Suspect in burning of Covington bodies tries to escape jail, gets caught

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said deputies rebooked Antonio Tyson, 49, with attempted escape, after he damaged property at the jail in an effort to flee. Considering Tyson a flight risk, they then transferred him, without incident, to the state's maximum security prison at Angola.

Tyson is accused of kidnapping and killing the Rev. Otis Young, 71, and Ruth Prats, 73, on Sunday night and setting fire to their bodies in downtown Covington.

Another St. Tammany inmate, David Burns, 71, was booked with being a principal to attempted escape, because he helped Tyson try to get out, the Sheriff's Office said.

Been there. Not as a guest, though. Went there for their annual rodeo they hold in the summer. The inmates make goods and sell their wares to earn money for their accounts. Bought a couple items. One was a walking stick with the head of a Cobra. Vert nicely carved.

I sure as heck would never want to spend time there for sure. 🙂

RE: death penalty....

We need all states to have it.

Recent Catholics have tried to say it’s better to give convicted violent criminals a chance for repentance in prison*. Father Mitch Pacwa (gun rights fan and avid hunter) reminded everyone that the Catholic Church used to promote the death penalty and had executioners on the payroll.

History points: In past centuries, the teaching of the Catholic Church was generally accepting of capital punishment under the belief that it was a form of lawful slaying.

Giovanni Battista Bugatti, carried out 516 executions as the “Pope’s Executioner” between 1796 and 1865. The executioner used one of three methods: guillotine (after 1816), smashing the head with a mallet and cutting the throat of the condemned, or drawing and quartering.

* I would say what about the many cases in which a brutal home invader is asked by a tearful, pleading parent “Please, please don’t kill our little girl. Please.” Followed by the child and parents being killed without remorse. A few years watching TV and pumping iron and playing prison yard basketball and then out on parole?

Bring the death penalty back.

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