I have all kinds of issues with the "family conflict" line of excuses for what happened.
1 A 16-year-old boy and a father, or step-father, or any authority figure -- the idea that they didn't necessarily see eye-to-eye seems like a given, not like something to raise eyebrows.
2 It was a murder, which is not an allowable way to resolve squabbles, no matter what they may be.
3 The kid wasn't in a situation of having to resort to extreme means to get out of conflicts that were ongoing -- didn't even live there anymore. In fact, he broke in to be there.
4 Here's the biggie -- GD's attempted tale that he wasn't part of the murder (the other kid did it!!) completely negates the legitimacy of domestic conflict causes (because the other kid never lived there)..
This feels like a run-of-the-mill lying in wait event, to kill someone and take their stuff. They broke into a man's home (!) and then waited for him and then killed him and robbed him. The sort of thing that makes me hope these perps are locked up for good, so they don't do it to someone else. It could be you and yours the next time, or me and mine.
1 A 16-year-old boy and a father, or step-father, or any authority figure -- the idea that they didn't necessarily see eye-to-eye seems like a given, not like something to raise eyebrows.
2 It was a murder, which is not an allowable way to resolve squabbles, no matter what they may be.
3 The kid wasn't in a situation of having to resort to extreme means to get out of conflicts that were ongoing -- didn't even live there anymore. In fact, he broke in to be there.
4 Here's the biggie -- GD's attempted tale that he wasn't part of the murder (the other kid did it!!) completely negates the legitimacy of domestic conflict causes (because the other kid never lived there)..
This feels like a run-of-the-mill lying in wait event, to kill someone and take their stuff. They broke into a man's home (!) and then waited for him and then killed him and robbed him. The sort of thing that makes me hope these perps are locked up for good, so they don't do it to someone else. It could be you and yours the next time, or me and mine.