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PIO gets lifer for killing wife, children
Chicago: Person of Indian-origin gets lifer for killing wife, children, A 46-year-old person of Indian-origin (PIO) computer scientist, who was extradited to the US from India to face trial in a triple murder case, has been sentenced to life for killing his wife and two young children by slashing their throats in 2008.
- He fled to Hyderabad after the gruesome killings in 2008
- He was however tracked and arrested in 2013
Chicago: A 46-year-old person of Indian-origin (PIO) computer scientist, who was extradited to the US from India to face trial in a triple murder case, has been sentenced to life for killing his wife and two young children by slashing their throats in 2008. Lakshminivasa Nerusu was last month found guilty by a jury after less than two hours of deliberations. "I think you're most wholly, completely and utterly selfish," Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Nanci Grant told Nerusu, as he stood shackled in jail garb, before she sentenced him to life in prison without parole on Thursday.
"That doesn't make you mentally ill, that makes you an evil human being," Grant was quoted as saying by the Detroit Free Press. The judge sharply dismissed Nerusu's claim that he was mentally ill when he murdered his wife and two children.
Grant, a judge for 18 years, told Nerusu that she has handled hundreds of murder cases. "None of them affected me like this one did," she said. "I've never had to stop and pause and gather myself until I saw the photos of your murdered children."
Nerusu quarrelled with his wife, Jayalakshmi, 37, the morning of October 13, 2008, then stabbed her 59 times with a kitchen knife, before slashing her throat. He waited for his daughter, Tejasvi, 14, to arrive home from school before ambushing her as she came through the door. Forty minutes later, he attacked his son, Siva Kumar, 12, as he, too, arrived home.
He fled to Hyderabad the next day but was arrested in 2013 and extradited back to Michigan to face murder charges. Nerusu had admitted to the killings, and testified on his own behalf, but said he blacked out and could not recall the details. He had admitted he would sometimes slap his wife when they argued and worried that she would call the police.
Defense attorney Lawrence Kaluzny argued Nerusu was insane at the time, but jurors clearly disbelieved that. Nerusu showed no emotion as he was led away shackled at his waist and ankles.
