Teh One Who Knocks
09-29-2011, 12:37 PM
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON – Shain Pierce returned to his apartment after having a toe amputated and found the man he was sponsoring in Alcoholics Anonymous drinking alcohol inside.
When Pierce tried to kick Leslie Haun and his son Robert Haun out of the Scott Street apartment, the elder Haun beat him with an aluminum baseball bat and table leg until he died, a Covington Detective testified Tuesday in Kenton District Court.
Leslie Haun, 47, who has long history of mental problems and a lengthy criminal record, is charged with murder. His son, 19, is charged with complicity to murder and tampering with evidence.
Pierce’s body was found Sept. 20 inside the first floor apartment, said Det. Mike Thompson. The upstairs neighbors told police that they heard a loud fight the night before.
When police interviewed the father and son, Robert Haun told police that his father beat Pierce and then ordered him to throw the bat and table leg used in the beating down the sewer, Thompson said. Police were able to find the bat but could not find the leg, he said.
Pierce, 54, often took in people that needed help, said his sister Tammy Callen.
“He took in I don’t know how many people,” she said. “He was well loved and well respected.”
Callen said her brother was not an alcoholic but participated in Alcoholics Anonymous in order to help others.
“He went there for friends and to see who he could help,” she said. He became Leslie Haun’s sponsor and allowed Haun to stay with him, she said.
Haun had been participating in Kenton County’s mental health court, a jail diversion program for people with mental problems, after pleading guilty to stealing two cars earlier this year.
Haun has been diagnosed numerous mental problems including having hallucinations, delusions, depression, anti-social personality disorder and schizophrenia, according to court records.
In August, Haun was kicked of the Droege House, a drug and alcohol treatment facility in Dayton.
Pierce, who had served more than 20 years in prison for burglary, had recently worked a metal recycling facility but hurt his foot. Eventually his toe had to be amputated so he spent about a week in the hospital and returned home Sept. 19.
Both Hauns were drinking in the apartment when he got home, Thompson said.
“He said he wanted them out,” Thompson said. Later father and son came to an AA meeting drunk, Thompson said.
Then they returned the apartment where, Robert Haun told police, Pierce called Leslie Haun a “punk” prompting his father grab the baseball bat, Thompson said.
Robert Haun told police he went into the other room during the beating and was then ordered to get rid of the bat.
Both men thought Pierce was dead, but the man then made a noise, Robert Haun told police. So Leslie Haun then beat him with a table leg, Thompson said.
After his arrest, Robert Haun told police he had nothing to do with the death, Thompson said. He is being represented by attorney Mike Hummel, who is working for the public defender’s office.
Robert Haun said he had been estranged from his father for about 10 years and had only been in contact with him for a about a week before the murder, Thompson said.
Leslie Haun is being represented by Eva Hager, a public defender. He is being held on $500,000 bond; his son is being held on $100,000 bond. District Judge Ann Ruttle sent both cases to the grand jury.
Callen said her brother was walking with a limp and still had stitches in his foot. She last talked to him about 10 p.m. the night before he died.
“I told him to make sure he kept his foot clean and to keep it propped up,” she said. “He seemed like he was in real good spirits, no problems.”
COVINGTON – Shain Pierce returned to his apartment after having a toe amputated and found the man he was sponsoring in Alcoholics Anonymous drinking alcohol inside.
When Pierce tried to kick Leslie Haun and his son Robert Haun out of the Scott Street apartment, the elder Haun beat him with an aluminum baseball bat and table leg until he died, a Covington Detective testified Tuesday in Kenton District Court.
Leslie Haun, 47, who has long history of mental problems and a lengthy criminal record, is charged with murder. His son, 19, is charged with complicity to murder and tampering with evidence.
Pierce’s body was found Sept. 20 inside the first floor apartment, said Det. Mike Thompson. The upstairs neighbors told police that they heard a loud fight the night before.
When police interviewed the father and son, Robert Haun told police that his father beat Pierce and then ordered him to throw the bat and table leg used in the beating down the sewer, Thompson said. Police were able to find the bat but could not find the leg, he said.
Pierce, 54, often took in people that needed help, said his sister Tammy Callen.
“He took in I don’t know how many people,” she said. “He was well loved and well respected.”
Callen said her brother was not an alcoholic but participated in Alcoholics Anonymous in order to help others.
“He went there for friends and to see who he could help,” she said. He became Leslie Haun’s sponsor and allowed Haun to stay with him, she said.
Haun had been participating in Kenton County’s mental health court, a jail diversion program for people with mental problems, after pleading guilty to stealing two cars earlier this year.
Haun has been diagnosed numerous mental problems including having hallucinations, delusions, depression, anti-social personality disorder and schizophrenia, according to court records.
In August, Haun was kicked of the Droege House, a drug and alcohol treatment facility in Dayton.
Pierce, who had served more than 20 years in prison for burglary, had recently worked a metal recycling facility but hurt his foot. Eventually his toe had to be amputated so he spent about a week in the hospital and returned home Sept. 19.
Both Hauns were drinking in the apartment when he got home, Thompson said.
“He said he wanted them out,” Thompson said. Later father and son came to an AA meeting drunk, Thompson said.
Then they returned the apartment where, Robert Haun told police, Pierce called Leslie Haun a “punk” prompting his father grab the baseball bat, Thompson said.
Robert Haun told police he went into the other room during the beating and was then ordered to get rid of the bat.
Both men thought Pierce was dead, but the man then made a noise, Robert Haun told police. So Leslie Haun then beat him with a table leg, Thompson said.
After his arrest, Robert Haun told police he had nothing to do with the death, Thompson said. He is being represented by attorney Mike Hummel, who is working for the public defender’s office.
Robert Haun said he had been estranged from his father for about 10 years and had only been in contact with him for a about a week before the murder, Thompson said.
Leslie Haun is being represented by Eva Hager, a public defender. He is being held on $500,000 bond; his son is being held on $100,000 bond. District Judge Ann Ruttle sent both cases to the grand jury.
Callen said her brother was walking with a limp and still had stitches in his foot. She last talked to him about 10 p.m. the night before he died.
“I told him to make sure he kept his foot clean and to keep it propped up,” she said. “He seemed like he was in real good spirits, no problems.”