An Orange County man launched from jail 5 years after stabbing his mom to loss of life is once more the topic of a police hunt.
Ike Nicholas Souzer, 18, eliminated his digital monitoring bracelet Wednesday inside hours of being moved to a Santa Ana midway home, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district legal professional’s workplace stated. Souzer had been launched that day from the utmost safety Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, 15 months early.
“I advised the DA’s workplace, with that ankle bracelet, he’s not going to make it by way of the day,” Eleanor Watson, Souzer’s grandmother, who was notified of his impending launch, stated in an interview with The Occasions on Saturday. “I'm pondering to myself, I hope that ankle bracelet is fabricated from metal.
“He lower the one off to kill his mom, for crying out loud. What’s happening with the courts down right here?”
Souzer was 13 when he killed his mom, Barbara Scheuer-Souzer, 48, outdoors their residence in Backyard Grove, stabbing her two occasions within the abdomen. On the time of the 2017 killing, he was on residence detention with a historical past of operating away, and was described by a member of the family as autistic and risky. His public protection lawyer claimed Souzer had been abused by his mom, an allegation Watson maintains was false.
Over the objection of prosecutors, who had pressed homicide prices, Souzer in 2019 was convicted in juvenile courtroom of manslaughter.
“Sure, he's autistic,” Watson stated, “nevertheless, he's very conniving and he's very harmful... he has no conscience.” She stated she was advised a choose determined to launch him early “to offer him an opportunity, however you don’t give an opportunity to an individual who has this persona sort and has already murdered.”
Souzer’s sentence was initially set to be accomplished in July 2023, however he was launched early, with orders to stay below digital monitoring. The Orange County probation workplace alerted different police businesses of Souzer’s disappearance, however the district legal professional’s workplace elevated that to a public warning “as a result of we have been so involved about this case,” stated spokeswoman Kimberly Edds.
The prosecutor’s workplace described Souzer as an “extraordinarily harmful and violent felony.”
Whereas in custody, Souzer confronted further felony prices in December tied to assaults in August 2021 on three correctional officers. These counts have been lowered to misdemeanors and Souzer was given credit score for the time he had already spent behind bars.
Souzer, who's described as 6 ft tall and weighing 200 kilos, has a prior historical past of escape. Whereas awaiting trial in 2019, he discovered his technique to a rooftop on the Orange County Juvenile Corridor, vaulted a excessive perimeter fence, and was picked up with out incident by police later that day at a McDonald’s.
Watson, in the meantime, remained conflicted.
“I imply, he’s my grandson. I misplaced him and my daughter on the identical time,” she stated. “My coronary heart hearkens again to the time once we had such a heat, loving relationship and we performed video games and we laughed so arduous I cried. I do not forget that and I like that boy that was there, and he’s gone now.”
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