Sentenced: Indiana Man Sealed 3MO Son Face Down In Bucket Of Laundry Detergent To Die

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The Lafayette Police Department has canceled the Silver Alert for 3-month-old Jacob Moneus after he was located deceased.

According to a released statement from the LPD, he was found by Lafayette Police officers earlier Sunday after an extensive search effort.

Jacob Moneus was reported missing on Saturday, August 10, and a Silver Alert was issued due to the extreme danger he was believed to be in.

Police said the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Jacob's death is ongoing, and the Lafayette Police Department's Detective Division is actively working the case.

LPD: Silver Alert canceled after missing 3-month-old found deceased

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — The Lafayette Police Department has canceled the Silver Alert for 3-month-old Jacob Moneus after he was located deceased.

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Police issued the Silver Alert for baby Jacob after the infant's mother, bloodied and severely battered, drove herself to the hospital for treatment on Saturday afternoon, Lafayette police Sgt. Shawn Verma said. From there, police went to the apartment to investigate the battery and look for the baby.

“When the officers were initially inside the apartment checking out the scene, baby was nowhere to be found,” Verma said.


But the baby was there all along.

“The baby was in the apartment," Verma said, but officers didn't find the infant until about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.

"The baby was located," Verma said. "He was concealed in an area that an officer would never think to look.

"I don't know what prompted the officer to be like, 'Oh, let me open this,'" Verma said. "When the officer opened that he discovered the deceased baby."

A forensic autopsy is scheduled for Monday, Costello said, adding she is treating this death investigation as a homicide.

Indianapolis police arrested the baby's father, Elisard Moneus,

Elisard Moneus did not comment about how his wife was battered and assaulted, Verma said. She told police that Elisard Moneus used a tire-iron-like rod to beat her in the head and body.

Detectives plan to question Elisard Moneus Sunday about baby Jacob's death.

Meanwhile, Elisard Moneus sits in jail without bond on suspicion of crimes against his wife, including attempted murder, domestic battery with serious bodily injury, domestic battery with a deadly weapon and domestic battery in the presence of a child, according to online jail records.

The battery and baby Jacob's death remain under investigation, police said.

Missing Lafayette 3-month-old Jacob Moneus found dead; father in custody

Three-month-old Jacob Moneus likely died before Lafayette police even issued the Silver Alert for the infant on Saturday afternoon.

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[BuffettGirl]

OMG - He was absolutely precious! Little Mr. Baby Fatty Fat Fat...

 

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A 3-month-old child reported missing Saturday was found dead in a bucket of laundry detergent at his home the day after his father attacked his mother with a tire iron.

On Aug. 10, the boy’s mother called 911 to report she’d been battered by her husband and was taking herself to the hospital.

Lafayette Police Department officers met with the woman at the hospital, who said Eliasard got upset with her on Aug. 5 and they hadn’t talked since.

On Saturday, she’d been sitting in her bedroom watching TV with Jacob when Eliasard entered the room, took Jacob, then left the apartment with him. Thirty minutes later, Eliasard came back, went to the bedroom, and began striking her with a “tire iron or wrench multiple times.”

Eliasard left the home after the attack. The mom was unable to locate Jacob afterward. She then took herself to the hospital for treatment of a skull fracture and lacerations on her face.

Court documents say officers searched their apartment and found blood spatter. They could not locate the 3-month-old during the first search.

At some point, officers speaking with Eliasard said “they just needed to know if (Jacob) was okay,” to which Eliasard confirmed the child was fine but didn’t elaborate further.

Eliasard later admitted to hitting his wife with a tire iron, saying he “hoped (she) was going to die from her injuries.” He also said the child was at the apartment during the attack, but denied leaving the apartment with him or knowing where he was.

During a second search of the Moneus’ home early Sunday morning, police found the child’s body in a lidded bucket by the kitchen trash can.

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[Alxprkrkrls]

In a bucket of laundry detergent???? Jesus fucking Christ….

 

[GoneWest]

Wonder what her first clue was?

 

[BooBooBen]

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Wonder what her first clue was?

So true!

 

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A 29-year-old man in Indiana will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for drowning his 3-month-old child, placing the newborn in a "bucket of laundry detergent" before sealing the lid and leaving the boy to die."

Tippecanoe Superior Court Judge Steve Meyer on Tuesday ordered Eliasard Moneus to serve 92 years in a state correctional facility for the cruel death of young Jacob Moneus, prosecutors confirmed to Law&Crime.

Moneus in May pleaded guilty to one count of murder as well as one count of attempted murder, the latter charge stemming from attacking his wife with a tire iron after killing his son, court records show. Specifically, he was sentenced to 62 years for the murder and 30 years for the attempted murder, with the sentences to run consecutively, or one after the other.

During the sentencing hearing, prosecutors described the horrific circumstances of the murder to the judge.

"It doesn't really get worse than this," Tippecanoe County Deputy Prosecutor Elyse Madigan said, according to a report from the Journal & Courier. "A father put his 3-month-old son face down in a bucket of laundry detergent, sealed the lid, left his son to die, and then went to the next room and viciously attacked the baby's mother. Jacob drowned in the bucket swallowing 100 ml of detergent while he died."

Madigan reportedly explained that Moneus was motivated to kill the newborn because he wanted to teach his wife "a lesson" about being disrespectful to men.

Moneus, through an interpreter — the defendant doesn't speak English, only French Creole, according to the report — apologized for the pain he'd caused, but the words had little effect on the judge, who also lambasted the convicted child killer.

"You killed your own child," Meyer reportedly said. "I can't think of a worse crime. This is one of the most grotesque murders I have ever had to see. The thought of putting a 3-month-old upside down into a bucket of laundry detergent is unimaginable."

According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, officers from the Lafayette Police Department at about noon on Aug. 10, 2024, responded to a hospital for a domestic violence incident involving Moneus' wife. The wife, who suffered a fractured skull, told police that her husband of nearly a year beat her with a tire iron or wrench and then took off with their 3-month-old son.

On Aug. 11, 2024, investigators conducted another search of the home and located Jacob " in an orange bucket with a snap seal lid."

"The orange bucket had the lid attached to the bucket and was located next to the trash can in the kitchen," the affidavit stated. "A young male infant believed to be [Jacob] was located deceased in a dark-colored liquid inside of the orange bucket once the lid was removed. A subsequent autopsy determined that the boy died of asphyxia from being immersed in the detergent.

Dad 'sealed' baby in 'bucket of laundry detergent' to teach wife 'a lesson'

Eliasard Moneus was sentenced to more than 90 years in an Indiana prison for drowning his 3-month-old son in a bucket of laundry detergent.

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[BuffettGirl]

No words...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

No words...

It is Indiana so at some point he will be listed in the Indiana inmate system and it will show the exact date he is being released.

Usually Indiana has a day for day system so it is possible he will be released in 46 years which will make him 75 years old.

 

[HijabiGirl]

I hope someone drowns him in a bucket of suds, resuscitates him and then does it again and again.

 

[runninfawn]

I hope someone drowns him in a bucket of suds, resuscitates him and then does it again and again.

oh i think he should be given the "3 got you" with the final one being no resuscitation... catch him once and make it a very good attempt that he was nearly not able to resuscitate and let him know how very very close he was to death, then make him very nervous and worried about the second one... then give him the second one when he finally things you forgot... he will become such a nervous wreck he won't be able to eat or sleep wondering when the last one will happen he will put himself out of his own misery and no one will ever be accused of killing him