Zachary Neagle, 14, Is Accused Of Murdering His Dad

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Zachary Neagle, 14, Is Accused Of Murdering His Dad

May 21, 2009 by Jaded

Filed under: Crime, Juvenile, Kids Who Kill, Mugshot, Murder, Patricide, Shooting

Zachary Neagle, 14, Is Accused Of Murdering His Dad

Caldwell, Idaho–A call came in to 911 SaturdaySaturday reviews afternoon, ‘My dad’s been shot. He’s dead.’ When police arrived at the home, they found 33-year-old Jason Neagle, dead, on the couch. A single bullet, fired from a .30-.30, had pierced his wrist, entered his head, and came out on the other side. His teen son, Zachary Neagle, 14, is being charged as an adult with the first-degree murder of his father.

Zachary Neagle

Jason Neagle was asleep on the couch…in the home with him were Zachary and his siblings, a 9-year-old sister and 6-year-old brother. Zachary told the younger kids, ‘go your room I am going to listen to some music.’ They went into their rooms, shut the door, and heard a gunshot a short time later. Zachary initially told police he was in his room listening to music when he heard the shot.

In a hearing held on Tuesday, investigator Bill Crawford testified, ‘Zachary never said that he did it, but he never said he didn’t do it, and at one point he told (his) grandma, ‘I can’t say it again.’ She said, ‘You need to tell why you did this,’ and he said, ‘I can’t say it.’ Investigators have been talking to the family and have learned from one family member that Jason may have been physically and sexually abusing his children. ‘He (the relative) found child pornography on his computer and he felt there was some sexual abuse going on with Zachary and the daughter, he thought Jason was abusing both of those people,’ CrawfordCrawford reviews said. ‘Zachary tells us that he hasn’t done anything to him in a while, it had been like two months since he had done anything to him, but he wouldn’t tell me what that was.’ Zachary is being held at Canyon County Jail on $300,000 bail. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.

Where was Zachary’s mom? She’sShe reviews in a mental hospital…his maternal grandma has custody of him.

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Tags: Caldwell, Crime, first-degree murder, Idaho, Jason Neagle, Juvenile, premeditated murder, Shooting, Zachary Neagle

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Dakota Valkyrie

A teenager charged in the shooting death of his father has agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
[...]

Under the plea agreement, Zachary Neagle faces from seven years to 30 years in custody. He remains charged as an adult, but the deal calls for a sentence that could keep him in juvenile custody until he is 21.

Third District Judge Bradly Ford didn't say whether he'll accept the deal. The deal allows Neagle to withdraw his guilty plea if Ford does not approve the terms of the agreement.

http://www.kboi2.com/news/86641962.html

Abroad

Thank you for the update, DV!

lovemyboys

Everyone, There is a rally scheduled for June 11th at the Canyon County Court house in support of Zachary Neagle. Any & All are welcome. To find out the time of the hearing go to: http://www.the3rdjudicialdistrict.com/daily.htm
Even if it's canceled, I've been told it's still on!
GET THE WORD OUT!

lovemyboys

EVERYONE- A defense fund has been set up for Zachary Neagle: "Zachary Neagle Defense Fund" $ can be deposited at any D L Evans Bank. If you are out of Idaho, look up bank on line & call for mailing directions. PLEASE GET THE WORD OUT! THIS BOYS NEEDS AS MUCH SUPPORT HE CAN GET.
There is also a petition: www.thepetitionsite.com/105/justice-for-14yo-zachary-neagle every signature counts!

akire

what a fucked up family. :(

biteme

Kalehue: I agree completely and thought the same thing as I was reading the story. I hope he doesn’t get away scot-free (that would send the wrong message to other children in a similar situation about how to handle this sort of problem), but I do hope that any sentence he gets would be very lenient and would include some intensive counseling/therapy and training for college or a job.Tragic story….

As far as I'm concerned it sends the right message! Abuse a child and die. I just wish the child didn't have to do it, I feel sorry a 14 year old had to stand up and defend his siblings. Brave young man, did the right thing, a judge and child services would have just blown the kids off and left them in the abusive situation and closed the case and let the abuse continue, just like they do in 90% of the cases we read about.

biteme

Rotten Apple: I actually think he does deserve jail time, but the circumstances need to be taken into consideration during sentencing. You can’t have kids just running around killing people and then screaming abuse. They do that enough already like it is an automatic out.Children have options, including this one. Had he used them all up, and THEN killed his father, it would be different. But until someone says he told police, a teacher, a counselor, a neighbor, ANYONE else about the abuse to get help for himself and his siblings, I will not condone him getting no punishment for murder.

if the father was abusing them, NO JAIL! NO JAIL!
Sorry no one helped and the boy had to shoot him, only sorry for the children not the father

dammitall

It's a shame none of the adults were on the ball enough to get the kids out of that situation. It's left up to a 14-yr-old to handle it himself and take the fall.

bigduckdaddy

angela says:
This kid could have turned around and started abusing his siblings himself. Kept the cycle going…instead he broke it AND probably prevented his scum bucket father from getting a slap on the wrist and being out in a couple of yrs to REPEAT the abuse on somebody ~

You're so right on. At the tender young age of 14 this kid broke the cycle of abuse, something that is very hard to do. On another note, if the facts are what is indicated you really just can't blame this kid & you can't say he MURDERED his abuser. If the dad had raped these kids thats an act of violence right there. Coupled with the dads authority & the posibility of family knowledge, his age , can you imagine the emotional and psychological horror? I hope he and his sibs can get the help they need, after all THEY are the victims, not the rapist.

Rhoni

scorpiogirl:
I say put the kid in counseling, in a home with some decent NON baby raping people, and tell him he did the wrong thing for the RIGHT reasons.
I wish I would have shot my abusers when I was a kid,,, would have saved years of counseling…. and would have saved a few more kiddies from being hurt.

I agree put the kid with a caring family..He needs to see and feel love from a "normal" family..Putting him in prison will just fuck him up even more..The eyes tell the whole story as far as I am concerned and his say so much to me..I am sorry he felt that this was his only way out of hell..Poor kid..

If it is proven the father was abusing the kids FUCK him he got what he deserved..I am just sorry the kid has to pay for it for the rest of his life..Can you imagine going through the horror of the abuse and now having to live with the thought you killed someone..This kid needs so much help..

angela

Oh, and by the looks of his picture, the "deer in the headlights" look on his face, I was already questioning the reason before I even read the article. He just doesn't have the look of evil that we see so much on this website.

angela

bigduckdaddy: Weird….ya’ll SCREAM in other articles about how the popo should have finnished off this or that suspect, or they shouldda did it themselves. His dad had kiddie porn on his puter, family suspected abuse~and did nothing. If he shot his dad cause of abuse I say give him a pat on the back & a lot of counseling. I’m vigilanti all the way boys and girls, I see too much in this world not to be.

THANK YOU! Finally a voice of reason!

This kid could have turned around and started abusing his siblings himself. Kept the cycle going...instead he broke it AND probably prevented his scum bucket father from getting a slap on the wrist and being out in a couple of yrs to REPEAT the abuse on somebody else

Kalehue

Rotten Apple:
What makes me the saddest is that I bet he killed his father to protect his sister more than to end the abuse for himself.
The fact that a 9 and 6 year old would LISTEN when the brother tells them to go to their rooms speaks volumes on the type of relationship they had. He had more of an authority role than a sibling role and he had to protect them. And the fact that a 14 year old realized that more than the adult relatives is sickening.

I agree completely and thought the same thing as I was reading the story. I hope he doesn't get away scot-free (that would send the wrong message to other children in a similar situation about how to handle this sort of problem), but I do hope that any sentence he gets would be very lenient and would include some intensive counseling/therapy and training for college or a job.

Tragic story....

bigduckdaddy

sarabei says:
May 21, 2009 at 4:52 pm

bigduckdaddy: Weird….ya’ll SCREAM in other articles about how the popo should have finnished off this or that suspect, or they shouldda did it themselves. His dad had kiddie porn on his puter, family suspected abuse~and did nothing. If he shot his dad cause of abuse I say give him a pat on the back & a lot of counseling. I’m vigilanti all the way boys and girls, I see too much in this world not to be.

Weird??

Ty, I just might be. The norm seems to be ADULTS turning a blind eye when it come to a child being hurt...I'll settle for weird. My point is pple around this kid knew of the porn & suspected abuse. Kids usually turn toward someone thew know (or want to). I believe this kid probably was aware that these adults knew what was goin on. Did they do anything? Not that we're aware of. MURDER is'int probably what this kid did. Sounds like a self defence situation to me. When you're a kid you look to the adults around you for comfort & someone who is SUPPOSSED to stand up for you & PROTECT you. As for other adults he could have confided in....if they're anything like the adults i knew in the school system growing up then he didnt stand much of a chance there either. As for telling a LEO idk. Givin the situation he was in & those involved I dont feel as tho he felt what he said would have mattered, the ones closest to him didnt care-why would a stranger? We are talking about a child after all-more than likely an abused one to boot.

Kdogg

He should be punished... as a juvenile. Adult jail and prison will offer no help and will make him worse when he comes out.
And while it hasn't been established who's porn it is, I highly doubt a 14 year old will be looking at dads and daughters porn

ashurn

he prolly did it for a reason........

April

Wildheart:
Me too….that face is just heartbreaking. I just want to give him a hug and take care of him.

Me too - It's a shame. I just hope that he doesn't end up like his shitty dad and repeat history. Maybe he hated him enough to NEVER be like that. *crosses fingers*

happymerry

i read every day and normally don't comment (because i usually can see in my heart to find sympathy for both the criminal and the victim and i know that it's not a very popular opinion to sympathise with criminals in this neck of the woods), but this is just too much for me to hold my tongue. i remember the kinds of things i was doing when i was 14 years old and the very last thing i worried about was whether or not my father was going to sexually abuse me today or not (or my siblings, although they are all older than me). it was whether or not i was going to be able to convince my parents to buy me the new *whatever* i wanted at the time, whether i'd pass an exam i hadn't studied enough for or if the boy i liked had a crush on me like i did him.

to look at this child and to see his vacant eyes, breaks my heart. if the allegations of abuse are true (and i expect they are), it is outrageous to me to think that this boy will be tried as an adult. i don't condone his shooting his father (in the same way i wouldn't condone his father having an unlocked/easily accessible gun in his home with three children....but that is obviously speculative on my part). but. it seems as though at least one family member was aware of the sexual abuse and it fell on deaf ears. if it was falling on deaf ears with a family member, what would make a child think that the ears of police, school, clergy, etc. would be any more open?

this is tragic to me.

Friday

Radly: poor boy. that far-away look is heartbreaking. kiddie porn, abusing his kids, that guy deserved to get shot.

You made me cry.

WTFAmericaImeanreallyWTF

this kid looks like a strong wind would blow him over. He was obviously driven to violence, and probably generally isn't the kind of person to shoot someone in cold blood.

Oh the tangled web of vigilante justice. I say slap the kid on the wrist and let him get on with his life. Bury the father in an unmarked grave and set precedence for a pissing spot there.

scorpiogirl

I say put the kid in counseling, in a home with some decent NON baby raping people, and tell him he did the wrong thing for the RIGHT reasons.

I wish I would have shot my abusers when I was a kid,,, would have saved years of counseling.... and would have saved a few more kiddies from being hurt.

Wildheart

ecvmanzo:
His face is tearing my heart out of my chest. All I can see is a child with a broken spirit.

Me too....that face is just heartbreaking. I just want to give him a hug and take care of him.

Rotten Apple

I said he needed to be punished for murder, but the circumstances needed to be taken into consideration. I never said throw the book at him.

He killed someone, he needs to go through the system like anyone else. A fair judge and jury, IF it is proven that there was abuse, will sentence him fairly. Just because I don't feel sorry if a pedo gets killed by his victim does not mean I will condone a person taking a life without consequences. What he did, like it or not, was illegal.

haunted33

This kid needs no jail time. He needs help. He didn't kill his Dad because he wouldn't let him do something or get something, he did it to stop the abuse of himself and his siblings

Uvgottabkiddin

I do not believe he should face any jail time. The kiddie porn and family members is enough proof to me that something happened. If this kid told someone and the dad was arrested, he might have done no jail time and in time gotten some sort of visitation with the little ones. Hey if jail time doesn't stop these molesters, a bullet in the head will.

sarabei

bigduckdaddy: Weird….ya’ll SCREAM in other articles about how the popo should have finnished off this or that suspect, or they shouldda did it themselves. His dad had kiddie porn on his puter, family suspected abuse~and did nothing. If he shot his dad cause of abuse I say give him a pat on the back & a lot of counseling. I’m vigilanti all the way boys and girls, I see too much in this world not to be.

Weird??

ecvmanzo

I don't condone murder as a solution to end abuse. But when you are in that type of hell, all sorts of ideas come to mind, even murder. But to try him as an adult seems to add salt to an already bleeding wound. It just seems different than that one kid that shot his mother and went on to play video games.

I feel very strongly that he should get some serious counseling because he will need it more than ever. The 3 kids need to be in therapy.

bigduckdaddy

Weird....ya'll SCREAM in other articles about how the popo should have finnished off this or that suspect, or they shouldda did it themselves. His dad had kiddie porn on his puter, family suspected abuse~and did nothing. If he shot his dad cause of abuse I say give him a pat on the back & a lot of counseling. I'm vigilanti all the way boys and girls, I see too much in this world not to be.

DogBitez

I don't think this kid should be tried as an adult. Most of the time, I'm all for it... crimes that are vicious beyond reason, for instance. But a sexually abused 14 year old, who might have also been trying to protect his sexually abused little sister or brother (or both)? He needs to be incarcerated, yes, so he can get the psychological help he obviously needs. And he has to understand consequences. But I think he deserves to have a shot at some kind of life. And not be locked up for decades in an adult prison after transfer from a juvenile facility at 18.

ecvmanzo

His face is tearing my heart out of my chest. All I can see is a child with a broken spirit.

Deety

To me it speaks volumes that he still won't tell what happened. He's too ashamed to admit he was sexually abused, even though not telling may mean the difference between some time in juvy, and life in prison.

If he had jumped up immediately afterward and tried to justify his actions, I would have found it fishy. But the fact that he would rather throw his life away than admit what happened- that's very typical of sexually abused children. He feels it's his fault, that he should have said something sooner. That shame is probably what drove him to do this rather than call the police. Now his younger siblings are safe, and he can keep his dirty secret.

The family members who kept quiet about their suspicions should be brought up on charges. They had a responsibility to protect this boy too. They could have prevented this. But it was easier to close their eyes...

granny-g

To be a fourteen year old boy is difficult at best. To be a fourteen year old
boy being sexually abused by your father and knowing that your siblings
also suffer at his hands?
Imangine having to figure out how to tell someone that this is happening,
but while you are trying to figure that out you also struggle with the
same crap young teens do everyday. "Friends" joking about how "gay" you are...joking but they do not know what is happening.
Wondering if he has somehow caused his father to do these things?
At the age of fourteen, it most likely seemed impossible for him.
I wonder if these other "family" members knew or suspected, if this boy
did not send out the message as clearly as he could............and because nothing was done felt he had no where to turn.
He will need therapy for years some of which should be done in a controled setting. While If all facts come out that this was truly a case of
protection from harm to his siblings, he needs to have inpatient care
for a set number of months/years. Follow up care should be provided to the entire family (the children).

nadine

WOW
If the allegations are true and dad was sexually abusing him and probably was.. Why would you do that? BUT always innocent until proven guilty..
NOW.. First off. If true then for sure he did the right thing, he got a sicko bastard away from him and his sister and WHY he did not say anything to anyone is probably maybe his dad was threatening his LIFE if he did and remember he is fourteen and we don't know how long abuse was going on between dear old dead dad and these children.... I would love to see him and his siblings get far away from his family who thought they thought something was going on and did nothing, get treatment fast... But if it is untrue then he should pay for shooting someone to death

sarabei

Also, they try to try kids all the time as adults, ones I feel deserve it and they get tried as a juvie and turned loose way too soon and they are trying to do that to THIS kid? Who it appears has been abused and was protecting his siblings? What is wrong with this picture??

sarabei

Well, I think everyone knows how I feel about killers, be it child or adult, if it is proven this kid was being abused and was protecting his siblings....I say let him go, get him therapy, he certainly doesn't deserve jail time. If the family knew of this abuse, he probably knew he had no one he could turn too......Poor kid-shouldn't have to grow up that fast....sigh......if this is true that is!

cassidymarie83

I have to agree with those who think he was protecting himself and his siblings, was this not some sort of self defense? I know the crime wasn't happening at the moment of the shooting, but the child obviously knew it was going to happen again. I say counseling and therapy for him, poor kids.

thinkstraight

Rotten Apple:
I actually think he does deserve jail time, but the circumstances need to be taken into consideration during sentencing. You can’t have kids just running around killing people and then screaming abuse. They do that enough already like it is an automatic out.
Children have options, including this one. Had he used them all up, and THEN killed his father, it would be different. But until someone says he told police, a teacher, a counselor, a neighbor, ANYONE else about the abuse to get help for himself and his siblings, I will not condone him getting no punishment for murder.

Wow. That sounds really harsh, though I understand your point. The problem is, if we look at other cases, many children do speak up and somehow, the abuse continues until someone ends up dead or really hurt. So what is a child to do in a case like this. Plus, family relatives came forward to testify that they knew the children were being abused. So in a child's mind, even if he didn't go to authorities or use other solutions, I as a child would not think to go to anyone either if my family wasn't doing anything. That is probably why he decided to take matters into his own hands. And, in my opinion, I'm glad he killed this guy. He was a monster. I HATE anyone who violates the innocence of a child, ESPCIALLY when it is the parents that are doing it! It's disgusting, immoral and they should do a rain dance on his fucking grave!

thinkstraight

CassieMomma:
I still don’t condone shooting of the father as I don’t believe in vigilantism, but this is a different set of circumstances. There seems to be no reason why the other boy shot his mother as opposed to this boy who could have snapped because of a circumstance. Regardless as I stated above the members of the family who knew of this alleged abuse should be charged with something because they could of prevented more abuse or even this boy getting to the point where he shot his father…….who knows.

Absolutely. The boy should undergo a psychiatric evaluation to make sure that this has not affected him in drastic ways. But, the family relatives that knew about the abuse should definitely go down, and this young man should be awarded for his courage. Sorry, I don't believe in murder, but it is the most horrifying thing when your home is supposed to be your covenant and your parents are supposed to be protecting you turned around into a horror story. Obviously this kid felt he needed to do this because no one was helping. He must have felt helpless.

2 boys mom in NC

Morbid:
This is a far different set of responses than the teen boy who killed his mother.

Nope, Morbid. I went back to look at what I called with Jordan. It is still my belief that BOTH of these children had some major shit stirring in their minds and/or hearts, head.

silvahalo

The last case involved a pregnant step mother. I think that was hard for a lot of people to understand how a young boy could do something like that. Also, there wasn't a clear case of abuse, at least not sexual abuse from what I remember reading. It just goes to show that a young mind of 14 reasons differently than an adult. At least most adults. It seems he felt this was the best solution. Maybe even thought as relatives might have known of the abuse but did nothing, he had to take matters into his own hands.

I think he was protecting his sister and younger brother, who would in no doubt become a victim too. Unless we can put ourselves in this young boys place, we can't fully appreciate what he did. Shooting his father was clearly a most final a devastating choice. But in this boys mind, maybe the only real solution he had. Coming to that decision I'm sure was the biggest decision he ever had to make. He knew his life would change forever, never be the same. Maybe he wanted just that. For the nightmare to end.

Of course I'm riding on the assumption that sexual abuse was the factor in this case. Those boys eyes say a lot. He's lost and I don't think he will ever be found, not really. I don't' think he should be charged as an adult. Charged yes, absolutely, but not as an adult just as I said on the last case. That wasn't a very popular opinion as I recall. This kid might be the shooter, but if he was enduring a life of abuse, and for how long we do not know, he was a loaded gun waiting to go off. I can't crucify him on that.

My sympathies to a family who's life will never be the same.

Kdogg

I'm not saying he shouldn't be punished but many children who are abused NEVER tell anyone about the abuse. Why? Because they fear they won't be believed and more importanly, if you don't tell anyone, you can pretend it doesn't happen. Plus, it looks like from this article people DID know and did nothing. He should be punished... but as a juvenile, not an adult.

Rotten Apple

Coyote: I sure hope this kid gets the help he needs rather than jail time. He and his siblings are going to need a lot of help.

I actually think he does deserve jail time, but the circumstances need to be taken into consideration during sentencing. You can't have kids just running around killing people and then screaming abuse. They do that enough already like it is an automatic out.

Children have options, including this one. Had he used them all up, and THEN killed his father, it would be different. But until someone says he told police, a teacher, a counselor, a neighbor, ANYONE else about the abuse to get help for himself and his siblings, I will not condone him getting no punishment for murder.

zoloftn151

This child has a look on his face like he did not know what else in the world he could do to stop the abuse but pull the trigger. His mother is not around. In his mind, he is saying who can I tell this to that will protect me? At very least, the abuse stops now. Godspeed to this young man.

Coyote

I sure hope this kid gets the help he needs rather than jail time. He and his siblings are going to need a lot of help.

Rotten Apple

Morbid: This is a far different set of responses than the teen boy who killed his mother.

I am assuming that there was abuse here and that he was abusing the younger children as well. They found child porn on his computer, and the younger ones listened to the older one. That raises huge red flags for me.

CassieMomma

I still don't condone shooting of the father as I don't believe in vigilantism, but this is a different set of circumstances. There seems to be no reason why the other boy shot his mother as opposed to this boy who could have snapped because of a circumstance. Regardless as I stated above the members of the family who knew of this alleged abuse should be charged with something because they could of prevented more abuse or even this boy getting to the point where he shot his father.......who knows.

Morbid

This is a far different set of responses than the teen boy who killed his mother.

RunecirE

Rotten Apple:
What makes me the saddest is that I bet he killed his father to protect his sister more than to end the abuse for himself.
The fact that a 9 and 6 year old would LISTEN when the brother tells them to go to their rooms speaks volumes on the type of relationship they had. He had more of an authority role than a sibling role and he had to protect them. And the fact that a 14 year old realized that more than the adult relatives is sickening.

Well Said, RA. Exactly what I was thinking. I know we have an unspoken policy about not attacking the victim, but it looks like the real victim(s) is the shooter and his siblings.

Rotten Apple

What makes me the saddest is that I bet he killed his father to protect his sister more than to end the abuse for himself.

The fact that a 9 and 6 year old would LISTEN when the brother tells them to go to their rooms speaks volumes on the type of relationship they had. He had more of an authority role than a sibling role and he had to protect them. And the fact that a 14 year old realized that more than the adult relatives is sickening.

2 boys mom in NC

CassieMomma:
Ok if the family knew there was abuse going on then why did they allow it????? Personally I fell they are just as guilty, they could of prevented a lot of hurt. This story is very disturbing and it actually pisses me off. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Absofuckinglutely! Look at the face on this boy. Something really awful happened. I'm sorry, I just don't think that kids wake up one day, get a glass of milk, some Cheerios and think, "Oh, hell, I believe I'll kill Mom and Dad today. Awesome!"

CassieMomma

Ok if the family knew there was abuse going on then why did they allow it????? Personally I fell they are just as guilty, they could of prevented a lot of hurt. This story is very disturbing and it actually pisses me off. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Radly

poor boy. that far-away look is heartbreaking.
kiddie porn, abusing his kids, that guy deserved to get shot.

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