An Indianapolis man faces nearly 20 charges in connection to a four-day killing spree last month inspired by the horror film “The Purge,” prosecutors said Wednesday.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said 19-year-old Jonathan Cruz went on a four-day, one-man “purge.” Curry said Cruz made statements to witnesses that he was going “purging” and posted explicit messages which included him saying “I purge every night now.”

In the movie, the U.S. government legalizes all crime, including murder, for one day without fear of prosecution.

Cruz is facing 17 charges including: three murder charges for each victim, attempted robbery resulting in a serious bodily injury, two counts of robbery results in serious bodily injury, armed robbery, intimidation, two counts of pointing a firearm and criminal gang enhancement.

Curry said prosecutors could potentially ask for the death penalty

"Another body wouldn't mean anything," he said, according to court documents.

According to Fox 59, Cruz allegedly sent text messages to his mother about the murders he had allegedly committed. When his mother told him that authorities can still pickup deleted cellphone history, Cruz allegedly said he was going to get a new phone.

Additional text messages to the mother of one of his girlfriend’s alluded to him needing to skip town. The woman replied that she would put him in a hotel and possibly get him to another state. She told him to change his appearance and delete his Facebook account.


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WTF @ his mom and his gf's mom trynna help him?



In b4 purge me daddy from the thirsties.

Goodbye demon

Mess at his surname

Electric chair ha

I can kind of understand his mum trying to help him but his girlfriends mum, lock her up as well she is clearly dangerous.

Me.

This is why the movie industry needs to think carefully about what they produce.

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But seriously, that's disgusting.

sis nO!! no one should help a murderer especially after he admitted his crimes. One thing is when he's accused but he confessed he killed people no one should be helping this monster.

He's 19? Looking like a 40 year old perv lock him up for good.

Girl. No. This would have happened without the movie as well. People will murderous tendencies will act on them whether they get 'inspired' or not.

Doesn't mean it didn't desensitize the murderous sensation for him and aid his actions, like many other movies and video games do in killing sprees.

No, this has nothing to do with the movie industry.

It's like those crazy people who cry "video games are making our children murderers!!" - Like no... Your child is going to be a murderer with or without the help of video games.

After I saw the first movie I was looking onine at some sites where people were discussing and doing polls on if the purge was a good idea and I was DISGUSTED at some of the results and comments so I'm not surprised at this.

Anyways, his mom and that other dumbass need to be locked up two. Friggin hillbilly psychos.

I was only joking.

Lunatics like him would always have that in them. I highly doubt he was decent, saw The Purge and went insane.

Media is never to blame. The only thing that media provides them with is an outlet, where they can see the messed up **** they fantasized about come to life (in a controlled and harmless environment but obviously they wouldn't be able to differentiate the two).

He should rot in prison, and later in hell.

Yeah this people are ****ed up in the head already. I mean he was a gang member and he admitted he's killed before. I mean look @ the kinda people around him trynna help him escape after he killed people for fun?

Nn I know someone with that name