CHASTIDY & ZION McPHERSON - 8, 11 YO - / Accused: Eugene Quatron McCoy, brother Lithonia (surburb of Atlanta) GA

April 6, 2011 8:48 AM

Mother, 2 children, killed by older son despite restraining order, say Ga. police



Eugene Quatron McCoy


(CBS/AP/WGCL) Lithonia, Ga. -- A mother and her two children were found stabbed to death Sunday in their DeKalb County home, and the accused killer is the woman's son.

Records show that Sheila Irons had a restraining order against her 21-year-old son, Eugene Quatron McCoy, but that he was still living at home, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Investigators have identified Irons, 40, and children Chasity McPherson, 8, Zion McPherson, 11, as the victims in the Lithonia, Ga. triple murder, according to CBS affiliate WGCL. DeKalb County jail records indicate that McCoy lived at the house, despite a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting his family. He was arrested near the home Sunday night, shortly after police were called to the scene. McCoy, who has a history of family violence, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

McCoy has been arrested 6 times previously, twice involving family violence orders, reports WGCL.

The only survivor of the attack was a woman who fled through the woods and managed to call 911, according to police spokeswoman Mekka Parish. The Journal-Constitution reports that the survivor was in fact the murdered
woman's daughter, 17-year-old Candice McCoy.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eugene McCoy pleaded no contest to family violence battery on Dec. 8th, and was ordered to attend a mental health evaluation on Dec. 21st.

2:42 p.m. Wednesday, December 14, 2011

DeKalb man who killed mother, siblings indicted

A DeKalb County grand jury indicted a 21-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his mother and siblings in April.

Eugene Quatron McCoy was formally charged with three counts of felony murder and aggravated assault for stabbing his mother Shelia Irons, step-sister Chastity McPherson, 11, 8-year-old step-brother Zion McPherson and his sister Candice McCoy.

Candice McCoy, 17, was the only victim who survived the attack.

An argument between McCoy and his mother on April 3 led to the slayings, investigators said.

The young man’s father, also named Eugene McCoy, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution there was a history of fighting between the two. The younger McCoy had been arrested months earlier and was on probation at the time of the slayings for attacking his sister, authorities said.

Court records showed that Irons had two restraining orders against McCoy, although the older McCoy said his wife had allowed him back into their Lithonia home on the condition that he find a job.

Eugene Quatron McCoy remains in the DeKalb County without bond.

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