The story of Jason Vukovich, the “pedophile hunter” who attacked child rapists with a hammer and ended up in prison

An American vigilante who hunted and attacked child sex abusers has been in prison for more than two decades and his case resonates in the United States, where many are calling for his freedom. Jason vukovich, which is defined as a “Avenging angel” for raped children, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted assault and theft.

At 42, his story is marked by the abuse he suffered as a child. Anchorage, Alaska, both physical and sexual. When he was found guilty of the attacks in June 2016, his brother The elder recounted the childhood trauma they had suffered.

“I’m never going to get better, ever,” said Joel Fulton, his half-brother. He explained that he did not have a good relationship with Vukovich and had spoken to him no more than twice in the past 20 years. Yet he claimed he wanted to help her and called on the justice system to have “mercy”.

As part of a plea deal, Vukovich had previously agreed to plead guilty to attempted assault and robbery. In turn, prosecutors agreed to dismiss more than a dozen other charges against him stemming from the attacks.

But prosecutor Patrick McKay argued that there was no excuse for Vukovich to target and attack three strangers, hit a man so hard with a hammer that he fractured his skull and made him unconscious.

“We are fortunate that we are not dealing with a murder charge,” Deputy District Attorney Patrick McKay told the judge. “People cannot take justice into their own hands just because they don’t like a particular group of people or a particular person.”

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“We do not accept vigilantes in America, ”he told Vukovich. “It is not something that we accept in this community and it is simply something that will not be tolerated,” he added.

The men targeted and attacked by Vukovich respected the lawMarston said: They went through the court system, got their sentences and put their names on the Public registry of sex offenders in Alaska, where Vukovich found their addresses.

“It was not the purpose of the search to allow people to do their own justice,” Marston told Vukovich. “The purpose of the registry was to keep the community safe.”

Prior to his last conviction, in 2016, Vukovich had been jailed and released from prison for years for various crimes. According to his criminal lawyers, when he was released that year got a list of nine names of pedophiles “knowledge” and wrote it down in a notebook.

Within a week in June 2016, the 42-year-old entered the home of three of the men. He hit two with his fists and another man with a hammer.

The brutal attacks left a victim with permanent brain damage. This victim has trouble constructing sentences. He also lost his job and was unable to pay his rent after the assault.

Speaking to the court, the complainant said: “My life has changed forever.”

Vukovich also robbed the three men he had attacked.

Addressing Judge Marston, the vigilante apologized for his actions, saying, “Now I realize that I had no reason to assault these people or take control of the law … I should have sought mental health advice before I exploded“.

Childhood sexual abuse

As a child, Vukovic and his siblings were physically and sexually assaulted by their adoptive father, Larry Lee Fulton.

Detailing his father’s abuse, the self-proclaimed vigilante said: “He was a pretty terrible person overall … He liked to fight with various instruments (belts, possibly a two by four that he had done on measure) “and he liked to interrupt the night by coming to sexually assault me“.

Larry Lee Fulton was convicted of abusing a minor in 1989 and received a three-year suspended sentence.

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Vukovich’s older brother, Joel Fulton, fled his home to escape the abuse. Vukovich eventually did the same.

Joel went to college and was able to complete a doctorate. He is currently the Director of Information Security at a data analysis software company in California and was able to raise a family he still lives with.

On the contrary, Vukovich’s life has entered a downward spiral. Throughout his life, he accumulated eight previous convictions. He also struggled with drug addiction and used methamphetamine regularly..

Angelina, Jason’s sister, It is he who has long promoted a campaign to obtain the freedom of the man sentenced to 25 years. With a lot of support in the networks managed to add more than 10 thousand signatures and about 15 thousand dollars in donations from users who demand the annulment of his sentence and allow him to be free since he is a victim, who suffered abuse in his childhood.

But as Judge Marston expressed his compassion for the Avenger’s childhood experiences, he said that in the end, Vukovich was shown to be dangerous and “ready to hurt people.”