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Oct 15, 2019 · Plauche shot and killed his son's karate instructor at the Baton Rouge airport in 1984 after the man, Jeffrey Doucet, was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Jody Plauche.
May 22, 2024 · Remember this: The story of Gary Plauché, the vengeful Louisiana father who shot his son’s kidnapper live on air. The story of a father's shocking act to avenge his son. Jon Silman. |....
Plauché shot and killed Doucet as he was being escorted through an airport by law enforcement to face trial for what he had done to Plauché's son. The killing occurred on March 16, 1984 and was captured on camera by a local news crew.
Mar 16, 2024 · The exact moment rapist karate instructor Jeff Doucet walked past deeply upset father Gary Plauché, the latter shot him in the head, killing him on live TV as thousands watched. But how did...
- Gary Plauché’S Son Jody Is Abducted by Jeff Doucet
- Gary Plauché Kills Jeff Doucet on Live Television
- Gary Plauché: True Hero Or Reckless Vigilante?
- The Plauchés’ Lives After The Vigilante Killing
Leon Gary Plauché was born on November 10, 1945, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He briefly served in the U.S. Air Force, where he earned the rank of Staff Sergeant. After leaving the army, Plauché became a salesman and also worked as a cameraman for a local news station. All in all, Plauché seemed destined to lead a quiet and ordinary life. Then, one d...
Mike Barnett, a Baton Rouge sheriff’s major who had helped track down Jeff Doucet and was friendly with Gary Plauché, took it upon himself to inform him about what the karate instructor had done to his son. According to Barnett, Gary “had the same reaction most parents do when they find out their children have been raped or molested: He was horrifi...
“I don’t want him to do it to other kids,” Gary Plauché told his attorney, Foxy Sanders, while awaiting trial in jail. According to Sanders, he said the voice of Christ had compelled him to pull the trigger. Although Plauché had killed a child molester, murder was still murder in the eyes of the law. He had to be put on trial, and it wasn’t clear w...
In the end, Gary Plauché walked away from his murder trial with five years probation and 300 hours of community service. Before he had completed both, Plauché was already back to living a relatively normal life under the radar. He died in 2014 from a stroke when he was in his late 60s. His obituarydescribes him as a man who “saw beauty in everythin...
Mar 2, 2024 · Louisiana dad Gary Plauché killed Jeff Doucet — the Karate instructor who groomed, raped and kidnapped his son — on live TV, but his son Jody tells The Mirror US the act wasn't seen as one of...
Jan 25, 2023 · Dressed in dark sunglasses and a hat to disguise himself, Gary stood by a bank of payphones and waited for police to walk by with Doucet. When Doucet passed close by, Gary pulled out a snub-nosed .38. He took aim and fired a single shot, the lone bullet striking Doucet in the side of the head.
