Texas father charged after 9-year-old son found with fatal stab wounds in garage
01/09/2023 11:38 am PST
McKINNEY, Texas (TCD) -- A 39-year-old father stands accused of fatally stabbing his 9-year-old son before turning the knife on himself.
According to a news release and press conference from the McKinney Police Department, a person called authorities at approximately 4 p.m. on Jan. 6 and said their neighbor found her son unconscious and bleeding. Officers responded to the 700 block of Anson Court, where they forced entry and found the woman’s husband, Ponnazhakan Subramanian, harming himself.
Subramanian’s 9-year-old son was reportedly found in the garage suffering from multiple stab wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Police said Subramanian was transported to a hospital to undergo treatment and was still there as of Sunday, Jan. 8. He was reportedly arraigned on a capital murder warrant with a $1 million bond.
A department spokesperson told KTVT-TV, "We continue to keep the child’s mother and their entire family in our thoughts and prayers during this unspeakably difficult time."
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