My only point is that a normal, well-adjusted child doesn't murder their father and family friend at eight years old. Whether the kid was born with a missing chip or was abused, someone had to know that. You don't go to school, church, etc. and appear as a good kid and then murder.
THIS right here is what I am struggling to understand. This case has really grabbed at my heartstrings I believe for this for very reason. WHY did this happen? I can't seem to so make an answer for myself to this question like it seems other posters here already have.
I understand
why it's easier for people to think he was abused in this situation. How else can such a young boy commit such a seemingly cold blooded act. I, personally have not come to that conclusion, but I see why others find it easier to believe though. I really can't come to any kind of answer that seems reasonable to me.
But how could what seemed to be a normal well-adjusted child do this? How?
Did hunting play a role? Possibly. Maybe not at all. I find more likely it did. While I firmly believe most people (including this father to be clear) teach their children gun safety, not to hunt humans, etc. But I don't believe all children are capable of doing such activities without it effecting them in some way. I'm sure most people do it for survival reasons, practical reasons. They're going to eat the food, or get rid of pests. I get that, as I come from a hunting background. As a sidenote, at my son's junior high school graduation, they gave a hunting award lol. So I really do get the hunting thing and am not trying to offend anyone with my statements. But there are hunters who hunt just to hunt. To prey. For the enjoyment of the laying and waiting and satisfaction they get from another "score". I'm sure some of them hunted at young age too. There are people who kill animals for no good reason and proclaim themselves "hunters". I've seen both. And I make those statements with the
utmost respect to hunters, as I see nothing wrong with it personally, and I can certainly understand wanting to share your way of life with your children. And I do believe that is all this father was trying to do. But all children are different, and we need to take those differences into account. Just because the large marjority of children are taught to hunt with no consequence, I can believe some kids are simply not ready for this at the age of 8.
I do think for SOME reason this child was not capable mentally to handle the ramifications of hunting. I just think it and don't proclaim it to be fact. Apparently his father questioned it too. As we've heard he discussed it with his priest. I only wish he followed thru with his and his wife's first instinct.
I'm not attempting to lay blame at victims feet, but we are responsible for our children. His child commited a heinous act and there must be a WHY. If no abuse, which there does not appear to be, WHY. How did nobody see this coming. If he was mentally unstable, nobody saw. If it turns out there really was no sign or provocation (ie self defense in some way of past abuse), AND no signs he was sociopathic, well that is just downright SCARY.
The question is, did he get some kind of secret thrill from laying in wait and killing. Is it possible hunting stirred up some tendencies within him that he simply born with? I suppose so.
NONE of it makes any sense to me, no matter what angle I look at it from, or whose viewpoint I try to see. I know nobody here can answer it for me and I'll stop rambling now. I appreciate all the opinons on here, and the reasons people come to those. We are all struggling with how can this happen. I know I'm not the only one.
