Father of the Year

Karazorel · Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: Father of the Year

Police: Dad threw 4 children off bridge

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. - A man angered after a dispute with his wife confessed to tossing his four young children off a bridge, authorities said Wednesday as they searched murky waters for the bodies.

Lam Luong, 37, who is charged with four counts of capital murder, told authorities Tuesday night that he drove to the Dauphin Island bridge and dropped the children from a span that reaches 80 feet in places, said Detective Scott Rivera.

Luong came to coastal Alabama from Vietnam in 1984 and worked in the commercial fishing industry as a shrimper, Police Chief John Joyner and a relative said. He had argued with his wife, Ngoc Phan, before taking the children, he said.

Missing and presumed dead were 4-month-old Danny Luong; 1-year-old Lindsey Luong; 2-year-old Hannah Luong; and 3-year-old Ryan Phan. Phan is not the man's biological child, but Luong raised him from infancy, authorities said.

Authorities were searching a 100-square-mile area and waters as deep as 55 feet. The search included divers and cadaver dogs in small boats, as well as three helicopters, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said.

Joyner said he feared the search of the Intracoastal Waterway below the bridge would be hampered by bad weather and choppy waters. The bridge extends from the mainland to Dauphin Island, which lies between the waterway and the Gulf of Mexico.

The couple lived with Phan's mother at Bayou La Batre, a fishing village with a large Southeast Asian community. Phan's brother-in-law Kam Phengsisomboun, who is from Thailand, said the couple moved back to the area from Hinesville, Ga., only a couple of weeks ago.

They argued Sunday night and again Monday, he said. Luong left the home with two of the children, then later came back for the other two, he said.

The family initially feared the children had been traded to support a drug habit, Phengsisomboun said. Luong had a crack cocaine habit and had spent an insurance settlement from an automobile accident rapidly, he said, and authorities confirmed Luong had a history of drug offenses.

Luong reported the children missing Monday, and told police that a woman who had the children failed to return them, authorities said. Phengsisomboun said he was later told by investigators that a witness had seen someone throw a bundle from the bridge and then saw three children in a nearby car.

Phan, 23, was in seclusion Wednesday morning at her mother's brick home, the front porch cluttered with children's shoes.
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Mike · Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject:

Yeesh...

I support the death penalty for fucks like this.
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James · Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject:

and they should die painfully... none of this injection crap
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madcatmonkey · =^-^= Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 381

I'd say toss him off the same bridge, personally. With a few bricks for good measure.

yino · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:05 am Post subject:

Aw you are not being serious.
I mean, why kill him directly when you can always bury him alive, mmmm next to the corpses of his children to call him to madness before starving.
*evil laugh*
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madcatmonkey · =^-^= Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 381

For some reason, when it comes to criminal justice, I'm a fan of the 'do unto someone exactly what they did unto someone else' method of punishment.

Karazorel · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:40 am Post subject:

But you should always add a pineapple. Like if someone shot someone. Shoot them back and hit them in the head with a pineapple. If someone rapes someone. Rape them back. With a pineapple.
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Dave · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:41 am Post subject:

... owie...
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yino · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:02 am Post subject:

I disagree with both of you.
you really think that life and suffering are tradeable coins?? that if you started it then you pay it with a little interest??
NO, there is no punishment big enough for the guys as there are things that money jus't can't buy. Thats why there it is eternal (or at least until you die) torture!!

On a more serious note, I believe in rehabilitation and I'm against death penalty

Edit: Since I copy-pasted it, I replaced the content with a link (I reviewed it, and it has some mistakes, but the core is still there)

The Jackal of Nahueltoro

PS: I feel I've talking too much of my country lately, tell if I sound like National Geographic
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madcatmonkey · =^-^= Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 381

@ Karazorel: LOL and <3

@yino: actually, those are some very good points. I'm kind of torn between mercy & rehabilitation and retributive vengeance. Razz

The vengeance is more viscerally satisfying, but the rehabilitation is probably actually better.

Giving someone the rehabilitation then shooting them? That just seems kind of strange and unfortunate. That dictatorial regime sounds awful. Sad

Also, I don't think you talk about Chile too much. It's good to learn about other countries. I feel like I don't know enough about the rest of the world and its history.

In general, I suppose if someone CAN be rehabilitated, they SHOULD be, rather than any kind of 'final' punishment (death/life imprisonment). But if rehabilitation isn't possible, and/or they're just sociopathic or otherwise completely uncaring about others' lives, to the point where you know they'd commit the crime again without remorse, then I'd say life imprisonment would be necessary.

I'd rather reserve the death penalty for only very rare and extreme cases, if at all, than actually make it a standard practice. If there were enough prison space to store all the life-imprisonment criminals, I wouldn't think the death penalty would be necessary at all.

I find it funny that Norway, which has a very comfortable and forgiving prison system, where it's nice enough that you can't really even tell you're in prison, from what I've heard, has the lowest crime rate in the world.

That's what I heard anyway. It's interesting.

yino · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:41 am Post subject:

OK, madcat thanks for answering, I feared I made a too serious post.
Anyway, since I haven't spoken that much of chile allow to make a little correction.
The dictatorial regime actually started in 1973 and lasted till 1980 that's a mistake the page has, I was born after it so I haven't taken any posture about it since it is still a very delicate subject for some (most) people.

PS:Really, tell me when I start sounding like a documentary.
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Dave · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:18 am Post subject:

You're edumacational. That's always welcomed. If you do happen to "get out of line", we will be the first to tell you regardless of invitation Wink

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Celo · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:56 am Post subject:

Nothing is wrong about talking about Chile. I had a friend in college who was from there.

Its better then hearing about Father of the Year Candidates.

Keep up the good work my fellow Marcelo. :snaps fingers and National Geographic theme plays: duh da...ect.

yino · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the support my fellow Marcelo, Dave.
Anyway, I'll try to keep the history classes for myself unless it is required.
One of these days I'll ship you a few bottles of national booze. (One of these days is when I have enough money hehehe)
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