. 2 from Michael Howard, who told deputies he accidentally shot his youngest son, Mark Howard, who he mistook for an intruder
"more at link".....
Mark was a high functioning Downs Syndrome Adult.

Um, what?! He just "cremated" him after accidentally shooting him, per his report, because that's what his son would have wanted? Crazy. I wonder if someone else found out and forced his hand so he had to call it in.

 

[Kemug]

Seldom before have I ever heard anything so suspicious.

 

[LaborDayRN]

LE press conference:

 

[LaborDayRN]

Double post, deleted by me.

 

[tlcya]

State Bar of Texas | Find A Lawyer | Michael C. Howard

awe man, I didn't realize the 20 year old son had downs I don't know why exactly but that makes this case worse to me. And this father is an attorney? Of all the stupid plans to try to coverup killing his son, this mess is what he came up with? and then self reported anyway? what in the more to this story is going on here? I am glad his bond is so high (20 Million) as it sounds as if he has the means to pay a substantial bond.

A father has been charged with fatally shooting his adult son with Down syndrome at a home in East Texas after claiming he had mistaken him for an intruder and then later burning his body in what authorities on Thursday described as a “bizarre crime.”
Texas father claims he shot his son after mistaking him for an intruder, later burns the body

RIP Mark Randall Howard

 

[legalmomma]

I’m an attorney and I have an amazing 23 year old son with Down syndrome. This story sickens me.