Jackson County IA Archives News.....Boy Who Shot Dad Is Freed December 2, 1983
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Omaha World Herald, Dec. 2, 1983 December 2, 1983


    Omaha World Herald, December 2, 1983

    BOY WHO SHOT DAD IS FREED

    Maquoketa, Ia (AP)-A 15 year old Green Island boy who endured frequent and
severe beatings from his father was justified in pulling the trigger of a
shotgun that killed him, a grand jury ruled Wednesday.

    No charges will be filed because Robert "Bobby" McClain was in fear of his
life when he shot his father, James, a Jackson County grand jury and County
Attorney Mike Kane decided after two days of testimony.

    In the two days of testimony, Kane said the grand jury heard details about
McClain's history of beating Bobby and other family members. The testimony
included a recounting of a time when Bobby was beaten on the back with an iron
rod after the boy was unable to find McClain's lost dog. After the beating the
grand jury was told, McClain put Bobby in the shower to wash off the blood-all
the time pointing a shotgun at the boy.

    When Bobby went to live with his grandmother in September, McClain would
come to the house to take him fishing. Bobby would always return badly beaten.
McClain was also known to abuse other family members and in recent months
McClain's mother had kept a loaded shotgun in case McClain became violent, Kane
said. It was that shotgun with which Bobby shot his father November 20. 



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