They already made that movie
Posted on 12/27/2008 9:37:19 AM PST by Maelstorm
COVINA, Calif. - A man who carried out a Christmas Eve massacre and arson dressed as Santa at the home of his former in-laws apparently intended to flee the U.S., but his plans were dashed after the inferno he created severely burned his arms and melted his red costume onto his body, police said Friday.
Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, a laid-off aerospace worker, apparently shot some of his nine victims execution-style in a plot to destroy his ex-wife's family after a costly divorce that was finalized last week. He had an airline ticket for a Christmas morning flight to Canada and $17,000 in cash on his body, some attached to his legs with plastic wrap and some in a girdle, Covina police Chief Kim Raney said. He did not know the Canadian destination.
Armed with four guns, wearing the Santa suit and carrying a fuel-spraying device wrapped like a present, Pardo showed up at the home at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday as a party of about 25 people was under way.
Raney said Pardo, 45, fired a shot into the face of an 8-year-old girl who answered the door and at first fired indiscriminately, then apparently targeted relatives of his ex-wife as other guests fled.
"There's some information that he stood over them and shot them execution-style," Raney said.
Pardo retreated to the front door and retrieved a device that mixed carbon dioxide or oxygen with high-octane racing fuel, police said. Fleeing guests saw him spraying the fuel inside the house when the vapor was ignited, possibly by a pilot light or a candle, and exploded.
"Mr. Pardo was severely injured during that explosion," Raney said. "He suffered third-degree burns on both arms and it also appears that the Santa Claus suit that he was wearing did melt onto his body."
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He lost his job after she had already filed.
As the details emerge, it appears he presented a false front to this woman, and she recently stumbled upon some sobering truth.
That can happen both directions between men and women.
I did $2,400/mo without a job.
For years. Never missed a payment.
A man so morally bankrupt that, although he has a disabled child from a previous relationship (child fell into a pool at thirteen months and nearly drowned while he was babysitting)abandons the child but continues to claim him as a tax deduction.
http://jewelry-blogstore.com/2008/12/27/santa-killer-had-disabled-son-escape-plan-bruce-jeffrey-pardo/
Lucky man. He gets to pay a mortgage without a job.
She moved into her parents house paying no rent.
Maybe it’s me, but I think you missed the point I was trying to make regarding the slanted coverage of the ROP.
And he's forced by the courts to pay $2,000 a month to support an ex-wife and children that were not his own. How can you fork over $2,000 a month without a job? And he lost his dog in the divorce settlement as well.
Poor guy. He was such a sweetheart, and the bitch gave him such a raw deal:
Bruce Pardo, 45, saw his marriage fall apart this year when his wife discovered he had abandoned a brain-damaged son years earlier but continued to claim the boy as a tax write-off, the L.A. Times reported.Sylvia Pardo was appalled by the news, according to a source close to the police investigation. Pardo had not told her he had a son confined to a wheelchair, who was about 5 when they married in 2006, according to the L.A. Times.
When his wife sought a divorce, Pardo evicted her from their home, piling her belongings on the street, the newspaper reported. The couple reached a "full settlement" in their divorce about a week before the slaughter, ending a marriage the divorce judge said nothing could save.
How?
So? If your wife sought a divorce, would you throw her a parade?
And he gets any equity that goes along with that.
Usually the wife gets the house - and my guess is you would have complained about that too - yes?
Where would you rather she had moved?
As it turned out - staying with mom and dad didn’t work out so well for mom and dad either.
Usher at his Catholic church. Aerospace engineer, friendly outgoing guy who loved his dog, kept a neat yard and even decorated for Christmas. Sounds like a model citizen. I would ask what happened to make him crack, except for the fact that he plotted it all out and planned to escape to Canada. Psychologists will have a field day with this nut.
In any MSM story involving firearms, "high powered" is a scare word, much like "assault," that they are required under union rules to sprinkle liberally throughout the story.
It does not refer any particular caliber, muzzle velocity, penetration capability, or magazine capacity.
The only thing you can deduce for sure from the term "high powered" in a MSM story, is that the writer, and his/her/nonspecific-gender editor disappoves of the weapon.
Similarly, the only thing you can tell for certain from a politician being labeled "conservative" is that the writer, and his/her/nonspecific-gender editor disappoves of the politician. That is why, to the MSM, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are all "conservative."
Would you abandon your disabled child? Could you respect or love someone who did?
Especially if said child was arguably disabled due to your own negligence.
Just for the record, I do not have and do not want a wife.
With property values dropping, congrats to him again.
Usually the wife gets the house - and my guess is you would have complained about that too - yes?
If he paid for the house, yes. The wife usually gets the house because the family courts are heavily biased in favor of women.
Where would you rather she had moved?
Las Vegas, apparently she had a thing for luxurious vacations.
Silicon Valley home equity.
Yes.
Somehow I think the “sobering truth” was something worse than using his disabled son as a tax dodge.
The guy was obviously a thug. Wonder if she somehow got wind of something he did, obviously he was capable of horrible evil.
Terrible situation.
I worry about more violence in SoCal - at some point I’d like to move somewhere nobody knows the meaning of the word “tagger”. For the time being though, my job has me staying here - my very wonderful boss, pays me too much to quit. :)
Ironically, at some point my own job will be outsourced. I’ve watched so many co-workers walked out, it’s mind numbing. I guess that’s why I focus on the job part.
This story is like one of those ink-blot tests.
I think everyone sees something different.
No, but if you're required to pay a large amount of money without a job and threatened with prison time, I understand why he snapped.
“If he paid for the house, yes. The wife usually gets the house because the family courts are heavily biased in favor of women.”
So - are you aware of which it is in this case? Or are you making assumptions?
“Las Vegas, apparently she had a thing for luxurious vacations.”
And he had a thing for using an abandoned disabled son as a tax write off.
“No, but if you’re required to pay a large amount of money without a job and threatened with prison time, I understand why he snapped.”
Wow.
Just. Wow.
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