IN - Jacob Moneus, 3 months, Lafayette, 10 Aug 2024 *believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance*

[DS2021]

He should be facing attempted murder on the mother as well. He literally fractured her skull and left her for dead.

He even stated to LE that he hoped she died.

She had to drive herself to the hospital.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Prosecutors charged 28-year-old Eliasard Moneus, the infant's father, with murder. After putting the baby in an orange bucket beside the trash can in the apartment in the 2500 block of Lexington Court in Acorn Acres apartments, prosecutors said Moneus left the home. His wife said she thought he was gone about 30 minutes, then he came back with a tire iron and beat her while she tried to watch a televised church service, according to prosecutors.

Additionally, prosecutors charged Moneus with aggravated battery, criminal confinement, battery with serious bodily injury and domestic battery with a deadly weapon.

Wyatt entered a not-guilty plea for Moneus and appointed a public defender for him.

She informed him of the no-contact order with his wife and had him sign a form acknowledging the order.

2024 top story: Lafayette father charged in death of 3-month-old

"When it comes to killing people, I don’t know about it,” Eliasard Moneus said in response to murder charges read to him through a court translator.

www.jconline.com

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 31, 2024

Four Lafayette homicides in 2024 result in two charged with murder

Four people died in Tippecanoe County during 2024 from homicides, but only two of the killings resulted in murder charges against the accused killers.

www.jconline.com

Moneus and his wife had been angry with each other and had not spoken all week, according to prosecutors.

His trial currently is scheduled for Jan. 21 in Tippecanoe Superior 2.

 

[PommyMommy]

State of Indiana v. Eliasard Moneus​

Case Number	79D02-2408-MR-000002
Court	Tippecanoe Superior Court 2
Type	MR - Murder
Filed	08/15/2024

Pretrial Conference Session: 12/20/2024 8:30 AM, Rescheduled Session: 04/25/2025 8:30 AM, Judicial Officer: Meyer, SP​

Jury Trial Session: 01/21/2025 8:30 AM, Rescheduled Session: 05/19/2025 1:00 PM, Judicial Officer: Meyer, SP​

Indiana Courts Case Search - MyCase

Indiana Supreme Court, Public Access

public.courts.in.gov

 

[PommyMommy]

It seems someone is changing his plea...

State of Indiana v. Eliasard Moneus​

Case Number	79D02-2408-MR-000002
Court	Tippecanoe Superior Court 2
Type	MR - Murder
Filed	08/15/2024

05/08/2025 10:00 AM Change of Plea Hearing

Indiana Courts Case Search - MyCase

Indiana Supreme Court, Public Access

public.courts.in.gov

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[DS2021]

It seems someone is changing his plea...

State of Indiana v. Eliasard Moneus​

Case Number	79D02-2408-MR-000002
Court	Tippecanoe Superior Court 2
Type	MR - Murder
Filed	08/15/2024

05/08/2025 10:00 AM Change of Plea Hearing

Indiana Courts Case Search - MyCase

Indiana Supreme Court, Public Access

public.courts.in.gov

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Hopefully they don't go to trial and this waste of space spends the rest of his life in jail

 

[DS2021]

Hopefully they don't go to trial and this waste of space spends the rest of his life in jail

Actually Indiana has the death penalty

 

[PommyMommy]

Actually Indiana has the death penalty

Oh yes, I forgot about that! That's most likely the reason he's changing his plea. MOO

 

[PommyMommy]

MAY 8, 2025

Father admits killing 3-month-old son in bucket of laundry detergent

Through Haitian Creole interpreters, Eliasard Moneus agrees to plea agreement in murder of 3-month-old son and attempted murder of his wife in a Lafayette apartment in August 2024

www.basedinlafayette.com

Eliasard Moneus acknowledged in court Thursday morning that on the August 2024 night he fractured the skull of his wife with a tire iron, intending to kill her, he put their 3-month-old son Jacob head-first into a bucket of laundry detergent, sealed it and left the Lafayette apartment.

As part of the agreement, prosecutors will drop related charges of aggravated battery and domestic battery with a deadly weapon. The plea also laid out that Moneus, who had been living in Lafayette under a temporary protected status as an immigrant from Haiti, could be deported if he’s released from the Indiana Department of Corrections.

Haitian immigrant who killed his infant son faces 65 to 95 years in prison

Eliasard Moneus' dreams of freedom evaporated Thursday when he admitted stuffing his 3-month-old son, Jacob, into a bucket of liquid laundry.

www.jconline.com

According to his plea agreement, Moneus faces 65 to 95 years in prison when he's sentenced on July 1.

Moneus will have to serve 75% of his prison sentence, meaning he'll be in prison roughly 48 to 71 years. He has nine months' credit for pretrial detention.

 

[MamaSleuth5]

MAY 8, 2025

Father admits killing 3-month-old son in bucket of laundry detergent

Through Haitian Creole interpreters, Eliasard Moneus agrees to plea agreement in murder of 3-month-old son and attempted murder of his wife in a Lafayette apartment in August 2024

www.basedinlafayette.com

Eliasard Moneus acknowledged in court Thursday morning that on the August 2024 night he fractured the skull of his wife with a tire iron, intending to kill her, he put their 3-month-old son Jacob head-first into a bucket of laundry detergent, sealed it and left the Lafayette apartment.

As part of the agreement, prosecutors will drop related charges of aggravated battery and domestic battery with a deadly weapon. The plea also laid out that Moneus, who had been living in Lafayette under a temporary protected status as an immigrant from Haiti, could be deported if he’s released from the Indiana Department of Corrections.

Haitian immigrant who killed his infant son faces 65 to 95 years in prison

Eliasard Moneus' dreams of freedom evaporated Thursday when he admitted stuffing his 3-month-old son, Jacob, into a bucket of liquid laundry.

www.jconline.com

According to his plea agreement, Moneus faces 65 to 95 years in prison when he's sentenced on July 1.

Moneus will have to serve 75% of his prison sentence, meaning he'll be in prison roughly 48 to 71 years. He has nine months' credit for pretrial detention.

No words. May there be justice.

 

[friendlysleuther]

I hope that doesn't mean.. serve half.. right?

 

[legalmomma]

Lafayette man murdered 3-month-old son and tried to beat wife to death with a tire iron, according to plea agreement

Eliasard Moneus pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder for an attack in August 2024.

www.wthr.com

Moneus' sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 1. According to his plea agreement, his total sentence will be somewhere between 65 and 95 years.

As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors are dropping all other charges.

 

[Caring1]

August 17, 2025

According to the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office, 29-year-old Eliasard Moneus has been sentenced to 92 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections after being convicted of murder and attempted murder, a level 1 felony.

An autopsy report confirmed Jacob’s cause of death was due to asphyxia and the child’s death was ruled a homicide.

MSN

 

[borndem]

A 3 month old baby. A baby. Your own baby? Child, flesh and blood. Wow.

A beautiful child, just gone. Who knows what wonderful things this child might have done.
Rest in peace, Little One. Fly high.

 

[borndem]

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