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OneGuy67
03-03-2011, 21:52
12 year old in Burlington, Colorado shoots and kills his parents and wounds his two younger siblings.

http://www.9news.com/news/article/184836/339/12-year-old-could-face-murder-charges

Thoughts?
2008f450
03-03-2011, 22:03
If he did it WOW
rondog
03-03-2011, 22:25
Pretty fucked up, 12 y.o. and likely gonna spend the rest of his life in prison. Or at least a large part of it.
mitch
03-03-2011, 22:30
My initial reaction is one of wondering what the parents were subjecting the kid to. Lock him in a cage with no food for weeks like the other kids in the news these days?

I mean, the days when "he was listening to Judas Priest, so that must be why he killed Mr and Mrs Sado Masochist" have long passed.

"The family is described as deeply religious and active in their church, which is located just a block from their house. They had seven children in all and home-schooled them."

Also, the kid shot them and then called 911 to report it.

The kids was being abused until proven otherwise, IMO.
hip55
03-03-2011, 23:47
How awful.

If the boy did it, there's got to be some serious reasons for his actions.

Just awful.
Lex_Luthor
03-04-2011, 09:05
Sounds like a case of abuse, maybe even sexual abuse. He stabbed his younger brother in the groin and shot him. Man, I am at a loss for words, that's just awful. I've seen kids and parents that you never would suspect that something is going on, and it comes out later. Much later.
Ranger
03-04-2011, 09:19
Beyond tragic. It's hard to imagine what would drive a kid to do this.
Irving
03-04-2011, 11:59
Boy, I bet everyone was just wishing that he drew stick figures instead.
Byte Stryke
03-04-2011, 12:09
Boy, I bet everyone was just wishing that he drew stick figures instead.


LOL


better to draw about how you feel that to act it out.



and I Agree, something is very wrong with this picture
BigBear
03-04-2011, 12:46
Boy, I bet everyone was just wishing that he drew stick figures instead.


... something is very wrong with this picture


Story is a little sticky.... HAHA. you guys crack me up!

Sad situation. Hopefully more details will come out after the investigation.

That being said, there have been more and more cases of kids just "doing what they wanted" citing a lack of parental involvement in their childs lives or their parents not establishing the NEEDED parental role (Be a PARENT, not a friend). Like that kid in Nebraska (I think) who shot his mom because she told him to quit playing on the PS3 and do his homework.
CrufflerSteve
03-04-2011, 13:48
Maybe the parent were doing bad stuff. Maybe it is just the kid. Some friends have a deeply autistic 10 year old. She can be perfectly nice and suddenly go off. They have to lock her into a pretty much stripped clean bedroom at night and lock up knives and anything that could be used as a weapon. The house is all locked doors & cabinets.

My prayers go out to the friends & family of the family in Burlington. I'm going to avoid judging until I know more.

Steve
Busta Prima
03-04-2011, 14:02
"The family is described as deeply religious and active in their church, which is located just a block from their house. They had seven children in all and home-schooled them."


This could have something to do with it. This happens more than most people realize. There are similar stories in the news all of the time.
weirjf
03-04-2011, 14:25
Maybe the parent were doing bad stuff. Maybe it is just the kid. Some friends have a deeply autistic 10 year old. She can be perfectly nice and suddenly go off. They have to lock her into a pretty much stripped clean bedroom at night and lock up knives and anything that could be used as a weapon. The house is all locked doors & cabinets.

My prayers go out to the friends & family of the family in Burlington. I'm going to avoid judging until I know more.

Steve

I have an autistic cousin that is the same way. He is sweet as an angel when his environment is just right but sometimes something triggers him and he is a danger to himself and everyone/everything around him until we can calm him down.
Ryan_Th3_K1d
03-05-2011, 12:13
This could have something to do with it. This happens more than most people realize. There are similar stories in the news all of the time.

For instance???

This is the first story like this that I've heard, and I know quite a few families that have 7+ children and have homeschooled them all the way through highschool, and they are all pretty much normal and would never do such a horrible act.
sniper7
03-05-2011, 12:54
very sad situation.
OneGuy67
07-13-2018, 08:56
I was going through old posts and came across this one. An update: boy pled guilty as a juvenile and was sentenced to 6 years (until 18) or could be extended to 21 if there were problems while in the juvenile system. He was released a couple of months ago...time flies.
Irving
07-13-2018, 09:30
I was just about to complain that the link wasn't working, until I saw the dates. Thanks for the update, even though I don't really remember the event.

Stuff like this is interesting to dig into because mostly people are used to reading shocking headlines, then completely forgetting about the whole thing.

My wife found an article about some school shooters that has been released after their sentence and one of them supposedly got into trouble right away by trying to buy a gun.
OtterbatHellcat
07-13-2018, 22:42
I don't understand what the problem is.....being a parent is optional even if the Fed feeds you.
Irving
07-14-2018, 00:59
I bet if someone were so inclined to follow up on murders that have been released and start a blog, it'd get some decent traffic. Heck there probably already is one.
OtterbatHellcat
07-14-2018, 08:02
You'd get at least 20 hits at this point.
:)