A 7-year-old boy suffering from cerebral palsy and other disabilitiesâincluding not being able to speakâwas decapitated by his biological father over the weekend.
The childâs head was found on Sunday afternoon, lying on the side of the street, said Louisiana detective Ricky Ross.
âWe received the call at approximately 12 noon on Sunday from a volunteer firefighter who was driving by and found a head by itself on the side of the city street,â said Ross.
When police initially arrived, they found 30-year-old Jeremiah lee Wright standing across the street on his porchâWright shouted to the officers that the head was a CPR dummy and it was simply a joke.
After additional police officers arrived, Wright was taken into custody for questioning, during which he confessed to chopping-off his sonâs head.
After the confession, officers searched Wrightâs home, where they found a white garbage bag near the childâs body. While police were investigating the home, the childâs mother, who had been running errands, arrived to find her house covered in yellow crime-scene tape. The mother, after being shown a photograph of her boyâs decapitated head, identified her son, 7-year-old Jori Liritte.
The chief of police said Wright confessed to the gruesome act because taking care of his sonâs special needs was too daunting of a task. Additionally, the murderer stated that, because of his sonâs disabilities, the boy did not feel human to him. During the interview, the man also stated numerous relationship issues with the childâs motherâRoss said he had purposefully left his sonâs head in the middle of the street for his wife to see.
The gruesome nature of the crime, which was executed with a hacksaw, has left the small Louisiana community (approximately 65 miles southwest of New Orleans) in a complete state of shock. Ross is being charged with first-degree murder and it is likely that he will be sentenced to life in prison.
