Morgan Corthell Professor Jim Goar English 102-01 Sunday, October 29th Robert Jason Owens And The Murder Of An Unborn Child On March 12th, 2015, Cristie Schoen Codd and her husband, J.T Codd were brutally murdered by long-time neighbor Robert Jason Owens. At the time of her death, Schoen was five months pregnant with their first child, a girl, who was to be named Skylar. Owens was charged with three counts of murder in the 2nd degree and two counts of concealment of evidence of death by unnatural causes. He is currently serving a minimum of 59 1/2 years and a maximum of 74 1/2 years in prison. His last publically known location was Lanesboro Correctional Institution in Polkton, North Carolina, however, he was moved in early 2017 and his current …show more content…
Codd were reported missing on March 15th, 2015 when their family could not get ahold of them for some time. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office went to the Codd’s home to complete a welfare check, but they instead found the home empty and signs of foul play. The Detective Division was called and opened a missing person's case. Later that day, the Sheriff’s office received a report of suspicious activity on Donna drive in Candler, a small town west of Asheville. When deputies responded, items belonging to the Codd’s were found and Robert Jason Owens was identified as the person dumping those items. On March 16th, detectives were able to obtain a search warrant for Owens’ home after he admitted to breaking into the home of the Codd’s and stealing the items found on Donna drive, where they found dismembered and charred human remains in the home’s wood stove. In an interview on March 16, 2015, Owens reportedly admitted to running over the couple with their truck while he was attempting to help them free the vehicle. Supposedly the Codds were standing in front of his truck to help with the extraction when he accidentally hit the accelerator and ran over both of them. Owens admitted that he carried Cristie Codd into the house and attempted to revive her in the living room but she passed away. When he returned outside, he said he found J.T Codd already dead. Owens reported that he was afraid if incarceration, so he carried J.T Codd's body to his home where he …show more content…
There are many debates on whether abortion should be legal and if abortion is ethical. To be forthright, I do not know the answer, as there is no answer. Ethical arguments are simply matters of opinion, and it is my opinion that abortion should be illegal to the same extent that Robert Owens experienced, if not more heavy handed, unless there is a serious and fatal threat to the mother. What is the difference between the murder of an unborn child through accident or malice and the institutionalized death of an unborn child via abortion? The difference is the desire for the child by the mother. Should we place a higher value on a wanted child than an unwanted child? If that is the case, then when does it stop being permissible to terminate the life of a child? A couple days? A few months? Two years? If we are able to put a concrete value on different human life, then that opens so many other doors such as racism, ableism, ageism, and genocide. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “in 2013, 664,435 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. The abortion rate for 2013 was 12.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 200 abortions per 1,000 live births”. For whatever reason, those 664,435 unborn children were aborted, and whatever life they