Father said he didn’t want his son known for reciting MLK speeches to become ‘another statistic’ but he killed him, wife in double-murder suicide

Jerel McGeachy allegedly killed his wife Domonique McGeachy and their son Jerel McGeachy, right, in Kansas City. Jerel, 12, was known for reciting MLK speeches. (KAKE)

Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating a double murder-suicide involving a family well known across two states.

Kansas City police responded to a home Monday for a welfare check after 38-year-old Domonique A. McGeachy failed to show up for work. When they went inside they found McGeachy dead along with her husband Jerel McGeachy, also 38, and their son 12-year-old Jerel McGeachy Jr. Cops say the elder McGeachy shot both his wife and son to death before turning the gun on himself. No motive was released.

The McGeachys were well known in their communities in North Carolina and Missouri. Before moving to Missouri, they lived in the Fayetteville, North Carolina, area. Jerel made a name for himself for being able to recite Martin Luther King Jr. speeches even at a young age. In 2020, when he was 9 he was named the Knight of the Year by the North Carolina chapter of the Knights of Pythagoras, a service group, the Fayetteville Observer reported.

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