Father Who Beat Babysitter for Molesting Son Claims Son's Pleas Stopped Him From Killing

The father who beat a man he allegedly caught performing a sex act on his 11-year-old son has admitted that it was only his son's pleas which stopped him from killing the admitted pervert.

Jason Browning said he was going to stab Raymond Frolander, 18, to death after he beat him unconscious but his son stood up and stopped him from killing the man.

Frolander later admitted to Florida police that he has been molesting the boy for three years.

'My son is the one who stepped in front of me and stopped me. My son saved his attackers life, so who's really the hero in this situation?'

Browning admitted he 'just snapped' when he walked in on Frolander naked with his son. Shortly after beating the teen into a coma, he went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife, he said.

'I was going to kill him,' said Browning.

Frolander was considered family by the Brownings and often spent time with the 11-year-old boy, the father said.

'There was nothing uncommon to let the kids go in the bedroom and play video games together and now I have to wonder why the door was shut,' Mr Browning said.

The father said he was also molested himself as a child at a foster home in California. He said beating Frolander was the easy part and much harder days lie ahead.

He says of talking to his son: 'I'm not going to pressure anything on him,' Mr Browning said. 'I know exactly what he's going through, when he's ready to talk about it, he will.'

Jason Browning

Frolander, 18, admitted to the abuse on the 11-year-old, according to his arrest affidavit. He is being held without bail on charges of sexual battery