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Jun 15, 2018, 8:20:28 AM6/15/18
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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – A southeast Missouri mother and father have
been charged with killing a man who attacked the couple's 12-
year-old son during a monster truck event.
Brenda Michelle Holt, 40, and Rickey Brunell Holt, 39, of
Bunker, Missouri, were freed on bond Monday. They are charged
with felony voluntary manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old
Joe Girard of Oak Ridge. No attorneys are listed for them in
online court records, and a woman who answered the phone at
their home said she had no comment.
Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs said the melee started Saturday
when Girard slapped or punched the boy while people were camping
at Brick's Off-Road Park in Poplar Bluff during the "Trucks Gone
Wild" event, The Daily American Republic reports. Witnesses
described Girard as highly intoxicated and said he then began
tearing up the camp. Dobbs said the boy fled to a family friend
who was standing nearby and that another family friend then hit
Girard several times. Dobbs said the boy's mother and father
then showed up at the camp and began beating Girard.
Dobbs said that witnesses reported Rickey Holt "jumped on the
man's head with both feet." Dobbs said Brenda Holt also was
intoxicated and tripped over the unconscious victim at one
point, making her husband think Girard had knocked her down.
Dobbs said that "fueled the beating even further." Witnesses
said Girad was in and out of consciousness during the assault.
Dobbs said that at one point, Girard's friends fought through a
large crowd that had gathered to watch the beating, put Girard
in the back of a truck and drove him to emergency personnel.
"Defending yourself is one thing, but this is way outside the
line," said Dobbs, who indicated officers did not see any
visible injuries on the Holts' child.
Investigator Brandon Lowe wrote in the probable cause statement
that Brenda Holt said her husband took off running after her son
ran across a field and said he'd been hit in the face. She said
she loaded her children into her vehicle and followed behind.
She said she then kicked Girard in the head after he denied
hitting her child because she was "upset over her child being
assaulted."
Lowe said Rickey Holt reported that when he saw Girard on the
ground, he "'blacked out' and began punching Girard because his
son had been struck. Lowe wrote that one witness said that
Rickey Holt struck Girard about 20 times.
Butler County Coroner Andy Moore said the autopsy shows that
Girard died from asphyxiation after his larynx was fractured and
a neck bone broken.
Life's a bitch. The bastard had it coming.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/13/parents-charged-with-
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been charged with killing a man who attacked the couple's 12-
year-old son during a monster truck event.
Brenda Michelle Holt, 40, and Rickey Brunell Holt, 39, of
Bunker, Missouri, were freed on bond Monday. They are charged
with felony voluntary manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old
Joe Girard of Oak Ridge. No attorneys are listed for them in
online court records, and a woman who answered the phone at
their home said she had no comment.
Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs said the melee started Saturday
when Girard slapped or punched the boy while people were camping
at Brick's Off-Road Park in Poplar Bluff during the "Trucks Gone
Wild" event, The Daily American Republic reports. Witnesses
described Girard as highly intoxicated and said he then began
tearing up the camp. Dobbs said the boy fled to a family friend
who was standing nearby and that another family friend then hit
Girard several times. Dobbs said the boy's mother and father
then showed up at the camp and began beating Girard.
Dobbs said that witnesses reported Rickey Holt "jumped on the
man's head with both feet." Dobbs said Brenda Holt also was
intoxicated and tripped over the unconscious victim at one
point, making her husband think Girard had knocked her down.
Dobbs said that "fueled the beating even further." Witnesses
said Girad was in and out of consciousness during the assault.
Dobbs said that at one point, Girard's friends fought through a
large crowd that had gathered to watch the beating, put Girard
in the back of a truck and drove him to emergency personnel.
"Defending yourself is one thing, but this is way outside the
line," said Dobbs, who indicated officers did not see any
visible injuries on the Holts' child.
Investigator Brandon Lowe wrote in the probable cause statement
that Brenda Holt said her husband took off running after her son
ran across a field and said he'd been hit in the face. She said
she loaded her children into her vehicle and followed behind.
She said she then kicked Girard in the head after he denied
hitting her child because she was "upset over her child being
assaulted."
Lowe said Rickey Holt reported that when he saw Girard on the
ground, he "'blacked out' and began punching Girard because his
son had been struck. Lowe wrote that one witness said that
Rickey Holt struck Girard about 20 times.
Butler County Coroner Andy Moore said the autopsy shows that
Girard died from asphyxiation after his larynx was fractured and
a neck bone broken.
Life's a bitch. The bastard had it coming.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/13/parents-charged-with-
killing-man-who-hit-son-at-truck-
show.html?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork
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