#young murderer

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Apart from the loss of life and the fact a daughter lost her father my heart just broke when it said about the poor little dog pawing and whining by it's dying owner. I hate guns. I hate violence. There is no excuse for this kind of behaviour. I don't understand how an15 year old can even get a gun. It's ridiculous.

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Nehemiah Griego, 15 years old then, who had attended church earlier on the day of the shooting, retrieved a .22 caliber rifle from his parents’ closet and systematically started killing his family – first his mother and a 9-year-old brother, then his two sisters and finally his father, a former pastor at Calvary Chapel who returned home later.

Griego then arranged to meet his girlfriend at the church, according to the probable cause statement.

His defense is currently organizing an insanity defense.

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Charles Tan, 19, shot his father multiple times on 2/9/2015. He was arraigned for second-degree murder. The grand jury returned an indictment, the specific charge of which is still unknown.

It is alleged that Tan's household was rife with domestic violence, with the father abusive towards his wife and sons. But the extent of abuse is still unclear at this point.

Charles is a sophomore at Cornell University. He is beloved by people who know him and he has gathered outpouring supports from his local community and friends. An online campaign has already raised almost $50,000 for him.

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Nathan Paape, then 14, Antonio Barbeau's partner in crime, was sentenced to life in the death of Barbeau's great grandmother.

Paape's great aunt said: “He actually thought he was going to get to come home after he told the truth. He didn’t want this to happen. He didn’t plan to go there to kill Barbara Olson. He didn’t plan this. I don’t know what to say any more. There’s just so much sorrow for everybody involved, so much sorrow.”

Paape won't be eligible for parole until 2043, when he is 45 years old.

Do you think the sentence is excessive for a juvenile?

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Eldon Samuel III, 14, arrested and charged with murdering his father, 46, and brother, 13.

Samuel initially was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his father and brother. However, Watson said he was changing the charge to second-degree murder in the death of the father, whom Samuel accused of beating him when he was on medication and threatening to kill him, the judge said. The father died of a gunshot wound to the stomach from a .45-caliber pistol. He was shot in the face and head after he was dead, according to autopsy results. Jonathan Samuel, who was hiding under a bed, died of multiple gunshots, but also was stabbed with a knife and hacked with a machete, the autopsy said.

At the request of the public defender’s office, which is representing Samuel, his preliminary hearing this week was closed to the public. But Watson recapped testimony from witnesses in court on Friday, when he explained his decision for differentiating between the murder charges. There’s a stronger case for premeditation in Jonathan Samuel’s death, he said.

Samuel described “hating Jonathan for about five years” when he was questioned by police after his arrest, Watson said. Samuel told officers that he loved his father but that his father acted crazy when he was on drugs, Watson said.

“He just beat me. I loved him, but the next time he came after me …,” Samuel told police officers in a report quoted by Watson. “That’s self-defense, right?”

Samuel is being charged as an adult.

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Zachary Neagle

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John LaDue's interview with police (complete audio recording)

John LaDue, 17 years old, from Waseca, Minn. plotted to kill his family and then carry out a school bombing.

During the whole interview with the police, John remained calm and monotonic. He admitted frankly to his plans and indicated that his biggest hero is Eric Harris, one of the Columbine school shooting duo. John was probably trying to top Eric and Dylan's failed bomb attempts.

He told the police he was mentally ill and was seeking for help. But whether this was an act for police, from an intelligent perpetrator, we could not know at this point. A jury will have to decide, plus psychological and psychiatric evaluations.

He was charged with four accounts of attempted murder and and six accounts of possessing a bomb. However, on Sept. 9, a district judge threw out all the attempted murder charges because there were no evidences that his intentions went beyond "mere preparation".

What I hear is a highly intelligent young man crying for help from himself.  He did not offer much explanation with regard to why he wanted to annihilate his family members. But if he did carry out his plan, that would put him in the category similar to Kip Kinkel and Adam Lanza: mass school shooters that started their killing spree with parricide.

The state is appealing the judge's decision of throwing out those attempted murder charges. The case is still ongoing.