02-01-2017, 04:48 PM
The man behind the barbaric murders of a whole family 19 years ago in Missouri was put peacefully to sleep last night too and is now taking a dirt nap (stole that phrase from Six, I like it).
MISSOURI
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Mark Christeson, 37 (pictured right), was given Missouri's first lethal injection since May.
On Feb. 1, 1998, Christeson, then 18, and his 17-year-old cousin, Jesse Carter, decided to run away from a home outside Vichy where they lived with a relative.
They took shotguns and went to a rural home about half a mile away where Susan Brouk lived. The cousins planned to steal Brouk’s Ford Bronco, said Terry Daley Schwartze, who was Maries County’s prosecutor at the time of the killing and now.
When they arrived at the home, Brouk was there with her 12-year-old daughter, Adrian, and 9-year-old son, Kyle.
Christeson and Carter tied the children’s hands with shoelaces. Investigators said Christeson forced Brouk into a bedroom and raped her. When they went back into the living room, Adrian recognized Carter and said his name. “We’ve got to get rid of ‘em,” Christeson told Carter, according to court records.
The family was forced into the Bronco. Christeson and Carter loaded the SUV with electronics and other items and drove to a pond.
Christeson kicked the 36-year-old mother in the ribs and cut her throat. She told her children she loved them as she lay bleeding.
Christeson then cut Kyle’s throat and held the boy under water until he drowned. Carter held Adrian while Christeson pressed on her throat until she suffocated, and then Carter pushed the girl’s body into the pond.
Brouk’s sister alerted authorities a few days later that the family was missing. A Missouri State Highway Patrol helicopter spotted one of the bodies in the pond, leading to a search that found the bodies of all three victims.
Meanwhile, Christeson and Carter drove to California, selling Brouk’s household items along the way. A detective in California’s Riverside County recognized the cousins from photos police had circulated. They were arrested eight days after the killings.
Carter agreed to testify against his cousin. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-christe...ian-brouk/
MISSOURI
Mark Christeson, 37 (pictured right), was given Missouri's first lethal injection since May.
On Feb. 1, 1998, Christeson, then 18, and his 17-year-old cousin, Jesse Carter, decided to run away from a home outside Vichy where they lived with a relative.
They took shotguns and went to a rural home about half a mile away where Susan Brouk lived. The cousins planned to steal Brouk’s Ford Bronco, said Terry Daley Schwartze, who was Maries County’s prosecutor at the time of the killing and now.
When they arrived at the home, Brouk was there with her 12-year-old daughter, Adrian, and 9-year-old son, Kyle.
Christeson and Carter tied the children’s hands with shoelaces. Investigators said Christeson forced Brouk into a bedroom and raped her. When they went back into the living room, Adrian recognized Carter and said his name. “We’ve got to get rid of ‘em,” Christeson told Carter, according to court records.
The family was forced into the Bronco. Christeson and Carter loaded the SUV with electronics and other items and drove to a pond.
Christeson kicked the 36-year-old mother in the ribs and cut her throat. She told her children she loved them as she lay bleeding.
Christeson then cut Kyle’s throat and held the boy under water until he drowned. Carter held Adrian while Christeson pressed on her throat until she suffocated, and then Carter pushed the girl’s body into the pond.
Brouk’s sister alerted authorities a few days later that the family was missing. A Missouri State Highway Patrol helicopter spotted one of the bodies in the pond, leading to a search that found the bodies of all three victims.
Meanwhile, Christeson and Carter drove to California, selling Brouk’s household items along the way. A detective in California’s Riverside County recognized the cousins from photos police had circulated. They were arrested eight days after the killings.
Carter agreed to testify against his cousin. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-christe...ian-brouk/