Man Allegedly Kills Son to Avoid Paying Support
January 5th, 2009

A 22-year-old New Orleans man is accused of killing his toddler son because he was ordered to pay child support, The Associated Press reports. Danny Platt, who initially told police that men with guns had snatched his 2 ½ -year-old son, not only confessed but told investigators where to find the child’s body, according to Police Superintendent Warren Riley. “He had said he would kill either his wife or his child before he paid child support,” which he recently had been ordered to do, Riley said. Even though Platt had visiting rights, Riley said, he never visited little Ja’ Shawn Powell until Friday, the day he picked up the boy. Police said that they did not know the amount of the child support and that the official cause of death would be revealed after the autopsy was complete. “The mother is in a safe place,” Riley said. On Saturday, police put out a bulletin seeking three men with dreadlocks and AK-47 rifles, whom Platt said poured out of an SUV around midnight Friday and spirited his son away. “His story never really added up,” Riley said. “He was a suspect from the very beginning. …”How does an individual — because he’s ordered to pay child support to take care of a kid … believe that this is so much pressure that he would face — he would do this hideous act to his own child, or to any child, and think that is a remedy to paying child support? I mean there are some sick individuals in this society, and this gentleman is clearly one.”
TAGS: child support, Danny Platt, kills, New Orleans murder
I am highly pissed!!! At this low class of a man and yes Tiffany you are right you should watch who u are sleeping with but as many of us have experienced in this life stuff happens. My BabyDaddy is behind over $12,000 and he aint trying to pay. I live here in New Orleans and the nerve of this Punk A$$ COWARD. It’s is very hard here living here after Katrina things are higher and very unreasonable for us to live. I wish they bypass a trial for him and send him straight to ANGOLA!!!! And release him to general population u see this was his ex wife and it was only $4000 dollars he was ordered. I know fathers have rights to see their kids but if you aint called for him since he has been here on this earth but there should be something to prevent these deadbeats from showing up when they feel like it. Hell that’s pressure hearing kids cry for a COWARD A$$ poor excuse of a man to be there DADDY!!! I am going to stop because this whole story made me cry because I too have a deadbeat and my son just turned 3.
OK stop how many of you have been slapped with paying child support.
You have a job paying minimum wage and they tell you to pay half of that to child support. You miss payment and off to jail you go over and over again.
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You now have another family to support and you make minimum wage. Mom fights with you to see the baby and what ever you give is never enough.
The figures are crazy.
I’m for supporting children But women you know the man didn’t have a job before you went to bed with him. You knew he lived with his mother before you went to bed with him.
Lets stop catering to boys and build men. If we as women hold him more accountable in the beginning before sex, before the babies are conceived then you should be able to make the wise decision whether to or not to have a baby by this man.
I’m not surprised by this action, I see inmates twice a week who are locked up because of child support. I knew it would finally come to this..This should not be a surprise to anyone. Sad yes it is but when you kill all hope what to you do.
Unfortunately this is what happens when you have a dysfunctional system in place designed to punish men for having children with women they aren’t with, for whatever reason. The whole system in this country is not geared to the benefit of black men or their community so something like this doesn’t surprise me. If people are actually doing these things you can only imagine how many are thinking about it. I am not a supporter of the government interfering in peoples lives the way it does. If the government should interfere it should do so fairly. Between the laws, homosexuality and women taking jobs from men saying that they don’t need a man the black community is slowly being destroyed. It’s only a matter of time. The new form of destruction of under the guide of intergration. I don’t see Obama doing anything to help is either, as this may be beyond his ability. The laws must be changed.
Black men of the futher.
MAN…….Thank God I don’t have kids. Apparently they drive you to the brink of THIS kinda madness. I hope this ~%?**? fries.
The futher black man.
Black man or men of the futher.
What is needed is Reforming the Child Support laws for a start!
Where was the protection of the child after the threat was made? Did the judge, police not take him seriously? Obviously a mistake. Did anyone think he was caucasian before opening up the picture. 75% of all child support cases are never collected on and even more nover collect in full…even after extensive child support enforcement measures are taken.
This man is pure evil, how do you kill your own flesh and blood? but just know that the other inmates will take care of him even though it might not be right this is what he deserves. I hope he gets tortured day in and day out every day for the rest of his life. I know its not right to wish bad on a person but lord please forgive me for my thoughts i know you already have a plan for this demon.
THIS A HORRIBLE HOW CAN A PERSON DO A THING LIKE THIS! I HOPE HE BURNS IN HELL!! U JUST DONT DO SOME THINGS NOW UR OWN KID OR WIFE.. I WOULD SAY MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL BUT I HOPE HE DOESNT THIS MAN IS SATANS SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can the pressure to support your own son be so much that have to kill him? I thought running away was bad enough, but now we have guys resorting to killing their own flesh and blood.
Ladies, this should be a wake up call. When you meet a guy and your intuition starts tingling telling you that something is wrong with a dude, get out of that situation. If a guy has three and four other girls, get out. Don’t get pregnant!!! That could be YOUR baby.
We see it on Jerry Springer and Maury everyday. Baby daddies who were there just for the sex but ran away when it came time to care for the baby.
Whats wrong with all these crazy ass men though? No wonder so many women are turning lesbian.
This will be one of the saddest stories we will here this far! A man is SUPOSSED to protect his FAMILY not HURT, better yet KILL thier BABIES, the next generation to carry on their names! Only a coward and dead beat would do somthing like this. And clearly this is it. If you could read this (MURDERER)now I HOPE YOU GET EVERYTHING COMING TO YOU ! YOU ARE BEYOND SORRY! Men if your not ready to have children buy a box most you’ll pay is what 13 dollars wouldn’t u rather pay that than the 420 at the place or how about a nice cold cell doing 20 to life getting attack by men? And women we lay down with these men not really knowing them. We have to learn to choose are men carefully what looks good could be dangerous. If your not looking for a long term man wrap it up it simple by all of us doing so we won’t have to read stories like this…. DUMB A&& KILLS HIS BABY BECAUSE HE DIDN”T WANT TO PAY 150 PER MONTH IN CHILD SUPPORT! WHAT A LOOSER! There is no greater pain than to have to lay to rest the one u carried!!!! Safe travels little one!
Even if you give up your rights to see a child..you are STILL responsible to pay! It is the law. Just because you don’t want to see the child doesn’t mean the child doesn’t still need food, shelter and clothing.
David you are stupid. I really don’t know why you even comments on this site. You are always negative towards blacks. (Why?) Are your parents black and you’re angry. Its ok, Black is breautiful. Stop being so negative. And (NEGRO HOUSE HUNTER) what satisfaction you get from this blog name? You are ignorant as well. If you guys don’t like blacks, stay out of this site. Please both of you guys needs to get on your knees and pray hard. Your never comment on the subject at hand. Get a life and pray.
I feel as though people should spend more time trying to save their relationship for their children instead of being selfish and wanting to live their own life. People don’t really care about each other the way they used to and this story shows it because if you’ll kill a baby, you’ll kill anyone. There was a similar case to this one when I was out in Houston, Texas when a man killed both his kids because he didn’t want to pay some kind of drug dealer. What is really happening to our people?
That is crazy!!!!!!He rather take his own son’s life and have to deal with it for the rest of his life than to be a man and help take care of someone he helped bring into this world. Ladies you need to get to know somebody for at least two years before you give him some cause some of these men aint s**t and dont give a s**t bout anybody but theirselves. To the mother I am so sorry for your lost that’s a f**ked up way to lose your child especially that young
That is just a shame! Hell why didnt ya dumb a…just pay it! Now ya going to have to pay for it wit ya life! That baby didn’t deserve that but he’s in heaven now!
I think that he should suffer in Jail. I don’t think he should be put to sleep that would be too easy. As an African American I am very disappointed and upset.
So sad! Kill your kid or pay child support! IDIOT! He should have paid the child support, now his simple ass is going to pay more than dollars, he might pay his LIFE! Which he should of have taken instead of his sons! Pray for our people!