John Mullarkey Stabbed Demi Cuccia To Death
August 17, 2007 by Morbid
Update – 9/12/2008 – Johh Mullarkey was granted a delay in his trial in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend. The new trial date is Dec 8th. The delay is so that his defense attorney can obtain expert evaluation and analysis for a potential mental infirmity defense. More info at end of article
MONROEVILLE, Pa. — Demi Cuccia, 16, experienced some bad luck at an early age by picking a goddamn psycho, John Mullarkey Jr., 18, as a boyfriend. Experiencing an on again, off again relationship, friends described the couples situation as “delicate” with John being the extremely jealous type. Cuccia’s mother had forbade her from seeing John, but while she was out Wednesday, John made a housecall. Neighbors heard screaming and yelling so they went to investigate.
That’s when Cuccia staggered out of her home bleeding from her chest and exclaiming that John had stabbed her. John then walked outside and proceeded to slit his own throat. Cuccia died from her injuries, one day after her birthday, and John remains in critical condition, though police described his prognosis as poor.
Of course the FacebookFacebook
pages have went up in dedication and the friends are shocked and cannot believe this has happened even though many reports have these gems:
- Those close to Cuccia described the relationship with her boyfriend as volatile.
- “I talked to Demi plenty of times, she was sitting in my living room; I begged her to get away from him.“
- “He was always crazy. He was always threatening he was going to hurt her“
- “I never thought he’d do it, but their relationship wasn’t the greatest.“
- “He was very jealous of her, like, she wasn’t allowed to do anything, and she’d come down here, and she’d have to lie to him and say she’s upstairs in her room. And he would always yell at her and stuff and didn’t want her to have friends at all.“
Update – 9/12/08 - I got an angry email from some family member’s of Demi’s. They thought I was making light of this girl’s death. This was because, IMO, the title was originally “Another Dead White Cheerleader”. For longtimers, you will remember we had a handful of cases of cheerleaders being murdered or being involved with crime related news. That is what the title was in reference to.
Now, a year later…well, it did seem a bit tasteless…even for our standards. I have updated the title, the picture, and added a YoutubeYouTube tribute video I found. This is not to appease anyone, as much as it is to make this older article more in line with our recent ones. No disrespect was intended in regards to Demi. The article was originally intended to point out the tragedy itself, as well as open up discussion on the fact that a lot of this couple’s circle of friends new about his behavior. It was to be a wake up call for anyone who may have been reading and maybe know someone in a similar situation.
John, however, can still go suck a bag of dicks. At one point, the defense is that acne medicine is what made him do this. I am not sure if that is what the delay is for.
11:59 pm on April 2nd, 2008
The crazy transvestite on the left looks a lot like Sarah Jessica Parker. Disturbing. Not as disturbing as the story, but still disturbing.
2:33 pm on September 12th, 2008
What a sad story, two young lives ruined. Obviously this boy needed physciatric (sorry – I know it’s spelled wrong) help, why didn’t his family or the school see this and get him the help he needed, if other students saw it, then adults should have also. Maybe Demi saw the good side of him and that is why she continued in a bad relationship – no one will ever know for sure.
The video is heart wrenching, such a beautiful, vibrant young woman, taken too early in life. Hopefully someone has learned a lesson from this tradgedy.
It is too late for John, I don’t care what the ‘reason’ – he can rot in jail for what he has done to Demi, her family, and her friends.
2:49 pm on September 12th, 2008
Acne medicine, give me a break… It should have rotted his face off, and then maybe she would have dumped him…What a heart wrenching story, she reminds me of one of my granddaughters.. At that special time in their lives when everything is falling into place.. He wouldn’t of had to slit his own throat, I would of shoved my hand down his throat and pulled his balls out… What a sicko..She was too kind-hearted and look where it got her. may she rest in peace..
2:50 pm on September 12th, 2008
My sincerest condolences to her family and friends. This is so terrifying, you raise your kids with all the love and protection that you can give and out of nowhere comes a person or situation that takes your child away forever.
I hope the that time helps you heal the void of no longer having this beautiful girl in your lives.
2:51 pm on September 12th, 2008
What a beautiful young lady. My heart goes out to her family and friends.
3:01 pm on September 12th, 2008
What a beautiful girl. It’s always tragic to hear about a beautiful young girl with her whole life ahead of her when she get’s mixed up and murdered by her BF. It breaks my heart every time…
3:08 pm on September 12th, 2008
I wish these young ladies had the strength and foresight to leave permanently at the first sign of trouble.
Ladies, there’s nothing flattering about jealousy. There’s nothing about someone wanting to own your very existance that should make you feel loved. If a man wants to make rules for you, he is fundamentally disrespecting you, and it’s time to go before it becomes too late, like it is for this sweet girl.
3:10 pm on September 12th, 2008
Ugh. I’ve heard this time and again. Sounds just like the murder of Natasha Hall. “He was crazy, but I never thought he’d actually do it.”
Girls, take some advice…it is not romance when a guy is crazy for you like that. It means he’s an obsessive, overbearing, jealous, crazy asshole. Kick up your heels and run, while you still have the chance.
Such a beautiful girl. He was way out of his league and he obviously knew it.
3:14 pm on September 12th, 2008
Athena – Having been a young woman that was in a relationship with a jealous (EVIL) man, I know that sometimes you think that they can be “fixed”. The person that I dated hate a criminal record – for KIDNAPPING his ex. My GF worked at Torrance Court and had access to his records. She warned me and I was too blinded. I thought I was special and he loved me enough to change. He did not love me enough to not try to put a blowdrier in the tub with me. I was lucky… I got out with my life. I wish I could have talked to Demi… Without more details of my “relationship” – hers sounds much the same. *sigh*
3:23 pm on September 12th, 2008
Oh, I’m well familiar with the “fixer” syndrome. While I’ve never encountered a particularly jealous boyfriend, I suffer badly from the syndrome in other respects. Unfortunately, it takes experience to realize that some people just can’t be fixed.
Still, teenage girls can be so screwed up in the head, attaching their self-worth to jealousy. I knew a girl in high school who honestly thought that her lack of abusively jealous boyfriends had to be because she wasn’t pretty enough. I explained that, no, she had just been lucky enough to date emotionally stable individuals. She just wouldn’t buy it. It hurt me to see someone judge themselves like that, especially so irrationally and inaccurately. She was a gorgeous girl and couldn’t see it because no one had punished her for being pretty. Twisted and tragic.
3:28 pm on September 12th, 2008
Right – I know now that you can’t “fix” people. So my Hubby – Totally awesome. Beautiful and not at all the jealous sort. I wish all young girls would have the knowledge that good men are out there and they don’t have to settle….
3:32 pm on September 12th, 2008
Amen, sistah…Amen.
3:39 pm on September 12th, 2008
So sad, scum is scum girls, you can’t fix them. This poor girl didn’t even have a chance to gain the maturity to learn that.
3:58 pm on September 12th, 2008
Agreed. She was just so pretty. She probably could have walked down the halls of her school with a different boy every day… Homie knew she was too good for him. He knew that she could do better. UGH!
3:58 pm on September 12th, 2008
I love the tribute video. It is important to remember the young lady as a person and not just a pretty face with a name. I can’t even begin to imagine the heartache the family is going through. To lose a child in such a terrible way is beyond words. To the mother of this beautiful young lady. To have had her for such a brief time is tragic but it was heaven while you had her….my heart felt sympathies on the loss of you baby girl.
4:24 pm on September 12th, 2008
Oh, that is so sad!!! And that YouTube video, just broke my heart!!! Those two songs were the same songs that we played at my father-in-law’s funeral!!
I pray that he doesn’t get off with an insanity plea!! He need to pay for what he has done…
4:27 pm on September 12th, 2008
What a tragedy. My thoughts go out to her family. Why she dies from her injury but that POS lives..
I am so sick of hearing that acne medication usually Accutane causes people to go crazy. I took accutane when I was 18. I am 29 now & have 3 beautiful children who I would never think of harming.
4:50 pm on September 12th, 2008
I can’t watch that video agian! It gets me all misty. I feel so bad for Demi’s parents.
5:17 pm on September 12th, 2008
In all these cases we hear the same info it seems. I do have a few questions? Where were his parents? Didn’t they recognize this bad/psychotic behavior? Did they get him help? Was the family so dis-functional that they didn’t give a shit? How do you let your young son continue this behavior and not intervene. I am not blaming his parents cause I don’t have all info. Just wonder how someone who lives under your roof, who you are supposed to love, can become so fucked up without anyone doing something.
5:28 pm on September 12th, 2008
so sad. I honestly bawled my eyes out during the whole video…damn pg hormones! such a loss for the entire family, friends, & community. and what does this POS have to offer? nothing…nothing at all. I hope he spends the rest of his life in prison. my condolences to her family and friends. she was a beautiful person.
5:33 pm on September 12th, 2008
Sadly, there’s not always much that can be done. A parent can try to force a child into therapy, but therapy generally doesn’t work unless the patient is receptive to it, and even then it’s not foolproof. If the child simply refuses, your options are discipline, which could backfire, or committment, which is nearly impossible. At this particular age, parents have extremely limited influence.
5:54 pm on September 12th, 2008
Could be a case of teen alcohol / drug abuse. In my personal situation, he was on drugs – I never knew the signs (since I was not a user). Maybe his parents didn’t know what to look for… Sometimes psychos can be charming to everyone but thier victims – That was my ex also. No one believed me when I told them what he had done. It wasn’t until I showed up with bite marks on my face…..
5:56 pm on September 12th, 2008
I understand your point, I have a 17 year old at home. Still as parents aren’t we responsible to at least be aware of our kids behavior. While therapy, or commitment may be difficult, I ask was it even considered or attempted? Again, not blaming only trying to understand how? Maybe they should have taken him off his acne meds if they thought it was a problem as now it is a defense. Did he behave as an angel at home and only have violent outburst outside the home? In my 17 year old’s life I have influence, (sure, not as a much as I might like) because she isn’t autonomous or self reliant. She still relies on me for her sustenance and her fun so I have that as leverage. Responsibility= privilege. I get that each situation is different. These stories make me question if some folks aren’t walking around with their head in the sand.
6:04 pm on September 12th, 2008
Acne medicine. Could be referring to Accutane. It’s nasty stuff, causes wicked side effects, which is why it’s only supposed to be prescribed when someone has seriously bad, disfiguring acne.
There have been claims that it makes people suicidal.
I took that stuff when I was this kid’s age. And yes, that was around the same time that I was really wanting to blow my head off with the .357 under my dad’s dresser. But I digress.
The problem with blaming the meds is, how do they know for sure that it’s the meds, and not the low self esteem that goes with that kind of acne, or something completely unrelated that made him do it?
6:51 pm on September 12th, 2008
Oh, sure. I love to cite the Columbine example, where the kids had coils of fuse and shit in plain sight…all their parents have to do is open the fucking door and peek in. With all the households containing two working parents, or generally self-absorbed people, there’s definitely an issue of parents not paying attention. I didn’t mean to suggest that you shouldn’t ask the questions; my post was simply meant to point out that it’s unlikely that the parents would have been able to successfully interfere with a kid this far gone.
I raised a “damaged goods” teenager for about four years, from 15-19. At the end of the day, however, I realized that I was generally lucky that she respected me. Sustenance and fun can be attained by other sources; you’d be amazed by how many parents out there will take in someone else’s kid and let them do whatever the hell they want. The only reason you’re able to use those things as leverage is because she clearly respects you.
2:32 pm on January 13th, 2009
I’m getting sick of reading people say where were the parents on every teen murder.I have talked with alot of parents that have had their child murdered and the parents have tried everything they could to keep their teen for nuts.We have to remember teens are still a child they think like a child.why not say where was his parents???
2:31 pm on May 31st, 2009
The Trial for John Mullarkey is June 22,2009. Pray For our Family.
12:06 pm on June 1st, 2009
I will. Please keep us updated.
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