RSO Brian Horn arrested for murder of 12 year old Justin Bloxom

[tonilj80]

I heard about this on the radio yesterday and then read about it on Facebook. Apparently Justin was staying the night at a friends house and was last seen around 2am. I posted this picture on my Facebook.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs422.snc3/24377_374793124022_87834569022_3755884_419928_n.jp g

Then I saw this article this last night. I was so hoping that it would turn out differently. I will post more details as they become available.


DESOTO PARISH, LA (KSLA) - Investigators from DeSoto Parish have arrested 34-year-old Brian Douglas Horn, a registered sex offender, for the alleged murder of a 12-year-old Stonewall, LA boy.

Investigators say Justin M. Bloxom was last seen at a home on Douglas Lane in Stonewall, Louisiana.

Police say that Horn, a taxi driver who worked out of Bossier City, allegedly murdered the boy.

Efforts to track Horn down led to Action Taxi on Barksdale Boulevard in Bossier City, where employees were told by police to be on the lookout for him and to call immediately if he showed up, which he did a short time later.

However Horn didn't stay long, leaving his taxi behind. It's the one authorities believe was seen near where the little boy's body was found.

Horn's boss said he worked for Action Taxi for just 10 days. He said Horn kept to himself and didn't make friends. Horn's boss knew he was a registered sex offender, but felt he couldn't discriminate against him when it came to giving him job.

Authorities say Horn was properly registered as a sex offender in DeSoto Parish.

He is now charged with 2nd degree murder.

http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=12229439

Is it just me or does he look like he is smirking?

http://ksla.images.worldnow.com/images/12229439_BG1.jpg

[Valasca]

Not smirking, but he has that... James Crise attitude of "I'm not going to prison."

[tonilj80]

That could be it Amazon. It just really makes me want to punch him in the face.

[tonilj80]

This Shreveport Times article has a lot more information.

http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=12229439


DeSoto students are on spring break this week, which is why Bloxom was at a friend's house on Douglas Lane Monday night with others watching movies. One of the other kids last saw him sitting on the couch around 3 a.m. texting on his phone.

When the other students woke up later in the morning, Bloxom was gone. He was first reported missing to Stonewall police around 10:30 a.m. Neighbors and friends began a search and soon some came forward with information that a green Action Cab taxi was seen in the neighborhood that morning.

A DeSoto patrol deputy stopped to check on a cab parking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 171 around 6:30 a.m. The driver, who was identified as Horn through a driver's license check, told the deputy he lost his keys and was waiting for someone from the Bossier office to deliver them.

[carolinablue]

I want to punch him too. But I want to wrap my hand in razor wire first.

[Twisted]

I think that purty little mouth is gonna see a lot more use in prison... Of course, the rest of his body is a waste and will be treated as such.

Chesters always die fast in general. Put him there.

[tonilj80]

Still incomprehensible to most there was how Bloxom could be lured away from a friend's home early Tuesday morning by a 34-year-old Keachi man whom authorities said Thursday was posing as a young girl via cell phone text messages.

The "girl" made arrangements for a taxi to pick up Justin M. Bloxom shortly after 3 a.m. to complete their rendezvous. Bloxom met the Action Taxi cab driven by Brian Douglas Horn, and in less than two hours was dead, authorities said.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100402/NEWS03/4020335/Sheriff-Suspect-lured-victim-through-texts

[Ninja0980]

Sadly, another reason why parents need to lay groundwork and talk with their kids before giving them mobile devices. You have to stay ahead of the perverts that will use this technology.
And on another topic...I hope this doesn't lead to more sex offender laws. Sadly,most laws passed in response to cases like this make the problem worse, not better.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused of murdering a 12-year old boy in DeSoto Parish, and will not accept any plea deals.

That word came during an exclusive interview between DeSoto Parish District Attorney Richard Johnson and myself. Johnson personally delivered that message to the family of Justin Bloxom during the Friday night (4/02) visitation service.
[...]
Johnson said he and investigators will likely sit down on Tuesday and examine all the evidence gathered in the case. That includes D.A.'s staff, along with DeSoto and Bossier Sheriff's investigators who are working together in this unfolding case.

Johnson said the charge of second degree murder against the murder suspect, Brian Horn will not be upgraded officially until that time. To qualify as a capital murder case certain criteria must be met, which they will sift through next week.
http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=12250086

A 34-year-old Keachi man lured a 12-year-old Stonewall boy away from a friend’s home early Tuesday morning by posing as a young girl through text messages, DeSoto sheriff’s authorities said today.

The “girl” made arrangements for a taxi to pick up Justin M. Bloxom shortly after 3 a.m. to complete their rendezvous. Bloxom met the Action Taxi cab, driven by Brian Douglas Horn, and in less than two hours was dead, authorities said.

Messages detailing the plans and meeting were traced Wednesday through phone records, giving DeSoto investigators the information they needed to shore up their case against Horn, of Keachi.

“We're looking at a connection to a social network site,” Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle said.

Investigators are still not sure how long Horn had been communicating with Bloxom. That's part of the investigation that will be ongoing. However, authorities were told Tuesday Bloxom was last seen around 3 a.m. at a friend's house texting on his cell phone and those texts go "until the time of death," the sheriff said.
[...]http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/100401014/Authorities-Homicide-suspect-posed-as-young-girl-through-text-messages

[tonilj80]

A DeSoto grand jury returned a true bill of first-degree murder against Brian Douglas Horn, 34, of Keachi, in the March 30 death of Justin M. Bloxom, of Stonewall, after hearing from two witnesses and deliberating for less than hour, District Attorney Richard Johnson said.


His plea of not guilty was entered by his attorney, Ross Owens.


Johnson immediately filed a notice to seek the death penalty.


Horn is held without bond in the DeSoto Detention Center.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100413/NEWS03/4130319/1062

[LadyCygnet]

Horn's boss said he worked for Action Taxi for just 10 days. He said Horn kept to himself and didn't make friends. Horn's boss knew he was a registered sex offender, but felt he couldn't discriminate against him when it came to giving him job.

Aren't there usually restrictions about RSOs who violated children not being able to be alone with anyone under 18 at any time? I think that if he put in a call to the local EEOC, they would have told him that it would be okay not to hire him, or to state that since he is an RSO, he would not be permitted to pick up any fares under 18.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

- If lawmakers — and some area residents — have their way, life will get tougher for registered sex offenders.

Legislation filed late Tuesday will be referred to as the Justin M. Bloxom Bill and it's designed to restrict employment opportunities for registered sex offenders. If approved, those convicted of sex crimes involving children will be prohibited from driving any type of public transportation for hire. Specifically listed in the bill filed by Sen. Sherri Cheek, R-Shreveport, and Rep. Richard Burford, R-Stonewall, are taxis, buses and limousines.

Also off-limits would be jobs with fairs and festivals, along with any type of service worker who would need to enter a residence. An example would be a carpenter or repairman.

"We were trying to make it so that it can be reasonably enforced," Cheek said.
[...]

"Even these laws here are not going to stop these pedophiles. But it will give us more tools to use in our investigation when we have a child abducted, and we feel it was a sexual predator who has abducted them. It will just give us more to work with," Arbuckle said.
[...]

Cheek admits her proposal is a "work in progress." It's been tweaked several times over the past few weeks and likely will undergo revisions or amendments as it moves through Senate and House of Representatives.

Another restriction she wants added is making it illegal for sex offenders to even drive ice cream trucks.

"Everybody has been trying to think through this. I think the bill will change through the process," she said.

One aspect of the current sex offender law that would be changed is increasing the registration period for those convicted of sex crimes involving minors.

Present law states offenders convicted of a sex-related crime involving a minor must register for at least 25 years.

Registration is extended to a lifetime in cases where it is determined the offender would commit another offense, but only after a motion of a district attorney, a hearing and court order.

The new law requires lifetime registration, period.

"We've got to do this for our children," Brocato said of her support of the new law. "Justin should have never died, never."
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100421/NEWS01/100421007

I'm not sure this will solve anything. If the assclown didn't have the taxi, he would have driven another car. If no other car, he could have just walked. It will make everyone eel better and pat themselves on the back, but really does nothing.

[Twisted]

I agree. These restrictions aren't about sense, it's about a false idea of safety with no basis in fact.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Life sentence added as penalty in Justin Bloxom bill
A twice-convicted sex offender whose victims are younger than 18 will be sentenced to life in prison under an enhanced penalty added Tuesday to the state's sex offender law.

The amendment was made to Senate Bill 780, also referred to as the Justin Bloxom bill, on the Senate floor before the final unanimous vote.
[...]

"This makes it much stronger, frankly," Cheek said of the life sentence provision. "It's clearly saying you have a pedophile on your hands."

If the bill makes it into law it would be affect those arrested after Aug. 15.

With its approval of the bill, the Senate also signed off on the employment restrictions that were previously added. It will prohibit registered sex offenders from driving taxi cabs, limousines and buses. It also would make service-type jobs, where entry would be required into homes, and the operation of carnival or amusement rides, off-limits to these sex offenders.
http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100603/NEWS01/100603005

[badfish76]

I don't know how I missed this case.

Dear Lord, it is TERRIBLE!

I agree there would be some degree of false sense of safety for idiots, but I do feel that it had raised my awareness of another area of discussion I need to have with my kid. Justin probably felt safe about the deal because no one told him public transit could be so bad. Maybe no one talked to him about technological dangers in general.

So sad.

[carolinablue]

He will not be getting out, here in La. LWOP means just that. There is a whole "nursing home" hospital wing where elderly or terminally ill inmates wind up at the end of their lives.

I think Wilbert Rideau is the only one to be released, and he served around 40 years or so for a murder he committed in 1961. His story is fascinating; google his name and you can read about "the most rehabilitated man in America". In spite of that, I think he should still be in prison. A murderer should get out of prison when his/her victim gets out of the grave.

[Ninja0980]

Have to agree with several others. Any time there's a high profile crime like this, one of the first things that's done is pass feel good laws to ensure it never happens again...and it does. Laws aren't going to stop all the monsters out there, no matter how many we pass.
It's harder than it was in the past, but the fact remains, the best way to protect your kids from people like this is KNOW who they're talking to, don't be afraid to go through their phone or computer, and be aware of who's around your kids. That's a greater defense than any of these laws.

[AngelFire]

It just shows me I have to think like a "monster" in order to protect my kids. You have to be two steps ahead of this dirty fuckers

[Whisper]

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STONEWALL --- A memorial was dedicated this morning at a Stonewall middle school in honor of Justin Bloxom,
[...]

In front of about 600 students, Justin's mother, Amy Bloxom, dedicated a garden in his memory at the North DeSoto Middle School.

Justin Bloxom was killed 2 years ago on March 30 when a Bossier City cab driver and registered sex offender abducted him. Officials say he was lured away from his house after being texted by the driver.

In July of 2010, Governor Bobby Jindal signed the Justin M. Bloxom Act into law. The measure severly limits convicted sex offender's access to children through the types of jobs they can hold http://www.kmsstv.com/news/memorial-dedicated-in-honor-of-justin-bloxom