{"id":25816,"date":"2025-04-25T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25816"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:24:10","slug":"son-of-dad-who-shot-his-karate-instructor-dead-on-live-tv-finally-speaks-out-after-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25816","title":{"rendered":"Son of dad who shot his karate instructor dead on live TV finally speaks out after 40 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warning: This article contains discussion of child abuse which some readers may find distressing.<\/em><\/p>\n

The son of a man who killed a disgraced karate instructor on live TV has spoken about his ordeal after more than 40 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gary Plauch\u00e9 waited at Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport for Jeffrey Doucet in March 1984.<\/p>\n

Doucet was being escorted by police for the horrific crimes he committed against Gary’s son, Jody.<\/p>\n

With television crews looking on, Plauch\u00e9 turned away from the bank of public telephones where he’d been hiding. He pulled a gun, shot and killed Doucet, and plead down to manslaughter.<\/p>\n

He was\u00a0hailed as a hero<\/a>\u00a0but Jody, now 52,\u00a0told the Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0that he doesn’t believe just was appropriately served.<\/p>\n

Doucet was travelling with police after his arrest for abducting Jody.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old was his karate instructor and had groomed the 11-year-old before driving him to a motel in California, where he subjected the child to the most shocking physical and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

He allowed Jody to make a call to his mother back in Baton Rouge and was subsequently apprehended.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t want Jeff dead,” Jody told the Mail. “I just wanted him to stop.”<\/p>\n

Gary Plauch\u00e9 was given a suspended sentence and died a free man in 2014.<\/p>\n

“I think for a lot of people who have not been satisfied by the American justice system, my dad stands as a symbol of justice,” said Jody.<\/p>\n

“I understand why he did it, absolutely. And I know my dad, and when he said he would kill anyone who touched me, I knew he\u2019d kill him. But I cannot and will not condone his behaviour.<\/p>\n

“To this day, Jeff going to jail for the rest of his life is still my preferred sentencing for him.”<\/p>\n

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Jody Plauch\u00e9 has opened up about the mixed emotions he has surrounding his childhood ordeal (Image: WBRZ)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Jody’s abuse began when he and his brother were enrolled in Doucet’s karate classes.<\/p>\n

“He would test boundaries with all the kids, and then pick out the ones he thought would be best and the most compliant,” he said, describing Doucet’s behaviour as ‘textbook paedophilia’.<\/p>\n

“How it worked with me is, he\u2019d help me stretch, and then he\u2019d start touching my inner thighs… that was his way of normalising the inappropriate touch that was coming.<\/p>\n

“He didn\u2019t just groom me, he groomed my whole family. He gained my trust as well as their trust and had us all fooled.”<\/p>\n

Police traced Doucet and Jody’s location from his call and raided the motel room. The child was returned to his family and Doucet was transported back to Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n

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Jody Plauch\u00e9 was groomed and abused by karate teacher Jeffrey Doucet, who later kidnapped him (Image: WBRZ)<\/cite><\/div>\n

As the entourage passed the phones, Gary Plauch\u00e9, concealed by a baseball cap, emerged and shot Doucet with a .38 snub-nosed revolver.<\/p>\n

Doucet went into a coma and died the next day.<\/p>\n

Jody later wrote a book about his trauma. Though he disagreed with his father’s vigilante justice, he forgave Gary years before he passed away.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence regarding the welfare of a child, contact the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000, 10am-8pm Monday to Friday. If you are a child seeking advice and support, call Childline for free on 0800 1111, 24\/7.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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