Now what would drive August into such a blinding rage that he would ram a backhoe into the home where his sons were sound asleep? Well, when we spoke to Young's cousin, she says that the ongoing custody battle over his sons may be what drove him to this act of madness.
For some background, Samuel August shared 3 boys with his wife - who died a couple years ago. The child's grandmother, Louise Young, took the kids in. But August wasn't happy about that from day one. So August and Young had been back and forth in court over this issue. There were several times when things got nasty and August threatened the family - culminating in last night's deranged domestic attack. Here's more.
Voice of: Neighbor
"It was a custody battle."
Reporter
"He wanted back his children?"
Voice of: Neighbor
"Yes and he just went to court I think yesterday, because he was posting all kinds of things on Facebook. I don't have him as friend, but people who knows me - he puts all kinds of things about females know when something is about to happen."
Reporter
"I understand he was threaten you guys as well."
Voice of: Neighbor
"He always come and steal his children off the verandah - they made a lot of reports against him already. There is a restraining order, but he doesn't care."
The family maintained that Young allowed August to see the kids regularly. Our information is that August was at the house yesterday during the day, before the incident, telling the kids that he would be going away for a long time.
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