Son implicated in father's death, detective says on The Murfreesboro Post

By: Geana on 12/11/09
What a tragedy. I do not know the family but my prayers are with them.

Ironic that the street is named Betty Ford Rd. and also made me think of the Betty Ford Clinic. It's a shame this young man didn't seek help for his alcohol addiction especially after spending over three months in jail.

By: SocEtTuem on 12/12/09
What was this 31 year old loser still doing living with his parents? They should have kicked the drunk out long ago. What an evil thing it is to abuse and murder an elderly parent.

By: GrumpaEd on 12/12/09
“We found Sonny laying in the bathroom floor closest to the garage,” Moseley reported. “Myself and Sgt. Barrett immediately moved him outside to assess his condition. Sonny was unresponsive and had no pulse.”

By what authority did these officers have to remove the body from the crime scene? Could they not have checked for a pulse and made a determination that "Sonny was unresponsive?"
I fail to see the reason for them to remove the body - that should be left to medical personnel including the coroner.

How was he removed? Was he placed on some sort of board or was he lifted by his shoulders allowing his head to swing sideways? Not only did they corrupt the crime scene, there is the inth possibility they contributed to his death.

By: attagirl on 12/12/09
Grumpa, an officer's first priority is to save someone's life, not preserve a crime scene. If he was found on a bathroom floor, perhaps it was a very small room and they couldn't stretch him out all the way to perform CPR if necessary.

Stop judging them. They were doing their jobs.

By: truthandjustice1 on 12/12/09
GrumpaEd, you were not there, so shut up.......you are no more than a arm chair quarterback, pray for the family, stop your babble about who did what wrong, anywhy what do you know, it is not even what the story is about bird brain.

By: commonsenseisdead on 12/13/09
Grumpa, it may have been a situation where it was undetermined if the 'suspect' was still in the house and a quick extrication of the victim to a safe area was neccesitated. I just love how some people want to try to place blame on the public safety officials whenever someone dies or something goes wrong. As for corrupting a crime scene, quit watching CSI and believing that it is the correct way to handle an event, instead I suggest you go and take some forensic science and crime scene investigation classes that might take a few years to complete, then do an intership with an agency somewhere, and then come back and give your 'expert' opinion on a crime scene being corupted. TV shows embellish these things for entertainment value, not accuracy. Preservation of life is paramount to police and firefighters, and that does mean their lives first. If you are so un-trusting of officers and deputies here, then I suggest that the next time you need help, dont call 9-1-1, call a crackhead. See where that gets ya...

By: GrumpaEd on 12/15/09
Good comments from all you TV watchers, apparently you know more about CSI programming than actual police work. For the record, I have never watched a single episode of any CSI program. I have however been involved in law enforcement activities for 25 years or so, although, those years were 25 years ago. So it is very possible that the book has been re-written. However, based on the newspaper article, I have NOT changed my opinion.