Davagator
04-07-2004, 11:46 AM
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) -- A jailed man
accused of killing and cutting out the hearts of his son, estranged wife and her daughter plucked out his own eye and then
quoted from the Bible, officials said Tuesday.
Andre L. Thomas was in a county jail cell Friday night when he tore his
eye out of its socket with his hands, said Grayson County Sheriff Keith Gary.
Thomas, 21, then quoted the verse Mark
9:47: "And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than
to have two eyes and be thrown into hell."
Thomas was taken to a hospital and the eyeball was put on ice, but it
could not be reattached. He is now being held in restraints at the jail, the sheriff said.
accused of killing and cutting out the hearts of his son, estranged wife and her daughter plucked out his own eye and then
quoted from the Bible, officials said Tuesday.
Andre L. Thomas was in a county jail cell Friday night when he tore his
eye out of its socket with his hands, said Grayson County Sheriff Keith Gary.
Thomas, 21, then quoted the verse Mark
9:47: "And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than
to have two eyes and be thrown into hell."
Thomas was taken to a hospital and the eyeball was put on ice, but it
could not be reattached. He is now being held in restraints at the jail, the sheriff said.