Public Defender with Shasta County charged with three counts of attempted murder

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Update: Public Defender with Shasta County charged with three counts of attempted murder

Updated as of 4:45 p. m. Wednesday, June 19, 2019: Redding police have arrested Theodore Loos, 73, after he allegedly attacked his family with a splitting maul. Investigators say Loos went to his son's room early this morning with the axe and attempted to hit his son with the blunt edge of the...

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Investigators say Loos went to his son's room early this morning with the axe and attempted to hit his son with the blunt edge of the weapon. The son was able to escape the attack when the daughter woke up to the struggle and screamed, distracting Loos.

Loos then allegedly hit his daughter with the blunt end of the maul before both kids escaped to their mother's bedroom. There, the kids told police, they found their mother in bed with massive wounds to her head and face.

The daughter ran to a neighbor's house to call the police while the son stayed behind to try and disarm Loos, who now had a knife as well as the axe.

Loos was arrested when officers arrived and has been booked into the Shasta County Jail. He has been charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of domestic violence, and two counts of causing injury to a child.

The rest of the family was taken to the hospital for their injuries. Both kids were treated for minor injuries. The mother is in critical condition and has life threatening injuries that required surgery.

According to The State Bar of California's website, which was updated as recent as 2019, Theodore Loos is a Public Defender with Shasta County.
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Splitting maul attack: Public defender accused of trying to kill family reveals motive, has court date set

Theodore Loos had his bail set at $1.5 million in an arraignment Friday.

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Loos told police that he recently learned his wife had about $10,000 in credit card debt. He met with a representative from the California Public Employees' Retirement System and walked away thinking he would not have enough money in retirement to support his family or pay debts.
Loos said he remembered waking up Wednesday morning, walking to the garage and grabbing the maul. He said he did not have control over his actions, as the impulsive part of his brain took over. He knew he had tried to kill his family and said he had "failed miserably."
Loos indicated he would still kill himself if given the opportunity. When asked by police why he didn't kill himself and leave his family out of it, Loos said he didn't want his family to be poor, according to the report. He said he was sorry for what he had done.
Police said earlier this week they were not giving the names of the children and their mother because they're victims of domestic violence and child abuse.

 

[Sejanus]

His problem solving skills are right up there with a monkey trying to cook dinner for 4.
Well he did solve his retirement issues.
So there is that.
In his 70's and still at it...pity.

 

[ellielyn]

Sounds like a family annihilator...he'd rather kill his family then have them be poor?

Of course, he could have just made that up. If you're willing to take an axe and give your family an unknown number of whacks, you're usually not thinking clearly.

 

[Brillig]

He is 73 years old and has young children? How old is the wife?

 

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His problem solving skills are right up there with a monkey trying to cook dinner for 4.
Well he did solve his retirement issues.
So there is that.
In his 70's and still at it...pity.

He shouldn't have started a family in his late 50's

Edit to correct that last statement. He shouldn't have started a family in his late 60s

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He is 73 years old and has young children? How old is the wife?

I think I read 50

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Wife 55
Son 14
Daughter 10

 

[Norcal Skim]

10k in credit card debt is probably below average, nothing to start killing people over. Sad.