Boy killed his father after 1,000 smacks
 

Boy 'killed father after 1,000 smacks'
An eight-year-old US boy accused of murdering his father and a family friend kept a tally of his parents' smackings, vowing that the 1,000th time would be the last, police believe.


By Tom Leonard in New York
Last Updated: 11:17PM GMT 27 Nov 2008

The unnamed boy allegedly shot dead his father, Vincent Romero, 29, and Timothy Romans, 39, their lodger, at the family home in St Johns, Arizona, with a .22 rifle as they were coming home from work at a local power plant.

The double murder on Nov 5 shocked the US, with investigators initially struggling to find any motive.

However, according to police records reported by the Arizona Republic, the boy "is believed to have made ledgers and/or communicated in the form of writings about his intentions" if his father and stepmother continued to smack him.

According to the police records, the boy told a Child Protective Services official that "when he reached one thousand spankings . . . that would be his limit. [The boy] kept a tally of his spankings on a piece of paper."

Despite his age, relatives suspected the boy immediately in the shootings. His grandfather told investigators: "If any 8-year-old was capable of doing this, [the boy] was", and the child's grandmother added: "I knew this was going to happen, they were too hard on [him]."

The boy told police he was smacked the day before the shootings for failing to finish schoolwork.

Records indicate the boy had no history of psychiatric care and was not on any medication.

Police say he gave conflicting accounts about the shootings, initially saying he discovered the bodies when he returned home from school.

He later changed his story, admitting he shot each man twice to end their suffering after they had been shot by an unknown assailant.

In an interview whose contents was later released by police, the boy admitted he been angry with his father after the latter asked his stepmother to smack him for not bringing some schoolwork home.

At the end of the interview, he buried his head in his jacket. Asked by an officer what he was thinking, he replied: "I'm going to go to juvie."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...00-smacks.html

wow... thats fucked up...........

Surprised an 8 year old planned the murder of his father if he was hit more than 1000 times. I wonder what punishment he will receive, seeing that he is 8 years old after all.

Kids a hard rebel. The kid sure showed his father...

RIP

I dont even remember knowing how to count to a 100 when i was 8 LOL

Wow....That's why white people don't punish their kids.

Wow, no matter how man times i was hit, all i ever thought was LEAVING home .. not KILLING my parents ?!

thats fucked up

ya i remember seeing this news on cnn couple of weeks ago

at first they suspected that maybe the boy was molested by the father and the friend, which is why it resulted in the murder

but wow.. wasnt expecting that kind of reason for the killings..

hope this kid will enjoy the orphanage.
no ones gonna take in this little bastard

i dunno..... i cant see an 8yr old even being that intelligent :/

+ thinking up stories like he found them shot and hurting so he ended their misery?? wtf...

interesting.... i wonder whats gonna happen to the boy

Stupid kids these days.

I'm going to slap you slap slap slap slap you.

THERE IS ANOTHER SLAP YOU WANT ANOTHER?!

:rolleyes:

and the little boy said:

"HOW CAN HE SLAP? HOW CAN HE SLAP?
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Lol @ South Park reference.

This is just a really odd story...
Kids these days. First they dont care about a man dying, now they're doing all the killing.

Rofl @ CRS

LOL QUOTED FOR AWESOMENESS LOL!:haha:

hahah excellent timing

"admitting he shot each man twice to end their suffering after they had been shot by an unknown assailant."


lol wow great story for a 8 year old.

this 8 year old sounds too smart.....
given a couple more years and he might have been able to come up with a plan to so he wouldnt get cuaght

stupid father for abusing his son.
Stupid father for showing him how to use a gun.

the kid is spending thanksgiving with his mother.
I wonder if the father ever abused the mother?

hahahahahhahahaaah

he ain't stupid. LOL

he is god damn fucking brilliant for a kid only 8 years old.

He is jsut sorta fucked in the head.