Dad kidnaps 2 young sons; he stabs one to death and injures the other (Terre Haute, Indiana)

Dad KATRON WALKER has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder in the kidnapping of his two sons at knifepoint and the murder of the four-year-old. The two-year-old suffered from stab wounds, but survived. Dad's excuse: Mom wanted a divorce. Well, who can blame her for wanting to leave a violent husband? Evidence--once again--that leaving an abuser is a very dangerous time for women and children.

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Ind. man pleads guilty to abducting, killing son

Jun 22, 2009

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to abducting his two young sons at knifepoint and killing one of them just days after his wife told him she wanted a divorce.

Katron Walker pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder as part of an agreement entered in court Monday in Terre Haute.

Prosecutors dropped their request for the death penalty, and a judge scheduled a sentencing hearing to begin Aug. 18.

Walker was convicted of fatally stabbing 4-year-old Collin Walker in June 2006 after grabbing the boy and his brother at knifepoint from the backyard of their grandfather's Terre Haute home.

He was also convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of his 2-year-old son, Monte Walker, who suffered neck and chest wounds.