Horror, Sleaze and Trash.

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In March of 1984, Gary Plauche’s 11-year-old son, Jody, went missing from their home in Baton Rouge. Police eventually tracked him down to a hotel room in California where he had been held after being abducted by his karate instructor, Jeffrey Doucet. Jody was rescued and Jeffrey was arrested on kidnapping accusations. He confessed to molesting Jody along with several other children.

Jeffrey was flown back from California to Baton Rouge. As they walked through the airport, unbeknownst to them, Gary was standing nearby at a pay phone. He was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses. As Jeffrey walked past, handcuffed and assisted by a police officer, Gary spun around and fired a single gunshot into Jeffrey’s head. The entire ordeal was captured on WBRZ-TV. The killing sparked debate about vigilante justice across the nation with many applauding his actions. Gary pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge and received a suspended sentence of seven years in prison, five years of probation and hundreds of hours of community service.

Following his release, Gary went back to a life of normality. He returned to his old job as a salesman and continued to volunteer as a coach for children’s sports in the evening. In 2014, Gary passed away after lingering complications from a series of strokes. While to many, he’s known as the Baton Rouge father who shot his son’s molester, his family remember him as a kind, fun and loving man - a husband, father and grandfather that was the life and soul of every party. “He did what he needed to do to protect his