Jovan Belcher was one sick son of B****

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Exclusive: As troubles at home simmered, Chiefs tried to help Jovan Belcher
Police said the team was providing counseling to Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins. But Belcher, before taking his own life in the parking lot of the Chiefs’ practice facility, said it wasn’t enough to fix their problems.
By CHRISTINE VENDEL
The Kansas City Star




Seconds after fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher leaned over her in their master bathroom, said he was sorry and kissed her on the forehead.

His mother, who heard gunfire as she stood in the kitchen, rushed to her son’s bedroom and watched his remorseful goodbye.

Belcher apologized to his mother, kissed his 3-month-old daughter and fled his rented home in the 5400 block of Crysler Avenue in his Bentley.

The Star learned those details and others from multiple police sources Monday as officers continued their investigation into why Belcher, 25, killed his live-in girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, 22, on Saturday morning. Arguments over relationship and financial issues had simmered for months between them, according to the sources.

Belcher’s mother, who came from New York to live with her son so the couple could work through their issues, didn’t hear much of the argument. But just before 8 a.m., she heard her son say something to the effect of: “You can’t talk to me like that!”

Then she heard gunfire.

Afterward, Belcher drove to the only place he felt safe — to his other family at Arrowhead Stadium, police said.

As he covered the five miles from his home to the stadium, his violent act weighed on him, police believe.

“He probably realized he had done something and he couldn’t go back,” said Police Sgt. Richard Sharp.

In the parking lot of the practice facility at 1 Arrowhead Drive, Belcher encountered Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli. Belcher stepped out of his Bentley with a gun pointed at his own head, police said.

“I did it,” he said, according to police. “I killed her.”

Club officials knew about the couple’s problems. The Chiefs had provided counseling and “were bending over backward” to help, Sharp said.

But Belcher told Pioli that the assistance wasn’t enough to fix their problems and now, “It was too late.”

When another Chiefs employee arrived, Pioli told him to stay back. Meanwhile Pioli tried to persuade Belcher to lay down the weapon, Sharp said.

Belcher thanked Pioli for everything he had done for him. He asked if he and Clark Hunt would take care of his daughter.

Chiefs Head Coach Romeo Crennel and linebackers coach Gary Gibbs arrived in the parking lot and Belcher reportedly announced, “Guys, I have to do this.”

Crennel tried to dissuade him.

“I was trying to get him to understand that life is not over,” Crennel told The Star. “He still has a chance and let’s get this worked out.’’

As Pioli and Crennel tried to reason with Belcher, the men heard police sirens closing in. Belcher then walked a few steps away with the gun still pointed at his head.

“I got to go,” Belcher reportedly said. “I can’t be here.”

Belcher knelt behind a vehicle and made the sign of the cross across his chest before firing a single bullet into his head.

Kansas City police believe Belcher killed himself because he was distraught over what he had done to Perkins.

“He cared about her,” Sharp said. “I don’t think he could live with himself.”

The night before the killings, Perkins had attended a concert downtown with friends, and Belcher had “partied” at the Power and Light District, police said. It was unclear when they arrived home, where Belcher’s mother was watching their baby. A woman who answered Belcher’s mother’s cell phone Monday declined to comment.

Detectives don’t know what specifically sparked the argument between the couple at home, but a friend of Perkins told The Star that the couple argued around 1 a.m. Saturday when Perkins returned home from the Trey Songz concert and drinks with friends afterward. Belcher was mad she had stayed out so late, the friend said.

Sometime later, Kansas City police talked with Belcher after finding him asleep in his Bentley on Armour Boulevard. Officers determined he was able to drive himself home. Police believe he arrived home about 7 a.m., well before a 9:30 team meeting. That’s when the yelling began.

Police said youth, immaturity and financial pressures served as a backdrop. During his college years, Belcher allegedly punched a dormitory window because he was upset over a woman.

Autopsies with toxicology tests were performed on both bodies, but results will take weeks, police said. Investigators believe alcohol may have played a role in the argument’s escalation.

Police recovered several legally owned guns from Belcher’s home. Investigators were testing each one, and the gun found with Belcher’s body, against shell casings and bullets they recovered.

Police spokesman Darin Snapp said Monday that Belcher’s mother, who had been staying with the couple, was given temporary custody of the couple’s daughter. But he said it was unclear if the grandmother and baby were still in the Kansas City area.

Perkins, who grew up in Texas, met Belcher, who grew up in New York, through a cousin, Whitney Golden Charles, the wife of Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles. Perkins moved to Kansas City in 2010 to be with Belcher. Her relatives learned of her death from the news, police said. A woman who answered the phone at a relative’s home Monday declined to comment.

Monday afternoon, the family issued a statement that spelled Perkins’ first name with a double s, though she spelled it with one on her Facebook page:

“On behalf of the Perkins Family, we appreciate the outpouring of love and concern for our Kassandra ‘Kasi’ Perkins. Our hearts are truly broken for Kasi was a beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, cousin and friend.…

“Please keep us in your hearts and prayers as well as the Belcher family for two lives were loss. Again we thank you for your support, our wish is for Kasi to be remembered for the love she shared with us all. Kasi will be truly missed!”

Jamaal Charles also released a statement: “Our family has suffered a personal tragic loss.… As this is a very tough time for our family, I ask that we are respected as we grieve. Kassandra was not only family, but a friend and a loving mother. As my actual family and my Kansas City Chiefs family have been altered forever, we ask that you keep us and most importantly their child in prayer. Thank you all for your continued support.”

Later Monday, Belcher’s somber relatives provided statements outside of Belcher’s boyhood home in New York. Yamiesse Lawrence, a cousin of Belcher’s, said the weekend’s events were an “inconceivable tragedy.”

“As a family, no words can express the sorrow we feel over the loss of Jovan and Kasandra,” Lawrence read aloud.

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[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Disagree. 100% They knew he was having relationship troubles. Therapists don't disclose details back to employers. It's called HIPAA. Lot's of players never disclose substance abuse issues to their team for fear of jeopardizing their contract/career. Chiefs did what they could and have no blame here. At least by the details that are currently available.

I agree that they're not to blame. But it's been mentioned that people in the Chiefs organization were aware of Belcher and Perkins' issues and have intervened.

With that being the case, there is the possibility of a civil suit. I'm not saying it's justified or wouldn't be thrown out of court immediately but that it is possible.

[T-post Tom]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

The ****, dude?

They knew he was a trainwreck.

He should have been CUT.

Relationship problems do not equal a train wreck. By all accounts, he was a model citizen at work. 2 people are dead, lets cut the BB hyperbole.

[T-post Tom]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I agree that they're not to blame. But it's been mentioned that people in the Chiefs organization were aware of Belcher and Perkins' issues and have intervened.

With that being the case, there is the possibility of a civil suit. I'm not saying it's justified or wouldn't be thrown out of court immediately but that it is possible.

I can't argue with that. In today's world, I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't already been contacted by multiple ambulance chasers looking for deep RED & GOLD pockets.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Relationship problems do not equal a train wreck. By all accounts, he was a model citizen at work. 2 people are dead, lets cut the BB hyperbole.

A model citizen who drank EVERY NIGHT?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Relationship problems do not equal a train wreck. By all accounts, he was a model citizen at work. 2 people are dead, lets cut the BB hyperbole.

It's clear that he was living a double life. From SI stories and others, his closest friends had no idea he owned nine guns, let alone was into shooting.

It appears that he had a serious facade happening. That's not uncommon for public figures.

[Pants]

There are millions of men and women out there that have substance abuse issues along with relationship problems. I don't think the percentage of them committing murder-suicides is high enough to draw any sort of correlation between the two.

I understand that gochiefs likes to convince himself of something and then just pound it into the ground with his confirmation bias. I don't know why Dane is throwing around these extremely strong claims like he has any idea, though.

Dane, weren't you implying the other day that Javon didn't have any head trauma because he only killed his girlfriend and himself and didn't go on a shooting rampage?

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It's clear that he was living a double life. From SI stories and others, his closest friends had no idea he owned nine guns, let alone was into shooting.

It appears that he had a serious facade happening. That's not uncommon for public figures.

It appears he had a history of violence...

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Pants

Dane, weren't you implying the other day that Javon didn't have any head trauma because he only killed his girlfriend and himself and didn't go on a shooting rampage?

Have you READ every ****ing article published about this guy? Are you aware of his history of violence, arrests and campus reports?

It appears to me that you're not and you're talking out of your ass. Why don't you use Google, read up, and come back to the thread.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Pants

There are millions of men and women out there that have substance abuse issues along with relationship problems.

Good thing we kept one of them on the roster and paid him millions to be mediocre...it was really worth it.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Rausch

It appears he had a history of violence...

Not according to Pants and many other ill-informed members.

It was just a one time thing. A misunderstanding.

You know, typical murder.

[Hammock Parties]

And I liked Jovan Belcher. I was a fan.

I'm ****ing ashamed of that fact now.

The dude was hood rat scum.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Good thing we kept one of them on the roster and paid him millions to be mediocre...it was really worth it.

He ****ing sucked and was a huge liability.

I posted as such in 2010 and people argued with me, especially DJ's Left Nut. Even my pal Milkman defended him.

**** him.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

And I liked Jovan Belcher. I was a fan.

I'm ****ing ashamed of that fact now.

The dude was hood rat scum.

I also was a fan.

I'm not sure how you'd describe him but right now it'd be murderer and.....

[T-post Tom]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

A model citizen who drank EVERY NIGHT?

"At work." And you're going off the email of one Belcher friend who called her the "catalyst"? I have NOT read one quote from a player or coach who had anything less than positive to say about his commitment and performance at work.

You can heckle the Chiefs all you want, but there's nothing yet that indicts them in any way. As far as I can tell, they've done a masterful job of handling a terrible tragedy that happens 3X a day in the U.S. I'm willing to change my opinion once someone provides viable proof otherwise. Until then, o master of the GIFs, I bid you a fond good evening.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Have you READ every ****ing article published about this guy? Are you aware of his history of violence, arrests and campus reports?

It appears to me that you're not and you're talking out of your ass. Why don't you use Google, read up, and come back to the thread.

I've read about 3 police reports during his time in college:

1. Punched a window because he was mad.
2. A girl and he were yelling at each other and police came because of a noise complaint.
3. He requested to be let into a building.

When was he arrested? He was obviously not a felon because he legally owned firearms.

What am I missing?