McKinney man accused of killing son: Subramanian Ponnazhakan

MCKINNEY, Texas — Warning: The following article accommodates graphic language and descriptions.

A North Texas man accused of killing his eight-year-old son had informed his spouse a number of occasions earlier that day that his household ought to die, in line with an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA.

Subramanian Ponnazhakan, 39, is accused of killing his son, Nanitin Ponnazhakan, who was discovered lifeless of stab wounds within the household’s storage in McKinney on Jan. 6.

When police arrived on the scene, they stated they discovered the daddy, Subramanian Ponnazhakan, with self-inflicted stab wounds of his personal, though he survived these accidents. He now faces a cost of capital homicide in his son’s killing, police stated.

Ponnazhakan was arraigned on a capital homicide warrant by McKinney Police, and his bond was set at $1 million bond.

An arrest warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA on Wednesday outlined what police discovered after they responded to the Subramanian residence on Jan. 6.

Officers have been known as to the house within the 700 block of Anson Court in McKinney, the place a lady informed 911 that her son was unconscious and bleeding, and that her husband had locked her out of the house.

Police stated they arrived and spoke with the girl, who informed officers her son was within the storage. When officers entered the house, they discovered blood inside and will hear a man yelling from the master suite close to the rear of the house, the affidavit stated.

That man, later recognized as Subramanian Ponnazhakan, had a number of cuts on his physique and was holding a big butcher-style knife in his hand, in line with the affidavit.

Officers then continued on the lookout for the girl’s son, who was discovered lifeless on the ground of the storage, the affidavit stated. The boy had a number of cuts and lacerations, in line with police.

When police interviewed the boy’s mom, she stated her husband, Subramanian Ponnazhakan, had been feeling depressed these days “for an unknown reason,” the affidavit stated.

The lady stated Ponnazhakan acknowledged a number of occasions on the day of her son’s killing that he thought the three of them ought to die, in line with the affidavit.

The lady informed police that she informed her husband he ought to see a psychiatrist and that he was “not happy about that,” the affidavit stated. 

Later that day, the affidavit detailed, Ponnazhakan went to select up his son from college whereas his spouse stayed residence and slept.

The spouse later woke as much as a sound coming from the route of the storage in her residence, per the affidavit. The noise gave the impression of screaming, the affidavit stated, however she initially thought it was youngsters enjoying exterior.

According to police, she then determined to name her husband, having not heard from him and their son, at which level she might hear her husband’s cellphone ringing inside their residence. She went to the lounge to examine the sound, and located her husband sitting in the lounge, the affidavit stated.

Police stated Ponnazhakan then informed his spouse that their son was at a good friend’s home. But she thought “something was not right,” the affidavit stated, so she started on the lookout for her son and ultimately discovered him unconscious within the storage.

She then ran out of the home and screamed for assist, police stated. A neighbor then positioned the decision to the McKinney Police Department, in line with the affidavit.

Police informed WFAA there was no prior report of 911 calls from the household’s residence or of any involvement from little one protecting providers. 

The boy, police stated, attended Prosper Independent School District. 

“It’s hard to think of somebody who’s capable of doing that,” neighbor Lincoln Banry informed WFAA. “I can’t comprehend it. It’s something completely out of the realm… You see it on TV, too much, then you see it in your neighborhood. And… it’s just sad — that there’s people that hurt that much in this world [and] that’s what they come to.” 

Banry stated he desires the boy’s mom to know that there are folks within the neighborhood who wish to assist her.

“There’s a lot of love and compassion that comes from us,” Banry stated, “and the neighborhood as well.”