Police: Mom Turned in Son, 15, After Seeing Suspect Photos in CTA Sex Assault

[NaturalHigh]

A 15-year-old boy accused in a brutal sexual assault on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train was turned in to the Maywood Police station by his mother Wednesday after she saw his picture on a CTA bulletin and confronted her son about it, officials said.

Deshawn Isabelle allegedly took $2,000 from the victim and used it to pay for his graduation fees, junk food and Air Jordan track suits.

In a Thursday court hearing, Cook County prosecutors said the middle school student dragged the 41-year-old woman by her long hair, punched her repeatedly and sat on her head during Monday’s attack.

As of Wednesday, the victim, who suffered concussions and cuts all over her body, was still vomiting as a result of her injuries, Assistant State’s Attorney Joe DiBella said.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Mother-Turns-in-15-Year-Old-Son-After-Seeing-Photos-of-His-CTA-Sexual-Assault-301144881.html


I have no problem saying that I hope this worthless turd spends the rest of his life in prison.

[FreakinDJ]

1. and used it to pay for his graduation fees,

[951-Riverside]

2. This is highly unusual

Usually the mothers of these types of monsters stick by their sons like a police union stick by police officers who just shot an unarmed person in the back.

Good for her for having a moral conscience, its a rarity especially in that region.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. "its a rarity especially in that region"

What the fuck?

[cyberswede]

9. Huh?

"Usually the mothers of these types of monsters stick by their sons"

Do you have a link to data that supports that?

...and I'm sure just as many people in "that region" have a moral conscience as in any other region.

[bettyellen]

11. Tell us more about "that region"?

[awoke_in_2003]

35. I think it means "black"....

but, of course, most of us know about what was meant by that statement.

[Agschmid]

16. Wtf...

[sendit]

19. She was probably afraid of him and wanted him outof her house

Who knows what hell he put her through

[NaturalHigh]

20. I have a feeling we're going to hear a lot about his home life soon.

[Starry Messenger]

21. You aren't fooling anyone.

I've got my dancing shoes ready, speed the day.

[AuntPatsy]

27. Whoa, do you live there, know the neighbors personally?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

33. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest 951 is the telephone area code of poster 951-Riverside.

Area code 951 is a California telephone area code that was split from area code 909 on July 17, 2004. It covers western North and South Riverside County, including, Beaumont, Corona, Canyon Lake, Riverside, Temescal Canyon, Woodcrest, Arlington, Mira Loma, Moreno Valley, Perris, Sun City, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Murrieta, Temecula, San Jacinto, Hemet, Lakeview, Nuevo, Norco, Banning, Eastvale, Quail Valley, and Idyllwild.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_951

[NaturalHigh]

34. Makes sense.

[lostnfound]

3. 15 years old still in middle school

Not.diminishing the evil of what was done.. But it's mind boggling to me how short the time can be between (nonexistent) childhood and brutal criminal.

Parenting in the teen years can be a little scary because boys go through such severe personality changes and often are unwilling to talk about their feelings of anger etc.

At 13 they might still be your compliant little boys with small problems; at age 13 1/2 the hormones kick in (not implying this was sex motivated; I mean the increase in testosterone for its aggressive consequence) and you no longer know them, they've changed so much.. and 500 days later they are "15-year old adults".

[Shrike47]

4. I feel so sorry for his mother. This was an awful, horrible series of crimes. He should get max.

Given that she turned him in and he has confessed, I suspect that his family is in the awful position of knowing they raised a monster.

[NaturalHigh]

14. Me too. I can't imagine what she's going through.

[AuntPatsy]

29. I can't help but feel for the mother as well. So many victims...

[NaturalHigh]

32. Even though I feel for her, she's still in some degree of denial.

"Even though Isabelle’s mother helped with turning him in, she was visibly upset when DiBella spoke to the media after the teen’s bond hearing Thursday.

"Quit talking about that s— about my child," she screamed."

Some degree of denial is natural, I suppose.

[sendero]

5. Another sociopath...

.... caught early.

[alphafemale]

10. Exactly. nt

[NaturalHigh]

15. Yes, fortunately.

I wonder what other crimes he has committed without being caught.

[Yo_Mama]

6. He's FIFTEEN. He deserves a chance to turn his life around.

Yes, this was a very violent, terrible crime and the kid needs to be in an institutional setting. Let's hope the criminal justice system can be an instrument for change for this boy.

[alphafemale]

8. That kind of violence is not going to change.

Glad he was caught before he hurt more people or actually killed someone.

[frogmarch]

12. Sure, like Carl “Charlie” Brandt did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brandt

When he was 13, this quiet, gentle-natured boy walked into the bathroom where his father was shaving, and shot him. Then he shot his pregnant mother, killing her. He then threatened his 15-year-old sister, but she managed to calm him and get away. The father survived. Charlie spent a year in a mental facility, and when he was released he and his father and sister moved to another state and never spoke of “it” again.

Years later, Charlie stabbed his wife and grown niece to death and cut out the niece’s heart. Then he hanged himself.

Charlie never should have been given a second chance. Neither should anyone else who commits an extremely violent crime.

Edited to add: Charlie is suspected of having been a serial killer. The meticulous manner in which he'd cut up his niece and removed her heart has led investigators to believe it wasn't the first time he'd done something like this.

[SMC22307]

17. Holy shit. I've never heard of him.

Or maybe I have, and am blocking it out it's so horrible.

[frogmarch]

22. I hadn't either until

I saw the story on TV just this morning. It may have been on 48 Hours. I don't remember what the program was, but here it is on 48 Hours:

[NaturalHigh]

18. "Charlie is suspected of having been a serial killer."

I imagine that's right. He certainly put a lot of time into his fantasies at the very least.

[frogmarch]

23. Yes, he did. It's scary

that until he shot his parents, no one knew he was capable of such a thing, and even afterwards, his father and sister thought it was just a one-time thing and apparently didn't worry he'd ever do anything like it again.

[NaturalHigh]

24. I wonder what the psychologists who treated him...

told the family when they released him from confinement. He must have done quite the job of fooling them, but then psychopaths know how to be charming.

[frogmarch]

25. As I recall

from seeing the story on TV (You Tube link to the story on 48 Hours in my Post #22), Charlie didn't fit the mold for any specific kind of mental illness, so psychiatrists couldn't diagnose him with any. Weird.

[NaturalHigh]

26. Maybe he's one of those rare few...

who was perfectly sane and mentally sound but simply evil. For some, a very few, I can think of no other explanation.

[frogmarch]

30. born with sociopathic tendencies...I've

read there may be people like that. When I was in high school, the movie The Bad Seed, starring Patty MacCormack, came out, and it was the first time I'd ever heard of the idea of someone being born evil. I don't dismiss the idea of someone being born with sociopathic tendencies, but I can't imagine someone being born a full-fledged psychopath.

[Tom Ripley]

37. "Give me those shoes!"

[NaturalHigh]

13. At fifteen we know right from wrong.

I know that teenagers' brains aren't fully developed, but they know that crimes like this are deplorable. This young criminal will always be a violent predator. He's a sociopath. Sociopaths don't get better; they get more violent and depraved.

[bigwillq]

28. Lock Deshawn up. Throw away key. (nt)

[NaturalHigh]

31. Yep. Society will be better for it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

36. the crime was horrific