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No Charges Filed Against Man Who Beat Daughters Molester To DeathShiner, TX – This isn’t too surprising, but a grand jury in Texas ruled that the father who caught a man molesting his young daughter was within his rights to beat that man to death.

On Tuesday, a Lavaca County grand jury decided not to indict the 23-year-old father who beat 47-year-old Jesus Mora Flores to death after he caught Flores in the act of raping his 5-year-old daughter. Prosecutors said the grand jury agreed with police, in that the father was within his rights to protect his daughter with deadly force, after they reviewed evidence that included the father’s 911 call.

The father and her daughter were on their family’s rural farm having a barbecue when someone witnessed Flores, a casual acquaintance of the father’s family,  forcibly carrying the father’s daughter to a secluded area near a barn. After being informed, the father ran towards his daughter’s screams and found Flores in the process of sexually assaulting her. The father pulled Flores away and delivered a series of blows to Flores’s head that proved fatal.

In the 911 call the father made after the beating, you can hear a man who was absolutely frantic and trying everything he could do to save Flores. At one point he grew so distraught over the dispatcher’s inability to find the family’s farm that, at times, his yelling became inaudible.

“Come on! This guy is going to die on me!” the father yells at the 911 dispatcher. “I don’t know what to do!”

The father told the dispatcher that he couldn’t wait any longer and he was going to take the man to the hospital himself, but sheriff’s deputies arrived before he could load Flores into his truck.

By time emergency crews arrived at the farm, they found Flores’ already dead with his pants and underwear pulled down. The father’s daughter was taken to the hospital where forensic evidence, along with witness accounts, corroborated the father’s story that his daughter was being sexually molested.

The father and his family are not talking to reporters, a fact that their attorney says will not change. Friends and neighbors of the father describe him as a polite and hardworking man who has never been in any kind of trouble. This, along with the details surrounding how Flores died, had the small community (and me) rallying behind him and his actions.

“They won’t find a jury pool here that will convict him,” one neighbor said before the grand jury’s decision was made.

I know that the girl and her father will deal with this for the rest of their lives, so I’m glad that community has some common sense. At least now the family can focus on working through this without first having to deal with some kind of legal proceeding.

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  • Valerie

    Good!!!!

  • PhantasmaGora

    Awesome! Im glad that Texas did something right!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

    Read this yesterday on Yahoo – it’s pretty much as expected so far.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

    What do you mean by “Im glad that Texas did something right!” ?

    In Texas we do everything right.

  • Sam

    Fantastic. See, not all judges are stupid.
    I can’t help but wonder though, if the witness who saw Flores carry the girl off had gone after them instead of looking for dad first, could the girl have been saved from being molested? Hmm, mind you, maybe then Flores would just have been scared off and live to do same to others over and over again. Maybe some trauma to the girl is acceptable seeing as how it caused a kiddie diddler to never be able to do it again? If nothing else hopefully that knowledge will soothe Dad with capital D and daughter.

  • Dinolen

    yep.now thats awesome.good job to the court n jury

  • Texas Ranger

    Excuse me? What have we done wrong?

  • HazelHoppinflapper

    God Bless Texas!! There is no need to charge this dad, he did what many others would have done. The intent to kill was not there, as evidenced by the 911 call. If there was intent, he would have carried this creep to the far depths of the woods and would have been saying “Jose, who?”

  • Texas Ranger

    What scares the shit outta me, If this Flores-shit woulda been doing that to Girlie Ranger…..I would NOT have called 911, and I would still be beating him to make sure he WAS dead. I would be RAGING. I’d be in jail. but wouldnt give an eff, one more fuckin molester the fuck off this planet.

  • PhantasmaGora

    In a personal sense im glad to see Texas step up and let this man go. My stepsons Uncle is from Texas and I had the opportunity to find out he had been molesting both of them for the past 4 years during theyre summer visits. Hes also watched my biological som which is now 2 and my youngest which is almost a year old. So I feel this guys anger and wish I could lay my hands on him. I have nothing against the state other than that douvhebag being from there. No offense was intended. I hope the uncle gets his due time…cuz if not youll be reading about me on here in the future.

  • C0NSTANTINE

    Carlos Deluna?

  • Texas Ranger

    No offense taken, We have our bad apples here as well. Where this guy live? I got younguns also.

  • newstarshipsmell

    Abducting a child in view of family, immediately raping the child on the property. With the father present. In Texas.

    Darwin Award?

  • Texas Ranger

    Possibly, but not definitely.

  • PhantasmaGora

    Ive met him multiple times. Uncle Rusty Taylor. His house is right outside of Killeen I believe. He evidentally had a type of daycare for awhile. So far ive had my 11 and 8 year old boys to make a videotaped interview against him. So far there has been one other person come forward. A boy he adopted at 6 yrs old…who is now 20. The last time the abuse happened was this last spring break. The fucker did it in a motel in Ardmore Ok on the way back. If he makes it out from under this…hell be under something else.

  • salepo

    Said it before and I’ll say it again.This man is my hero.So awesome to see a parent on here actually protecting their child.

  • JGo555

    I am glad the dude didn’t get to rape that little girl. I thought he was molesting her, but raping her?! That fucking DESERVES DEATH. And he got it. He didn’t even finish reaping and he got was he sowed.

  • Texas Ranger

    That bastard, hope he rots.

  • http://akemi-mokoto.me/ Akemi Mokoto

    I am pleased. DEATH TO PEDOPHILES!

  • http://akemi-mokoto.me/ Akemi Mokoto

    bullshit

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    I used to live in Killeen. Is he ex-military? Let me stop asking questions before I get myself in trouble.

    I pray that he goes to jail for the rest of his life for what he’s done to those children.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    I was putting myself and my husband in the same position (mentally) and I can’t say that we would have stopped either. This father is a good man and if his daughter didn’t see him as a super hero before she does now. Her daddy slays dragons.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    “By time emergency crews arrived at the farm, they found Flores’ already dead with his pants and underwear pulled down. The father’s daughter was taken to the hospital where forensic evidence, along with witness accounts, corroborated the father’s story that his daughter was being sexually molested.”

    I may have misunderstood but it seems like he was in the process of raping her. I HOPE my interpretation in inaccurate though.

  • newstarshipsmell

    Hopefully the fact that he was accustomed to fucking horses caused him to fumble around a bit in confusion and gave Dad time to prevent him from actually committing the rape.

  • LeaveMeBe

    You thinkin’ roadtrip? I have my shotgun and lasso. I know you have a trailer hitch.

  • PhantasmaGora

    He wasnt military as far as I know. Hs in jail right now. He was being held on 10k bail but after the third kid came forward and he refused to take a polygraph they moved bail up to 1 million. So at some point the state of Texas will pay for my trip to see him im court since my oldest stepson basically told me what happened first…then I told his mom.

  • PhantasmaGora

    Heres to hoping!

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    Sweet!! I’m glad things seem to be working towards the good. I’m also very happy that your stepson confided in you. Is he in therapy?

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    Let’s hope.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    I want in on this! I have people in Killeen bwo Detroit (which equals double crazy) who will GLADLY pay uncle Rusty a visit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/karrasmithhammonds Kelly Hammonds

    Oh happy day!

  • PhantasmaGora

    Both are seeing a therapist 2 times a month right now. It was really sad to because when it happened he didnt really understand why he couldnt see them anymore.

  • L. Z.

    Oh God. The police dispatch video is heart wrenching.

    Not for Flores. But for the dad. Seriously, I started crying within a few seconds of the dad starting. He is so flustered and scared…..

    I feel so much for this family. I’m SO glad he wasn’t charged. He doesn’t need that at all. He did EXACTLY what he needed to do.

    Video/911 call here:
    http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/videos/2012/jun/20/6771/

  • LeaveMeBe

    Hell to the yeah! Killeen bwo of Detroit is mad skillz! Send ‘em to me.

  • EveryVillainIsLemons

    The dad is a better person than I am. If I caught some asshole raping my baby, he would be in shreds before I was done with him. No remorse, no calling 911 to try and save his life, no tears over his death (at least, not until the shock and anger wore off). They would have to pull me off of his remains to get me to stop, and probably tase me, if not outright shoot me.

    I was sexually abused as a child, and if someone manages to get past me and hurt my daughter, the combination of rage over her violation, rage at myself over trusting the wrong person, and buried rage over my own violation would lead to the man’s very violent, very painful death.

  • Texas Ranger

    Yep. You drive, I got ammo to load.

  • Texas Ranger

    Come on, ya’ll bring the Eminem tape so we can get our Detroit-Crazy on.

  • Texas Ranger

    Does that make us bad? I kinda get the feeling that we might be considered that way, which makes NO sense to me whatsoever.

  • Texas Ranger

    Ok, great…. You just put the Ren & Stimpy “Happy” song on continous loop in my brain now. Thanks. “Happy, happy,happy, happy!!!!” I’ll get ya back for this.

  • Texas Ranger

    Yes, we have lots of that around. Do you want me to send you some? Great fertilizer.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    I’m the wrong person to ask TR because I view things differently than many do.

    But you’d still be my boy and I’d write, visit, and put money on your account faithfully if you ever went to prison for protecting your family.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    Oh how sad. :(

  • NY_Mommy

    It really bothers me that the word molesting is often substituted for the word rape. Many times we read stories where it says that somebody was molesting a child(ren) and the reader would never know that rape was actually taking place. Not to say touching a child isn’t fucked up but rape is rape. No need to sugar coat it.

  • sugarpie

    Feel good story of the day!

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    I feel the same way and when I speak to people about my past I differentiate the two. I was raped and molested. They were different things IMO.

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

    I don’t know if you are referencing this article, but I don’t sugar-coat anything– not even my fiber heavy cereal. The reason why the words “rape” “sexual assault” and “molestation” are sometimes exchanged is because sometimes we, as the writers, do not know what happened as there was never any official word on what happened. In this case, I haven’t found an article that specifically states the victim was ever penetrated. So “sexual assault” or “molestation” it is as there is no question that those two happened.

  • JohnQknowitall

    Good.

  • Wolf_of_Mars

    Need some flat-nosed knee-puncher slug loads? Got ‘em in 410, 20, and 12 ga… Just sayin’.

  • NY_Mommy

    It wasn’t a swipe at this article. In fact this article says the pedo was in the act of raping the daughter. I had already figured that since all reports on the story were saying the man was on top of the child and she was screaming. I’m talking more about main stream media. I feel like they often substitute for molestation to make the stories less depressing/horrific, not like how this site will put it right out there. Others would rather put their heads in the sand to the things that are really happening in the world.
    I only realized the substitution when I watched this documentary about this Irish priest that was ‘molesting’ all the parishoner’s kids. Boys and girls, the youngest being 8 months old. Went on for years and the higher ups knew about it and would just switch him to another church. The priest himself was interviewed and admitting everything but everyone kept saying molesting. That is until they were interviewing a father of one of the victims and he broke down crying cuz he blames himself for letting this man in their home with access to their daughter to molest her. Then he said why are we saying molest, lets call it what it really was, rape. That really changed everything. Its one thing to think somebody touched an 8 month old baby, another to know the baby was raped.
    Ever since then when I read stories about ‘molestings’ and its obvious they are talking about rape and I wish they would just say so.

  • http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

    Sorry if that came off snarky, it’s habit. I was just meaning to explain why you sometimes see the word exchanged. But yeah, the news has always been “soft” when reporting on heinous things in an effort to report news to an audience of all ages. It’s one of the big reasons why we started this site.

  • Athena

    It’s still something Texas did wrong. Add to that the names of Cameron Todd Willingham and Ruben Cantu, and Texas is beginning to rack up the “Possibly, but not definitely,” which, by the way, should probably read, “Probably, but not definitely.” ;)

  • LadyLeopard

    Happy, happy, joy, joy!

  • soon2bmomof3

    Good! Now may the daughter and father find some peace and closure to this nightmare!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Craig-Ellis/1109178363 Craig Ellis

    Yeah, no one is surprised. Should have just run around Cabrini Green in Chicago with a t-shirt that reads “I’m tired of living”.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    Cabrini Green no longer exists.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

    “Carlos DeLuna (March 15, 1962 – December 7, 1989) was an American man who was convicted of murder and executed by the State of Texas for the killing of a 24-year-old gas station attendant on the evening of February 4, 1983.[1] Since DeLuna’s execution by lethal injection in 1989, doubts have been raised about the conviction and the question of his guilt. An investigation published by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. in May 2012 has strengthened these claims of innocence by detailing a large amount of evidence suggesting the actual murderer was Carlos
    Hernandez, a similar-looking man who lived in a nearby neighborhood.”

    Good try,but since it has never been proven to have been a wrongful execution – try again.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

    “It’s still something Texas did wrong.”

    Your opinion – Carlos DeLuna’s case was never proven as a wrongful death sentence;and the same applies for these others you mention:

    “Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004) was an American man who was convicted of murder, and executed in 2004 for the deaths of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas on December 23, 1991.
    Willingham’s case gained renewed attention in 2009 when an investigative report by David Grann in The New Yorker,[1] drawing upon arson investigation experts and advances in fire science since the 1992 investigation, suggested that the evidence for arson was unconvincing, and that had this information been available at the time of trial, Willingham would have been acquitted.
    Ruben Montoya Cantu (December 5, 1966 – August 24, 1993) was a Texan who was executed for murder. During the years following the conviction, the surviving victim, the co-defendant, the District Attorney, and the jury forewoman have all made public statements that cast doubt on Cantu’s guilty verdict and death sentence.”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

    Your stepson’s Uncle will get his one day – wait an see.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

    I’m not sure “intent” was not there … I am sure the dad was smart by making statements to cast great doubt on “intent”.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

    Sorry to hear that.

  • Texas Ranger

    No Athena, I stand with my “Possibly, not definitely” statement. just like Sandusky Possibly raped those kids. I’m pretty fuckin sure he did, but I’m sure we can dig up evidence somewhere that would refute his guilt if we look hard enough. Doesn’t mean he’s innocent., Just like you can for every case out there. They are all innocent in prison ya know. ( And yes I know Sandusky hasnt been proven guilty yet, so don’t even go down that road folks)

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    I’m going to go with “probably” for Sandusky myself.

  • C0NSTANTINE

    Pretty cool you copied and pasted whatever was on google.You need to do a better job of reading in depth, obviously they arent going to pursue a mistake that was already made, duh? They would have to admit they fucked up if they did . Mistakes are made to say they are not is just ignorance. Try again

  • https://twitter.com/#!/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

    @C0NSTANTINE:disqus you can type more than one sentence?!

  • C0NSTANTINE

    ;)

  • christopher whiteman

    the father did the right thing by taking out the trash

  • NCBrian

    which would lead to your daughter having to deal with her daddy in prison. this guy played it right.
    at the very least feign remorse and an attempt to save the guy’s life. not saying that’s what happened here at all, sounds like a great guy and an even better father – but seriously – when tragedy strikes don’t make it worse for the victim by doing something dumb!

  • NCBrian

    and one more dad in prison. what good are you doing your daughter there?

  • NCBrian

    and we’re all glad you did!

  • Texas Ranger

    She’d at least know that there was one Man in this world she could count on to protect her. To many “Men” are chickenshit these days.

  • driven .

    about time you hear a story about JUSTICE being adminsitered. I dont know why the Dad felt the need to “save” a rotten scum who raped his lil kid– why not let him suffer and die in the sun with his pants down and dick out? He had it coming. Well the Dadis a hero and hopefully this trgedy will only bond the daughter to her dad even more.. sad but sweet happy ending

  • driven .

    iTs pretty much like when someone says something racist- the media in general will sugarcoat it saying it was ” offemsive ” or worse…” insensitive”.. so afriad of calling out bigotry