Children Who Kill: The Stories of 7 Children Convicted of Killing Their Parents
By John Summit
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This book tells 7 horrific true crime stories of parricide, the killing of one's parent(s).
Until the last 25 years or so, no one even knew what the word parricide meant. Even today, parricide remains an area that has had very little research conducted to understand the reasons behind what would make a child commit such a crime.
In this thought provoking, thrilling read you will get an insight and understanding of this topic that most people will never receive or thankfully, never experience.
If you enjoyed the first book in the True Crime series by John Summit, Doctors Who Kill, The Stories of 7 Doctors Convicted of Murder, this book will be just as compelling.
John Summit
I am a granddad, husband and father, residing in Ohio. I have always enjoyed researching crime stories, especially those that make me ask myself why & how.I have written several True Crime Books, each revealing the shocking stories of criminals and murderers.I will continue to write thought provoking books on stories that I think readers will find interesting and hope that you will as well. I thank you, and my family thanks you for your support.
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Children Who Kill - John Summit
Children Who Kill:
The Stories of 7 Children
Convicted of Killing Their Parents
By: John Summit
#2 in the True Crime Series
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Table of Contents
Legal Information
Introduction
Lizzie Borden: Commits the Unthinkable During the Days of 1892
Caril Ann Fugate & Charles Starkweather: The Story of Their 1958 Murder Spree
Jeremy Bamber: The White House Farm Murderer in England
Stephen Arnold Ford: Horrific Story of His Parents Axe Murder in Canada
Bryan and David Freeman: Two Teen Brothers out of Control
Jeffrey Howorth: Appeared to be a Normal Teenager but Something Very Dark Brewing on the Inside
The Menendez Brothers:
I Want My Inheritance Now and I Don’t Want to Work
Conclusion
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Introduction
It is generally believed that children represent innocence, having pure hearts that are free of wrong-doing and ill-willed intentions. The family home symbolizes a secure place, where family members feel peace and tranquility and can take comfort among the people they love most.
What goes wrong in the lives and minds of innocent children who grow up to become teenage killers? Each family is of course different, and the reasons that cause families to dysfunction are varied and not always apparent to outsiders. As we look at some of the cases in this book, you will see that often times there are no warning signs that a teenager is troubled, not even to their own family. The parents of most of these children probably never imagined their children were capable of killing.
What causes a child to kill one or both parents? The reasons are as varied as the children or teenagers themselves. The killing of one's father is known as patricide, while the killing of one's mother is called matricide. Killing of both parents is deemed parricide.
Parricide has existed since the dawn of man, for one reason or another. Very few of us can truly understand what propels a person to kill his mother or father, except, of course in situations of extreme abuse or self-defense.
One of the first writings of such an instance was a young Greek man of noble birth who murdered his mother after the Trojan War. Why? Because he thought she had dishonored the family and that she had not only committed adultery, but also killed her husband. His accusers ultimately set the young man free.
Let us not forget the story of Oedipus, a play written in Greek times about the young king who killed his father so that he could marry his mother.
Instances of parricide recorded in ancient Greece offer proof that parricide is nothing new. Indeed, parricide is mentioned in the writings of many famous authors throughout history, from Dostoyevsky to Shakespeare. One of the most famous cases of parricide of all times occurred in a relatively peaceful and quiet town of Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892. Nearly everyone has heard the story of Lizzie Borden.
One of the most 'modern' and notorious cases of parricide occurred in 1989 with the Menendez brothers; Lyle and Erik, who killed their parents because of the way their father treated them - and because they wanted their inheritance - sooner rather than later.
The reasons children give for killing their parents and their violent behavior is varied. They kill for money, out of frustration, or, surprisingly enough, because they have been grounded. Some don't think their parents have been fair to them, are too hard on them, or don't care about them. In some cases, the children have been victims of abuse in one way or another and feel there is no other