PARAGON
07-19-2006, 12:17 AM
Man cuts off own penis, Flowood police say
By Sylvain Metz
smetz@clarionledger.com (smetz@clarionledger.com)
Flowood police are investigating why a 28-year-old deliberately cut off his penis.
John Castellano, 28, address unavailable, reportedly drove himself to St. Dominic/Jackson Memorial Hospital about 2 a.m. Monday, entered the emergency room and announced he had mutilated himself with a large knife, Flowood Police Chief Johnny Dewitt said.
"He cut it off, completely off," the chief said.
Dewitt said evidence so far does not indicate another person cut Castellano. Hospital officials contacted police, who discovered the incident occurred outside St. Paul Catholic Church on Mississippi 25 in Flowood. Police said Castellano set up what appeared to be an altar in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary, according to police.
"They (police) found blood on the ground. Near the blood was his penis," he said.
It was then packaged and rushed to the hospital where vascular surgeons reattached it, according to police.
"Investigators are still trying to determine what made him do that," Dewitt said.
Hospital officials late Monday afternoon reported Castellano was in stable condition.
By Sylvain Metz
smetz@clarionledger.com (smetz@clarionledger.com)
Flowood police are investigating why a 28-year-old deliberately cut off his penis.
John Castellano, 28, address unavailable, reportedly drove himself to St. Dominic/Jackson Memorial Hospital about 2 a.m. Monday, entered the emergency room and announced he had mutilated himself with a large knife, Flowood Police Chief Johnny Dewitt said.
"He cut it off, completely off," the chief said.
Dewitt said evidence so far does not indicate another person cut Castellano. Hospital officials contacted police, who discovered the incident occurred outside St. Paul Catholic Church on Mississippi 25 in Flowood. Police said Castellano set up what appeared to be an altar in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary, according to police.
"They (police) found blood on the ground. Near the blood was his penis," he said.
It was then packaged and rushed to the hospital where vascular surgeons reattached it, according to police.
"Investigators are still trying to determine what made him do that," Dewitt said.
Hospital officials late Monday afternoon reported Castellano was in stable condition.