DATE:
December 17, 2003
PUBLICATION:
Palm Beach
Post, The (FL)
EDITION:
MARTIN-ST. LUCIE
SECTION:
LOCAL
A Stuart man was arrested after his former
girlfriend told police he tried to coax their
6-year-old son to stab her with a knife.
Edward Munao, 38, of
4428 S.E. Hamilton Lane, was arrested Monday
afternoon on a charge of solicitation to commit
first-degree murder, according to a Port St. Lucie
police report. He was in the St. Lucie County Jail
Tuesday night on $250,000 bond.
Jodi Walsh, 34, of Port St. Lucie, told police that
her son had called his father in mid-November
complaining that his mom wouldn't let him watch
television, according to the report.
The boy later told her that Munao "told him
to kill her by stabbing her," according to the
report. Walsh has a restraining order against
Munao, the report said.
Walsh also taped phone conversations with her son
and Munao, with permission of the court,
according to the report.
The boy called Munao on Nov. 18 because his
mother told him to take a shower instead of watching
television, according to the report.
Munao
tells the boy to go to the kitchen, but the boy says
no, the report said.
"Do you want me to kill her for you?" Munao
asked, according to the report.
Port St. Lucie police spokesman Kacey Donnell said
it is common for parents to use a child during
domestic problems.
"This is obviously an extreme case," Donnell said.
"It's taking it to a different level."
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