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literature exists on the abused children who grow up to kill their parents

When Kids Kill Abusive Parents​

Time Magazine
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Nov 23, 1992 — It accounts for about 2% of all homicides, around 300 cases a year. Most of those involve teenagers who kill abusive parents. Though the numbers ...












Parricide, when a child kills his or her parent, is an act that naturally receives much attention in the media.Jan 27, 2006

Escaping A Life Of Abuse: Children Who Kill Their Batterers ...​

does not mean, IMO, that they are psychologically "OK" afterward or that they should live free, but it gives you the understanding that at age 18 or 20 or maybe even later they finally "rebel" and it is cataclysmic. Sometimes the turn about comes so many years later that it is almost incomprehensible:

N.J. Man Admits To Stabbing Boy Scout Leader He Says ...​

CBS News
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Jun 17, 2015 — As CBS2's Dave Carlin reported, Clark Fredericks, 49, admitted to the stabbing that killed Dennis Pegg, who was his Boy Scout leader and a ...

 

[Noirdame79]

I probably don't need to say this, but Lyle, Erik, their wives and family members are disgusted and offended by the "Monsters" miniseries. It has some good moments but overall it is full of misinformation and fabrications. Ryan Murphy apparently relied heavily on the gossip-monger known as Dominick Dunne. The Law &,Order miniseries from 2017 is the best dramatization of the case.

 

[Noirdame79]

The one positive thing about Monsters (along with good acting and a few good moments) is that it has brought more public interest to the case. More people are researching it and want to know more. On the negative side, it has brought a lot of strange pro-prosecution people out of the woodwork, especially on YouTube.

 

[otto]

I read about the trial at the time, and at no time did I believe the stories from the brothers that their parents were abusive. It seemed obvious at the time that the brothers were unhappy with the high expectations set by their father, and they wanted their parents' money without the work.

Easy way out - kill their parents, forget about studying and working, and enjoy the easy life.

Their lawyer was creative in terms of concocting a defence, but neither brother played the victim role well.

 

[otto]

I found the belligerence at the beginning of the series offensive. I was in another room listening, and then all this loud swearing and shouting. It was ugly enough to turn off the TV.

It was maybe too dramatic, but it got everyone's attention - and it is drama, not documentary.