A Texas man burned his Down Syndrome son’s body on a wood pile at the family property after shooting him dead when he allegedly mistook him for an intruder.
Michael Howard, 68, told investigators he thought his son, 20-year-old Mark Howard, was an intruder when he shot him on December 1, according to the Sabine County Sheriff’s Office. He’d recently contacted authorities about a burglary on his Hemphill, Texas property days prior.
