GUILTY TX - Mason Cuttler, 3, Angelina County, 17 Aug 2015 *Arrest*

[kaen]

I am so sick to read these developments. How could you just turn your back on a child who is crying for help? That poor little boy.

 

[sallye818]

Whoa...I never expected this. I just really thought this was a case of a child getting out of parents' sight and accidentally drowning. I wonder if the police knew of this right away? or was it found out through texts/informants? He might've gotten away with it?!

 

[cvaldez1975]

what in the entire eff? heartless.

Affidavit: Lufkin man pushed child in pond to make room in home for another child.

The Angelina County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 17-year-old man charged in the drowning death of a 3-year-old boy last week.

Bobby Woods Jr., 17, is charged with capital murder.

According to the sheriff's office, Woods confessed to killing Mason Cuttler.

According to an arrest affidavit, Lieutenant Brett Maisel and Texas Ranger Steven Rayburn interviewed Woods, who said he took Mason to the pond and pushed him into the water and watched him as he began to drown and turned his back to him, making no attempt to rescue him, despite Mason's cries for help.

The affidavit states Woods said he wanted Mason to die because his girlfriend was pregnant and he wanted to make room in the home for his unborn child.

http://www.ksla.com/story/29909367/...apital-murder-in-drowning-death-of-3-year-old

 

[bostonstrong]

Whoa...I never expected this. I just really thought this was a case of a child getting out of parents' sight and accidentally drowning. I wonder if the police knew of this right away? or was it found out through texts/informants? He might've gotten away with it?!

i wonder what lengths they went to get a confession.

i know teens kill. i know teens kill kids..........but they took him in like 10 days after mason was found......do they have forensic/autopsy evidence to back this up? well i guess it wouldnt matter cause he doesnt say he held him under.........just let him drown.

so basically all you need here is a confession and he's toast.

sometimes when you read stuff like 'interviewed 'or 'learned from' they make it sound like they had a casual talk. then you find out it wsa hours of brow beating, bullying, threats ect.

 

[JeannaT]

I just heard on the radio that the girlfriend isn't even pregnant, he just thought she was. And the girlfriend may also be facing charges.

My guess is, the way they got him to confess is he planned this with the girlfriend and she said something. Just a hunch.

 

[bostonstrong]

this thing sounds so fishy.

 

[steelman]

I take it Mason's footprints weren't the only ones they saw around the pond after he vanished.

I imagine they were eventually able to follow Mason's footprints from the house to the pond, accompanied by another set of prints that were much larger.

I'd guess that the videotaped confession is going to be pretty telling to a jury, he can claim he was coerced all he wants to. Him being only 17 y.o. may end up causing them some problems in a capital murder case though.

 

[Tealgrove]

Nice (sarcasm beyond belief).

What is this world coming to?

That poor child. I am disgusted beyond words.

 

[cvaldez1975]

what screw is loose in someone's brain that tells them "gee my gf is preggo, let me off another kid so there will be more room" that doesnt jibe at all. more than likely the teenage guy thought the kid's 3 year old behavior was annoying and he just decided to dispose of him. disgusting and cold.

 

[kaen]

what screw is loose in someone's brain that tells them "gee my gf is preggo, let me off another kid so there will be more room" that doesnt jibe at all. more than likely the teenage guy thought the kid's 3 year old behavior was annoying and he just decided to dispose of him. disgusting and cold.

I think there is such a focus on "me, first" coupled with a very immature thinking process that creates bizarre rationales or justifications. If he is guilty (and, it appears that he is), I hope he is jailed forever!

 

[bostonstrong]

I take it Mason's footprints weren't the only ones they saw around the pond after he vanished.

I imagine they were eventually able to follow Mason's footprints from the house to the pond, accompanied by another set of prints that were much larger.

I'd guess that the videotaped confession is going to be pretty telling to a jury, he can claim he was coerced all he wants to. Him being only 17 y.o. may end up causing them some problems in a capital murder case though.

worst he can get is life with chance of parole, the supreme court has ruled. not possible for him to get the DP or even LWOP anymore.

bogus confessions do happen. in the majority of cases i've followed that involve them, all involve the same factors

1) dead/murdered child/children
2) public pressure to solve a case
3) young/not too intelligent suspects.

so i'll keep an open mind both ways on this case.

JMO

 

[JeannaT]

worst he can get is life with chance of parole, the supreme court has ruled. not possible for him to get the DP or even LWOP anymore.

bogus confessions do happen. in the majority of cases i've followed that involve them, all involve the same factors

1) dead/murdered child/children
2) public pressure to solve a case
3) young/not too intelligent suspects.

so i'll keep an open mind both ways on this case.

JMO

I didn't think there was any public pressure at all to solve the case, was there? I think the public would have been completely satisfied with a finding of accidental drowning. i think it was an enormous surprise that someone drown this child on purpose.

 

[cvaldez1975]

agree.

I didn't think there was any public pressure at all to solve the case, was there? I think the public would have been completely satisfied with a finding of accidental drowning. i think it was an enormous surprise that someone drown this child on purpose.

 

[bostonstrong]

somehow i doubt he just walked into a police station and confessed though
if he is guilty he is one Sick monster and should rot in prison.
i want to know what if anything they have besides his 'cofnession'.

JMO

 

[OkieGranny]

From October:

http://www.ksla.com/story/30175008/...a-co-drowning-victim-on-capital-murder-charge

On Friday, an Angelina County Sheriff’s Office detective, a Texas Ranger, and Vernon Parish, Louisiana Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested the aunt of 3-year-old Mason Cuttler, who drowned on a pond, on a capital murder charge.

Angelina County Sheriff Greg Sanches said that Billie Jean Cuttler, who is also Bobby Woods’ girlfriend, was arrested in Leesville, Louisiana at 2:53 p.m. Friday. An Angelina County grand jury indicted Cuttler and Woods on capital murder charges Thursday.

 

[Hoosgirl]

Billie Jean's fb:

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004112852613&fref=pb

 

[Hoosgirl]

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/29909429/...on-in-death-of-3-year-old-angelina-county-boy

 

[Mountaingazer]

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/29909429/...on-in-death-of-3-year-old-angelina-county-boy

That shirt... :/

 

[ninij9]

Disgusting pond scum rat Bastards.

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[cvaldez1975]

is that her with mason in these pix? wth!!!

Billie Jean's fb:

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004112852613&fref=pb