Benjamin Hilburn Got Mad At Dad, Shot Him In Head With Shotgun

Belen, New Mexico – The story of any son getting so angry at their father that he would shoot them in the back of the head is tragic enough but this story is compounded by the fact that Benjamin Hilburn was only 10 when he pulled the trigger. Benjamin would state in the 911 call that he was angry at his father, 42-year-old Bryon Hilburn. He would expand on that later, telling investigators he felt his father was too harsh with him and punished him too much. In August police say Benjamin shot his dad in the back of the head with a shotgun while his 6-year-old sister was in the room. Benjamin, now 11 years old, is in the custody of his mother and has been charged with first-degree murder. It is quite possible he is the youngest person to be charged with murder in New Mexico, a state that does not charge anyone under 14 as adults. Continue reading to hear the full 911 call as Benjamin desperately tries to get someone to the house to save his dad. [Read more...]

Virgil Togstad Wasted His Family

Wittman, AZ - On Monday night, Virgil M. Togstad III, 26, called 911 to report that he’d shot his parents and brother in their Arizona home. When police arrived and took him into custody, Togstad looked around, let officers cuff him, and said, “Maybe I shouldn’t have wasted my family.” Well, isn’t that the kind of decision that could have been made prior to the shooting, there, Virgil? [Read more...]

Shawn Munck Stomps Brother To Death

Broome County, NY – Shawn Munck, 22, was supposed to be caring for his twelve- year-old brother Peter last week while their grandmother was hospitalized for open-heart surgery. But on Tuesday evening the brothers had an altercation, and Shawn Munck stomped on the sixth-grader’s midsection. Sometime later that night, Peter Munck died. [Read more...]