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<blockquote data-quote="eekysign" data-source="post: 282332" data-attributes="member: 6479"><p>I guess sometimes they really don't know how things got so out of hand? Sort of the same story from someone from my hometown. A friend's little brother stabbed a neighbor to death, at age 14 or 15, after he broke into their house. No history of mental illness or violence, criminal thoughts, nothing. He didn't steal anything, and he only attacked the man when he was "discovered", ie, it doesn't seem to be the REASON he broke in.</p><p></p><p>Nothing more useful came out in the trial, other than he was evaluated by the psychiatric teams and they found him competent, and no plea of insanity was entered. Unless something's changed in the last few years, the kid is serving life in prison for this crime, and no one has any idea why he did it. </p><p></p><p>I knew the kid, he was quiet, but sweet. The family was kind and totally devoted to their kids. As far as I know, they didn't have any contact with those neighbors (couple of houses down), so it wasn't a long-standing feud thing. I guess the only reason I'm telling this is because of the "I don't know why I did it" - that's pretty much what my friend's little brother said during the trial. He honestly seemed confused as to how he ended up in this position - when the police arrived, he was wandering around outside their home, and peacefully was arrested without any fuss. When the wife was calling 911, he was heard in the background telling her "everything was fine, there's no problem". But he didn't try to stop her.</p><p></p><p>Surreal to see someone without the disorders or illnesses of our kids go off the deep end. I don't like it when things are entirely unexplained. The world is a crazy place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eekysign, post: 282332, member: 6479"] I guess sometimes they really don't know how things got so out of hand? Sort of the same story from someone from my hometown. A friend's little brother stabbed a neighbor to death, at age 14 or 15, after he broke into their house. No history of mental illness or violence, criminal thoughts, nothing. He didn't steal anything, and he only attacked the man when he was "discovered", ie, it doesn't seem to be the REASON he broke in. Nothing more useful came out in the trial, other than he was evaluated by the psychiatric teams and they found him competent, and no plea of insanity was entered. Unless something's changed in the last few years, the kid is serving life in prison for this crime, and no one has any idea why he did it. I knew the kid, he was quiet, but sweet. The family was kind and totally devoted to their kids. As far as I know, they didn't have any contact with those neighbors (couple of houses down), so it wasn't a long-standing feud thing. I guess the only reason I'm telling this is because of the "I don't know why I did it" - that's pretty much what my friend's little brother said during the trial. He honestly seemed confused as to how he ended up in this position - when the police arrived, he was wandering around outside their home, and peacefully was arrested without any fuss. When the wife was calling 911, he was heard in the background telling her "everything was fine, there's no problem". But he didn't try to stop her. Surreal to see someone without the disorders or illnesses of our kids go off the deep end. I don't like it when things are entirely unexplained. The world is a crazy place. [/QUOTE]
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