Canada - 17 year old boy kills and dismembers father

[Ninja0980]

http://www.windsorstar.com/health/Wi...754/story.html

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg teenager accused of beating and stabbing his father to death, then dismembering and decapitating the body, allegedly spent days living with the corpse before disposing of it.

The disturbing details of the crime, which has shocked even veteran police and justice officials, started to emerge Friday, as the 17-year-old accused made his first court appearance.

Names of the accused — who is charged with second-degree murder — and victim can't be published under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The boy was arrested this week for allegedly beating and stabbing his 49-year-old father to death with a hammer and knife and then dismembering and disposing of the body.

The killing is alleged to have happened inside their home on June 26 following an argument that erupted while the pair were watching televised tributes to pop superstar Michael Jackson, according to several justice sources, who spoke to the Winnipeg Free Press on the condition of anonymity.

I'm guessing the We Are the World song wasn't playing at the time. And this kid can't be tried as an adult?! WTF?!

[Unamused Cat]

Dammit, I want to know the motive and see a mug shot.

[Whisper]

Hey I havent even read my Windsor Star yet!!A soon as I saw that I thought something else happened in my city its getting really bad here,K Im off to read it and see whats happening with this kid.

[Aslan]

Holy shit
He probably wanted to watch something other than the tv blasting 'man in the mirror' or whatever.
Still...holy shit. That's some rage right there

[Whisper]

Winnipeg teen, 17, accused of fatally stabbing father, then severing partsJuly 25, 2009

This is only 3 hours old.Im thinking this is the same area that the guy on the Greyhound decapitated that guy on the bus!!

WINNIPEG —

A 17-year-old Winnipeg boy is alleged to have fatally stabbed his father, then dismembered his body and driven for hours to dump the remains in a heavily wooded area,

Police say they only learned of the 49-year-old man’s death on Thursday, but it’s believed the man was killed in the last week of June.

The man cannot be named because it would identify his son and that’s prohibited under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Officers were searching at the family’s Winnipeg home on Friday, as well as in the area around Lake St. Martin, about 2 ½ hours north of the city, where police found some of the man’s decomposed remains.

The teen, who is charged with second-degree murder, made his first court appearance on Friday afternoon. He showed no emotion and looked straight at the judge as the Crown and defence spoke.

His next court appearance is July 31.

Defence lawyer Greg Hawrysh said his client has no history of mental illness and no prior contact with the justice system. He is awaiting additional disclosure from the police and the Crown.

“We’ll be examining it before deciding on a plan of action,” he said.

Neighbours were stunned when they learned of the man’s death.

“It’s pretty creepy, really. It’s just weird,” said Clint Goddard.

They say they last saw the teen Monday while he tried to cut grass, but the lawnmower kept breaking down.

Goddard said they were “pretty good neighbours”, adding the teen was “very reclusive and didn’t seem to have any friends, at least around here.”

Wayne Pucci said he last saw the man a few days before July 1.

The boy’s parents are separated and his brother and sister live with their mother, say neighbours.

http://news.therecord.com/article/575228

[Aslan]

The man cannot be named because it would identify his son and that’s prohibited under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Because you know......that would be wrong and stuff.
Forget that he's 17 and CUT HIS FATHER INTO PIECES.
Don't want to hurt any feelings.

[Whisper]

Yeah thats our Young Offenders Act Aslan,cannot give any names of persons arrested under 19 or victims that may give away identity to the person arrested.I know its stupid and thats why here you will have little idiots claiming they are safe up until then committing crimes!

[mysticviewer]

The grisly slaying went unreported for weeks until someone contacted Winnipeg police this week. Police believe the father was slain the last week of June.

The son, who was charged with second-degree murder Thursday, went about his life as normally as possible afterward, said police spokeswoman Const. Jacqueline Chaput.

Neighbours said they last saw the teen Monday while he tried to cut grass at the Charleswood home where he and his 49-year-old father lived alone, but the lawnmower kept breaking down.

By that point, his father had already been dead for weeks. His dismembered body was dumped in a wooded area more than two hours north of Winnipeg, Chaput said.

"Just that fact itself is disturbing," she said.

Police have located the man's decomposed remains and are preparing to return them to Winnipeg.

It is believed they were transported to the disposal site in a car, which was towed from the house Thursday.

Because the accused is a youth, the victim's name cannot be published.

Neighbours were stunned when they learned of the man's death.

"It's pretty creepy, really. It's just weird," said Clint Goddard.

Goddard said the father and son kept to themselves.

'Eccentric'

"They were eccentric and different but they were quiet. They were pretty good neighbours," Goddard said. "(The son) was cut from the same cloth. He was very reclusive and didn't seem to have any friends, at least around here."

Neighbours said the father, a mechanical engineer, made a lot of money inventing health-care technology and no longer worked.

He moved into the home seven years ago, they said.

"They didn't really socialize or mix," said nearby resident Wayne Pucci.

Pucci said he last saw the man a few days before July 1.

The man led such a private life it wasn't unusual to go days or even several weeks without seeing him, neighbours said.

They said the boy's parents are separated, and that his brother and sister live with their mother.

Police would not comment on the motive. Police had never been called to the house before, Chaput said.

Officers have been at the home since Wednesday. Police received information Thursday the case was a possible homicide, Chaput said.

The boy appeared in court yesterday but his case was adjourned to next week.

The father is Winnipeg's 16th homicide victim of 2009.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/winsun/09..._in_the__burbs

WINNIPEG — A 17-year-old Winnipeg boy is alleged to have fatally stabbed his father, then dismembered his body and driven for hours to dump the remains in a heavily wooded area,

Police say they only learned of the 49-year-old man’s death on Thursday, but it’s believed the man was killed in the last week of June.

The man cannot be named because it would identify his son and that’s prohibited under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Officers were searching at the family’s Winnipeg home on Friday, as well as in the area around Lake St. Martin, about 2 ½ hours north of the city, where police found some of the man’s decomposed remains.

The teen, who is charged with second-degree murder, made his first court appearance on Friday afternoon. He showed no emotion and looked straight at the judge as the Crown and defence spoke.

His next court appearance is July 31.

Defence lawyer Greg Hawrysh said his client has no history of mental illness and no prior contact with the justice system. He is awaiting additional disclosure from the police and the Crown.

“We’ll be examining it before deciding on a plan of action,” he said.

Neighbours were stunned when they learned of the man’s death.

“It’s pretty creepy, really. It’s just weird,” said Clint Goddard.

They say they last saw the teen Monday while he tried to cut grass, but the lawnmower kept breaking down.

Goddard said they were “pretty good neighbours”, adding the teen was “very reclusive and didn’t seem to have any friends, at least around here.”

Wayne Pucci said he last saw the man a few days before July 1.

The boy’s parents are separated and his brother and sister live with their mother, say neighbours.

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/C...article/513754

[Aslan]

Police received information Thursday the case was a possible homicide,

I'm thinking it may be in their best interest to not issue any more statements.
You see if I ever commit suicide, I think I'll stab myself to death and then chop up my body and then drive a couple of hours to bury myself.

Again, I'm thinking it may be in their best interest to not issue any more statements

[myra manes]

Wow.

Fucking brutal .. : /

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A Winnipeg teen feared for his life and that of his mother when he murdered and dismembered his abusive father, a court was told Thursday.

The now 19-year-old man "lived in a kind of fear we can only imagine," said defence lawyer Saul Simmonds, who described the 49-year-old victim as "bordering on evil."

The accused previously pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for the June 2009 killing. The Crown is seeking the maximum youth sentence of 10 years custody and supervision.

Court heard the accused has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and has no friends. He lived alone with his father since he was 12, when his mother fled their home.

"It would be very difficult not to have sympathy for (the accused) in the situation he found himself in... but he had other options available to him," Crown attorney Brian Sharpe said.

The then 17-year-old accused bludgeoned his father with a hammer and then stabbed him to death following an argument at their home. The next day, the teen dismembered his father's body and drove the remains to a wooded area near a microwave tower north of Lake St. Martin.

A forensic psychiatrist who examined the teen said he dismembered his father's body because he didn't know how else to get it out of the house.

"This was not a further attack on the body but a very inappropriate problem-solving strategy," Dr. Keith Hildahl told court.

Hildahl said the man is a low risk to kill again.

"I saw a traumatized boy living in fear in a situation that escalated to murder," Hildahl said. "He's not a walking time bomb waiting to explode."

The accused's mother was present in court and choked back tears through much of the hearing.

Court was told the man repeatedly threatened to kill his wife and tried grooming his son to beat the woman. Both mother and son suffered routine physical abuse at his hands.

"The nature of his evil was such he had (them) under his thumb," said Simmonds, who argued the accused should serve no more than another two years in custody.

The accused told court he feared his father was going to kill his mother.

"I was afraid she didn't have much time to live," he said. "I love her very much."

Judge Janice LeMaistre said she needed additional time to consider sentencing arguments. A sentencing date has not been set.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/26...ed-abusive-dad

[AngelFire]

I was afraid she didn't have much time to live," he said. "I love her very much."

Wow, if this is true, I don't know that I could find him guilty. Today, I am a sap for kids...That comment he made about his mom makes me sad for him. But why, if she fled from the home, would she leave her son behind??