Richard McTear Takes Domestic Violence to a Horrifying Level, Killing His Girlfriend's Infant

In theory, we all know that domestic violence is bad. Same goes for child abuse. In a horrifying true tale, Florida resident Richard McTeal proved the combination of both can be deadly.

The 21-year-old man was arrested Tuesday shortly after a violent confrontation with his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend. Apparently upset that he was demoted to "ex," McTear hit Jasmine Bedwell several times and threatened to "kill the both of y'all" before he threw a carseat containing Bedwell's infant son across her living room, causing little Emanuel Murray to fall onto the floor. In an appalling effort to one-up his ex-girlfriend, he snatched the one thing that meant most to her and fled. Moments later, he tossed the infant out of the window of his blue Impala onto Interstate 275 in Tampa, where his little body was spotted by a local television photographer driving by. "[I]t was too big to be a doll," said WTVT's Jason Bird said. "I almost passed out, I started shaking."

Sadly, Emanuel didn't survive the the rage of his mom's abuser (to whom he was not related). A preliminary autopsy indicated he died of blunt force trauma to the head. McTear faces charges of first degree murder, burglary with battery, felony battery, aggravated child abuse, and kidnapping. Thankfully a Tampa judge denied bail for the man whom I've dubbed "the best argument for capital punishment I've seen in a long time."