Children Who Kill

[HairOfTheDog]

Norfolk, Va. – A smart and talented Norview High School 10^th-grader admitted in court today he killed his parents a week before Christmas because he was weary of their seemingly routine punishments, “like my dad taking away my iPod and stuff.”

Parker, 16, was scheduled to be tried in adult court but instead entered a guilty plea this week.

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Vincent Parker attacked his mother Carol as she emerged from an upstairs bathroom in their Bland Street home. He admitted to police he doused his mother with pepper spray, stabbed her in the eye, and then beat her in the face and head with a baseball bat and a crowbar “until she stopped breathing.” A medical examiner identified 25 separate smashes and stabs to Carol Parker’s neck, face and head.

When Vincent’s father Wayne Parker came home, Vincent struck him with a crowbar and stabbed him several times. Wayne Parker lived long enough to tell police what happened. After first trying to say his father was the aggressor, Vincent admitted he killed his parents. Vincent was Carol and Wayne’s only child.

Defense attorney Emily Munn told the judge a psychiatric evaluation showed Vincent was both sane and intelligent. Even though Vincent is being sentenced as an adult, Munn told the judge she is going to ask the court to consider letting him serve at least part of his sentence in a juvenile facility. He could face decades in prison if he’s sentenced to the maximum for both murders. His grandfather is hoping for a much shorter punishment.

Ref:
http://wtkr.com/2014/05/28/10^th-grader-admits-to-murdering-parents-because-of-seemingly-routine-punishments/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-tee...away-ipod/
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I hope Parker's grandfather's hope doesn't become reality, personally. This kid planned the murders, ambushed his parents, and killed them in an extremely painful manner. He needs to stay behind bars, IMO.