Anyone following the case where Matthew Schleier murdered his 5 year old son Jack?
The POS planned to murder him for a week...and he did.
Anybody know anything about Matthew Schleier? Is he batshit insane?
This was in Marion, Iowa.
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Marion father ‘premeditated’ how to kill his 5-year-old who he strangled, prosecutors say
Complaint states he thought about using knives, which police found during search
Trish Mehaffey
Oct. 30, 2024 11:14 am, Updated: Oct. 31, 2024 7:33 am
A Marion father accused of strangling his 5-year-old son Tuesday morning told police he had been up most of night “trying to decide” if and how to kill the preschooler.
Matthew Gerald Schleier, 45, told Marion investigators he had thoughts for the last week of killing his son, according to criminal complaint. He had thought about using knives, which police said they found as they collected evidence during the execution of a search warrant at the home in the 4100 block of Willowbrook Drive in Marion.
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The evidence of knives indicated Schleier was premeditating his actions, the complaint said.
Schleier, wearing a padded vest and appearing by video from the Linn County Jail, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder during an initial appearance in Linn County District Court. He showed no visible emotion, looking straight ahead during his appearance.
Schleier served as an executive with the United Fire Group in Cedar Rapids. The company announced on October 2023 that he was promoted to a vice president within the Cedar Rapids branch. He wrote on his LinkedIn business profile online that in May he became the company’s assistant vice president of field operations and agency resources. UFG did not respond to calls Wednesday about his current status with the company.
Police received a 911 call about 5:57 a.m. Tuesday for an unresponsive 5-year-old “who wasn’t breathing and was warm to the touch,” according to a criminal complaint. Marion Fire Department medics started lifesaving measures and then police officers assisted.
The paramedics asked the child’s mother, Victoria Schleier, a kindergartner teacher at St. Joseph’s in Marion, how she found her son, Jack, and the mother said, “His dad strangled him,” the complaint states.
An officer asked Matthew Schleier if his wife was correct and he confirmed that he strangled Jack, the Police received a 911 call about 5:57 a.m. Tuesday for an unresponsive 5-year-old “who wasn’t breathing and was warm to the touch,” according to a criminal complaint. Marion Fire Department medics started lifesaving measures and then police officers assisted.
The paramedics asked the child’s mother, Victoria Schleier, a kindergartner teacher at St. Joseph’s in Marion, how she found her son, Jack, and the mother said, “His dad strangled him,” the complaint states.
An officer asked Matthew Schleier if his wife was correct and he confirmed that he strangled Jack, the complaint states. states.
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More:
https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/marion-father-premeditated-how-to-kill-his-5-year-old-who-he-strangled-prosecutors-say/
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Younger Matthew Schleier
https://corridorbusiness.com/matthew-schleier/
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Father allegedly obsessed over killing 5-year-old son for a week before child’s murder
Colin KalmbacherOct 31st, 2024, 12:33 pm
Inset: Matthew Gerald Schleier (Linn County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The house where Schleier allegedly killed his son (Google Maps).
An Iowa father strangled his 5-year-old son to death after entertaining thoughts of killing the child for about a week prior to the violence, police in the Hawkeye State say.
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Those knives retrieved from the house suggest the father had a “premeditated” desire to kill his boy, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Gazette, a local newspaper serving the Marion area.
At the time of the murder, two other adults and one other child were inside the residence, police said. No one aside from the 5-year-old was harmed.
On Wednesday, the defendant made an initial appearance in Linn County District Court by way of a video feed. During the brief proceeding, Schleier reportedly looked straight ahead, blank and without emotion, according to a courtroom report by the paper.
“This boy left behind a grieving mother and many other close family members,” Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks told the Gazette. “Our hearts go out to them after suffering this shocking and devastating loss. Nobody should ever have to endure the loss of a child. The pain has to be unimaginable. I would ask that their family be given privacy and respect while they deal with this tragedy.”
Details about what, exactly, led up to the child’s death on the day in question are scarce. Other than the defendant’s alleged homicidal ideation, police have not floated a motive as to why Schleier might have wanted to kill his son.
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/father-allegedly-obsessed-over-killing-5-year-old-son-for-a-week-before-childs-murder/
The child, Jack Matthew Schleier.
