Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast - He Murdered a Pedo - The Gary Plauche story

Episode Date: February 2, 2025

This is the story of Gary Plauche and how he murdered his son's kidnapper Jeffrey Doucet.

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an active kid. He really likes sports. And one day he gets involved in karate. And he really likes karate. And he's actually pretty good at it. And he also really likes his karate instructor. This guy, Doucette. He's 24. Now, Doucette is a four. friendly guy, but teaching karate is his only source of income, so he's kind of broke. In fact, he's so broke, he lives at the karate studio. Now, Gary feels bad for Doucette because he's such a nice guy and he seems to be good with the kids. So Gary decides to let Doucette eat dinner with the family sometimes. He lets him borrow their shower when he needs it. And so Doucette, who's over there all the time, he ends up becoming a family friend. So now he's always teaching Jody Karate, he's

He's driving him home from practice, he's taking him out to see movies, and they have a lot of fun together. And this relationship goes on for a while. But here's where the story gets dark. Turns out, Doucette is low-key a creep. And once the family starts trusting him, he starts testing boundaries with Jody, touching him when they're alone, seeing how far he can get. And this is a common thing that P3DOs do. They'll often test boundaries little by little to see how far they can get, to see if anyone

calls them out on it. And they'll test boundaries with the parents too. They'll take the kid out for a few hours to see how long it takes for the parents to get worried, stuff like that. And this is exactly what Doucette does. And after a few months of testing these boundaries with Jody and his parents, he straight up starts essaying Jody. And he's always hanging around the family, so he gets to do it frequently.

nearly every day, anytime he can get Jody alone. And the whole time, Doucette is pretending to be Jody's friend. He's always taking Jody to the local movie theater and on trips to karate tournaments and stuff. And Jody, with his 10-year-old brain, he doesn't know what to make of all this. I mean, he doesn't like the touching stuff, he thinks it's weird. But he likes hanging out with Doucette. Because he's older than him, but he's not nearly as old as his parents. But he is still an older guy, so he's still

got that cool factor going on. So young Jody doesn't know any better and he doesn't tell anyone about the essay or about any of the inappropriate stuff going on. And all this goes on for about a year. But then it really goes wrong. Because one morning, Doucette, he comes over to Jody's house and Jody's mom is there. We'll just call her mom. And Doucette asks mom if he can borrow their car because he needs to run an errand.

And mom's like, sure, Doucette, you can use the car. And then he asks if Ducet, you can use the car. And then he asks if Ducet, Jody can ride along with him. And mom's like, sure, have fun. So they leave, and several hours pass. And mom notices, Doucette hasn't come back yet.

And she starts panicking. Where the hell are they? Did something happen to them? And so she calls police. Meanwhile, Doucette has got Jody in the car, and they're driving west, because Ducet is officially kidnapping him. And they make a few stops, but then they end up at Doucette's uncle's house

where they ditch the car. And then he and Jody, they get on a bus, and they go from Louisiana all the way to Los Angeles. Now, Jody's 11 at this point, so naturally he doesn't fully comprehend the gravity of everything that's going on. I mean, he still thinks Doucette is his cool, older friend, and that they're somehow out on some kind of adventure. And so while they're in Los Angeles,

Doucette walks them around downtown, and they see a TV show being filmed, and he gets to see the Hollywood sign. And then that same day, they get on another book. and they travel from Los Angeles down over to Anaheim, and they stay in a motel. And then the next day, Doucette takes Jody to Disneyland. And he's 11, so I'm sure he has a good time.

Now, at this point, Jody has been missing for nine whole days. And Gary and Mom, they're back home and they're going insane. And there's a nationwide manhunt looking for these two, and the FBI is now involved. And no one really knows if they're ever going to see Jody again. Until. Until Ducet makes a big mistake.

Because that night, at the motel, he decides to allow Jody to make a call back home to his mom. And so Jody calls his mom, and they have a quick talk. But what Ducet doesn't know, and what mom doesn't even know at this point, is that the FBI had tapped her phone, because they were hoping that at some point Ducet would call. And they were right. So they traced the call, and pretty quickly, boom. Police bust through the motel door and bam, they arrest Doucette.

Here's his mugshot. And Jody ultimately gets sent back home to Baton Rouge to be with his parents. But here's where the story gets really crazy. They put Doucette in jail, and two weeks later they extraded him from California all the way back to Baton Rouge. That same day, Gary goes to a local restaurant to get lunch. And even though he just got his son back, he's still upset. I mean, police told him all the terrible things.

things Doucette did to Jody. So Gary is just sickened by all this, and he can't get over it. It's eating him alive. Which I assume would be normal for any parent. I mean, your son gets kidnapped and violated. I imagine you'd be losing your mind too. Thinking of all the crazy shi just wanting to punch holes in the wall. I mean, you'd be mad, I would. So anyway, Gary's at this restaurant and a local news reporter recognizes him and he's like, hey Gary, do you know what time Doucette's extradition is? And of course Gary doesn't know. He police never told him. But then that reporter finds out the information.

And for some reason, he goes back to Gary and tells him, hey, turns out they're going to be bringing Doucette through Baton Rouge Airport around 9 o'clock tonight. And that moment is when Gary just snaps. And he decides he's going to get revenge on Doucette. And he goes and he gets his pew-poo and he heads to the airport. Because he is not going to let this slide. Shit's about to get real. And so he's there.

at the airport and he's wearing a disguise, a baseball hat and sunglasses. And there are news camera crews and police all over the place. And everyone is there waiting for officers to arrive and perp walk Doucette through the area. And Gary, he gets on a pay phone and he's got his back to everyone so that no one will see him and recognize him. And that is when the police escort enters and they're walking through with Doucette. And he's right here. And right as they walk past Gary and Gary's here, he quickly.

grabs his pew-pue and he points it at Doucette's head and bang. Now obviously I can't show you the full video. It's way too gruesome and I don't want my video removed, but the local news camera crews captured the whole thing. And so bam, Gary is immediately arrested and Doucette is rushed to the hospital and there he actually dies the next day. But here's the complicated part. Jody is actually mad at Gary over all this. Because in his 11-year-old mind, he saw Doucette as his good friend. The guy who showed him around L.A. and took him to Disneyland. And from his perspective, his dad just suddenly unalived his good friend. And Jody stays mad at him for a long time. But eventually, they do mend their relationship and they make up. But anyway, Gary ends up taking a plea deal where the

charges against him are dropped down to manslaughter. So at the end of it all, he only gets community service and five years probation for unaliving this predator. And ultimately, he spends zero time in prison for this. And here is what he looked like in real life.