14 year old psychopath kills parents
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kannas
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Laura said:
abstract said:
I agree, with Laura about a possible dissociated state/condition. Definitely something bizarre that went on with the boy. If a dissociated state took place or dissociated personality stepped forth, why? From the quote by abstract, "Caudie stepped out and shot him in the back of the head as he walked past his hiding spot." Then he went on to do stuff on his computer. Now, not to be too gruesome, but if you were in forensics, you would definitely note that the boy as well as the areas where the father and mother were shot would be splattered in blood and body materials. So, did the boy not notice or smell this? Did he avoid the area or not notice when he left his room? Did he track blood all over the house? How dissociated was he? What caused the extreme state of dissociation? These are just some of the thoughts I had. Very disturbing and the whole story certainly isn't being discussed news-wise, and may never be. Reminds me of a similar story over a year ago, I think in Texas.... heck, if I can remember the exact details.
"Myth of Sanity" is excellent and I'd like to read deeper/more about states of dissociation.
Edit: to add and clarity
It makes me wonder what would have happened if this had occurred on a Friday or Saturday? Would the kid have jumped in the truck to go get food at McDonalds? Wouldn't he realize there was no one to fix meals for him anymore? Or perhaps he was OK to just scrounge around the house for what was already there.
As the exchanges referenced by Truth Seeker show, this kid had a dramatic personality change in the 8th grade. Whatever brought that about is probably key to what transpired that fateful day of the killings.
FWIW, hubby and I went to see Amelia at the $2 cinema last weekend (yeah, I know, we're boring). Preshow was a peek at a cartoon show forthcoming on Cartoon Network. It was the most god-awful cartoon you can imagine. I said out loud to my husband, what parent would want their child watching that - to me, it really amounts to child abuse! Please don't ask me to describe the cartoon because to me it was just a jumble of misformed characters being loud and obnoxious. Having grown up with Warner Brother cartoons, bugs bunny, daffy duck, etc., what is today being offered in the medium is the most pathetic crap imaginable! And we wonder what's wrong with our kids???
As the exchanges referenced by Truth Seeker show, this kid had a dramatic personality change in the 8th grade. Whatever brought that about is probably key to what transpired that fateful day of the killings.
Abstract said:
Laura said:
FWIW, hubby and I went to see Amelia at the $2 cinema last weekend (yeah, I know, we're boring). Preshow was a peek at a cartoon show forthcoming on Cartoon Network. It was the most god-awful cartoon you can imagine. I said out loud to my husband, what parent would want their child watching that - to me, it really amounts to child abuse! Please don't ask me to describe the cartoon because to me it was just a jumble of misformed characters being loud and obnoxious. Having grown up with Warner Brother cartoons, bugs bunny, daffy duck, etc., what is today being offered in the medium is the most pathetic crap imaginable! And we wonder what's wrong with our kids???
JEEP said:
But for god's sake, don't smoke!
The state allows - no, encourages - the poisoning of our children via their diet, medications, what is put into their minds, but puleeeeeeeeeeze don't anybody light up a smoke!
(Short rant over.)
I've attempted to do a bit more digging into this story but most of the articles found are reporting 3 months after the event. There was this however from around the time of the incident -
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13739347
in which there was a call for a closed courtroom session because of potentially sensitive information that "may potentially cause alarm or outrage within the local community". So there may be a lot more to this than meets the eye. I probably posted the title thread with the word psychopath in, way too prematurely. Also the article notes that he was a thumb sucker which indicates to me a somewhat withdrawn personality, although I'm no expert on these sort of things. ( But I was also a 'late' thumb sucker until I was about 10 or 11 years old and still have a fairly introverted character).
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Afterthought - it may be that the potential to 'cause alarm or outrage' bit above, may just only be a reference to his strange behavior between and after the killings.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13739347
in which there was a call for a closed courtroom session because of potentially sensitive information that "may potentially cause alarm or outrage within the local community". So there may be a lot more to this than meets the eye. I probably posted the title thread with the word psychopath in, way too prematurely. Also the article notes that he was a thumb sucker which indicates to me a somewhat withdrawn personality, although I'm no expert on these sort of things. ( But I was also a 'late' thumb sucker until I was about 10 or 11 years old and still have a fairly introverted character).
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Afterthought - it may be that the potential to 'cause alarm or outrage' bit above, may just only be a reference to his strange behavior between and after the killings.
