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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[KCWolfman]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Odd how so many here are pretending they knew or understood a person they never even met.

That's it in a nutshell.

And they will most likely never know. But we will be overcome with Dr. Phil's and Oprah's telling us what went wrong and how the world would be better if we just just listened to them.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by KCWolfman

That the Hunt's have no prior knowledge of their players mentally stability is the first statement that comes to mind to me.

Pioli is exactly the kind of guy that would keep them in the dark.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KCWolfman

So, Larry's second contract was signed without the Hunt's knowledge as well?

That crafty bastard.

Go back and re-read what I said.



Are you drunk or something?

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by BigRock

Two notable symptoms of CTE are increased aggression and poor impulse control. The very things that cause crimes of passion.

Nothing about the crime dismisses brain trauma as a possible factor. Nothing will except an examination of Belcher's brain.

Admittedly, I know nothing about examining the brain for CTE. Is that going to be even possible in this case given Belcher shot himself in the head?

I think it would be extremely interesting/beneficial if they are able to find out if he had CTE.

[KCWolfman]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Pioli is exactly the kind of guy that would keep them in the dark.

That doesn't make your statement accurate. It is still unfounded gossip, just like Dane's BS about LJ.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigRock

Two notable symptoms of CTE are increased aggression and poor impulse control. The very things that cause crimes of passion.

Nothing about the crime dismisses brain trauma as a possible factor. Nothing will except an examination of Belcher's brain.

Can doctors fully asses his brain? He put a bullet through his head. This isn't like Seau or Duerson or Macky, etc.

[KCWolfman]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Admittedly, I know nothing about examining the brain for CTE. Is that going to be even possible in this case given Belcher shot himself in the head?

I think it would be extremely interesting/beneficial if they are able to find out if he had CTE.

Depends on the bullet type and entry/exit wound.

As KC Connection pointed out, no one knows crap.... and they probably never will. But plenty of people will blame someone they don't like.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Can doctors fully asses his brain? He put a bullet through his head. This isn't like Seau or Duerson or Macky, etc.

Q

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KCWolfman

That the Hunt's have no prior knowledge of their players mentally stability is the first statement that comes to mind to me.

So, you believe that Lamar Hunt, who was suffering from severe cancer in 2003, was told before LJ was selected in the first round of that draft, that he held a gun to a woman's face and signed off on that?

Is that your statement?

[HMc]

Dane was mates with Lamar so he probably knows this stuff

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by KCWolfman

That doesn't make your statement accurate. It is still unfounded gossip, just like Dane's BS about LJ.

So you think Clark Hunt had full knowledge of Belcher's issues and allowed him to remain a Chief.

Sounds plausible based on the history of this organization.

[WV]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I can't answer that question.

But according to recent reports, he and the club where aware of their issues, which is obviously why he, Gibbs and Crennel knew that they were in no danger when he stormed the gates on Saturday.

This may end far worse for Pioli and Crennel than anyone could have possibly imagined.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

And I think that you're speculating.

It's clear that he had problems and the Chiefs were aware of said problems.

You have absolutely no idea if the team psychologist warned Pioli or the organization that Belcher was on edge and ready to snap.

Pioli, Crennel and Gibbs calm collectively calm demeanor on Saturday while dealing with an armed man that admitted to murder tells me that that weren't shocked or stunned to hear that news.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

You are assuming. I am not.

Pioli, Crennel and Gibbs were unafraid of a man holding a gun AFTER he confessed to murder.

That tells us that he wasn't on some muderous rampage. He wanted her dead to such a large degree that he didn't mind taking his own life as the endgame.

The dude was seriously jacked.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

What the **** is wrong with you?

Please link us to a quote in which I stated that anyone knew Belcher would snap.

It's like the reerun patrol in here tonight.

You have been acting all along like they knew the situation and then through deductive reasoning deduced that they were safe, but then weren't shocked that he killed someone. You've been acting like you knew the whole situation from the beginning of this thread and with your first statement injected blame on Pioli and Crennel. Like they should have known.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by KCWolfman

That doesn't make your statement accurate. It is still unfounded gossip, just like Dane's BS about LJ.

What BS?

You've gone full ****ing reerun.

[KCWolfman]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

So, you believe that Lamar Hunt, who was suffering from severe cancer in 2003, was told before LJ was selected in the first round of that draft, that he held a gun to a woman's face and signed off on that?

Is that your statement?

I don't know. As a responsible business manager, I would feel obligated to report such information to the owner of my company.

If you have other information I would love to hear the proof in the pudding. Or perhaps you dated a psychic as well?

[KCWolfman]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

So you think Clark Hunt had full knowledge of Belcher's issues and allowed him to remain a Chief.

Sounds plausible based on the history of this organization.

I don't know.

Obviously, Only you and Dane can glean the mind of the Hunt's.