Leon Gary Plauché (November 10, 1945 – October 20, 2014) was an American man known for publicly offing Jeff Doucet, a child abuser who had kidnapped and was inappropriate with Plauché's son, Jody.
The termination occurred by use of a revolver on March 16, 1984, and was captured on camera by a local news crew.
Plauché was given a seven-year suspended sentence with five years' probation and 300 hours of community service, receiving no prison time.
The case received wide publicity because some people questioned whether Plauché should have been charged with a more serious crime.
Plauché contended that he was in the right, and that any parent in a similar position would have taken the same action.
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