Posted on 07/30/2013 9:17:33 AM PDT by kevcol
DETROIT (WJBK) - The bad news came in broad daylight that 45-year-old Deon Taylor of Detroit was dead inside a building.
"He was a very loving, strong man," said daughter Deleesha Taylor.
"His children are devastated. His grandchildren are devastated, and all I can say is we're trying to deal with this. It's hard," said sister-in-law Ramona Harper.
"I don't know what's going to happen now. He had 24 kids," said sister Jacqueline Taylor.
24 children are waiting to find out who or what took their father from them far too soon. Deon's cause of death is currently a mystery.
"I'm going to miss him a lot, and I know that he's in a better place. It just sucks that he can't be here with us," Deleesha said.
"My father meant the world to me. There's not a person in this world that didn't like my dad. He got along with everybody. That's why I don't understand how this could happen," said son Dwane Taylor.
That is what DPD is trying to determine. Homicide was called out because how Deon took his last breath was not obvious or clear. Cops crowded the corner of Colfax and Warren in Detroit Monday searching for evidence and any possible clues.
Sources said Deon was last seen inside the building around midnight. Although there is no signage outside, there are often signs of life inside. We learned the building is frequently used as a night club or party spot. Family and friends said Deon was last seen there getting ready to celebrate the success of one of his sons.
"Getting the place ready for his son's graduation party, which his open house was supposed to be this weekend," Harper said.
When no one had seen or heard from Deon, they had a feeling something was wrong, and sadly they were right.
"I know deep down in my heart he served his purpose here on earth," Deleesha Taylor said.
We learned Deon was found by his brother.
Meanwhile, police will determine how their investigation should proceed after they receive the medical examiner's report.
I guess he was a “loving” man!
I hope to 1 woman, if not that is his problem right there
You're darn right he was.
Dysgenics in action. Idiocracy here we come.
At first I thought the article was about a dog.
Holy mackerel! What did he die of, exhaustion? Somebody should have neutered him long ago.
But, you folks just keep on working and watching your own budgets to support all those children whose parents keep producing children they can’t afford to raise themselves.
Now, now—how do you know he was on the public dole. I’m sure that he was married to the mother of all these children, and was working hard to support them./sarc
They story didn’t say how many different mothers there were.
Is Karma involved? A week after Detroit dies, a man whose extreme behavior symbolizes Detroit’s problems also dies.
drugs tend to kill folks
I am sure he was just drained out.
24 kids ... with one woman?
my bet is on 18-20 different mothers
I am sure he was financially supporting all of them as well.
The Dude died of over-exertion.
Poppa was a rolling stone.
Hey, at least this guy actually knows and loves his kids. How many men are there who have no idea how many children they have fathered, much less who they are or how they are doing?
He’s probably no saint, but there are plenty of worse fathers out there.
At least he knew what to do with weiner without sending pictures. Dat bees a ho’s lotta baby mamas on wahfare frum horndog brotha-—know what I’m sayin?
It was the third of September.
That day I’ll always remember, yes I will.
‘Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him.
Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I’m depending on you, tell me the truth.
And Mama just hung her head and said,
“Son, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE.”
“Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE.”
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